- Degree
- Teaching qualification for grammar schools
- State Examination
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 9 semesters
- Location
- Gießen
Overview and admission
Study Type
undergraduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Annotation
The Teaching Qualification for Grammar Schools is the university component of teacher training and concludes with the First State Examination. The degree course prepares students to teach grades 5–13 at grammar schools. Students acquire the academic fundamentals for their professional role and are motivated and equipped to organise independent lifelong learning.
Admission requirements
The admissions requirements for the teacher training degree programmes with the academic degree 'First State Examination' is the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or previous education recognised as equivalent (NOT the subject-specific higher education entrance qualification).
For the teaching subjects English, French, Spanish, Catholic Religion, Protestant Religion, Latin, Greek, Philosophy and History, certain language proficiency must be demonstrated prior to enrolment (and sometimes also at certain points during the programme). The required language proficiency and proof are regulated in Appendix 1 – Admission Requirements for the Study and Examination Regulations of Justus Liebig University of 23 August 2006 for the Teaching Qualification for Primary Schools:
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2026/2027)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
as per letter of acceptance
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
Further languages
English