Teacher Training – Elementary Schools, State Examination
One subject and three elementary school didactics are always studied. When applying, you only have to indicate the desired subject.
Programme facts
| Degree | State Examination |
|---|---|
| Duration | 8 semesters, 240 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | Set by the university for international students — the amount is on the programme's official page |
| Semester contribution | €338 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The course includes one subject with the associated subject didactics and three elementary school didactics, educational sciences including elementary school pedagogy, practical school studies (block and semester-accompanying school internships) and the supplementary area. The subject is studied at the faculty where the subject is offered, the primary school didactics and educational sciences are studied at the faculty of educational sciences.
In the field of Educational Science, students deal with education and training processes, primary school pedagogy, teaching and professional research as well as general didactics, pedagogical psychology and the educational system. The following modules are to be taken:
1. Orientation knowledge educational science
2. Teaching and professional research, general didactics
3. Practical school studies: Block internship A
4. Basics of teaching, learning and developmental psychology
5. Educational fields of application
6. Current developments and perspectives in primary school and primary school teaching
7. Diagnosis and transitions in elementary school
8. Dealing with heterogeneity in elementary school
The supplementary area in the course for teaching at primary schools includes speech training and supplementary studies with further offers for individual deepening and profiling.
The degree is completed by the first state examination, which must be taken in addition to all module examinations.
The First State Examination consists of a scientific paper, two oral examinations and a written examination.
In the course of the course, 240 credit points (ECTS) are acquired, including the first state examination.
Admission requirements for the state examination:
In English, a stay abroad is required (2 months).
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
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Anyone who decides to study to become a teacher now has excellent prospects of being able to work as a teacher in Saxony after completing their studies.
Cost of study
| Semester contribution | €338 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.