Program structure

The master's degree program in Engineering Pedagogics builds on the bachelor's degree program of the same name. You keep your technical major and your minor subject (second teaching subject) and build on the vocational pedagogy of the bachelor's degree. You can choose from the following main subjects:

• metal technology
  
• electrical engineering and information technology
  
• civil engineering
  

In the master's degree program, you will mainly study vocational pedagogy (35 ECTS) and your second teaching subject (45 ECTS); in the technical major subject, you will also complete 20 credit points (ECTS). You can choose a specialization within your engineering subject. You will also complete a vocational education internship and an industrial internship.

You choose your second teaching subject:

• physics
  
• economics and business administration
  
• sports
  
• mathematics
  
• history with social studies
  

If your main subject is metal technology, you can choose a further specialization as a second subject.

Your master's degree in Engineering Pedagogics qualifies you for the preparatory service for the higher teaching profession at vocational schools (Referendariat) at vocational schools in Baden-Württemberg. The preparatory service lasts 18 months and concludes with a state examination (2nd state examination). Before entering the preparatory service, you must provide evidence of a longer professional internship. Vocational training or employment prior to your studies can be taken into account. After the state examination, there are very good employment opportunities for teachers, especially in metal and electrical engineering, both at vocational schools and at vocational colleges, master schools and technical high schools.

In addition to teaching, there are a wide range of opportunities for you in the field of in-company training and further education and in extracurricular educational institutions. You can also work in specialist journalism or public relations as well as in sales of technical products and systems.

Admission requirements

The requirements for admission to the master's degree program in Engineering Pedagogics are based on the current admission regulations:

• bachelor's degree
  a bachelor's degree (or at least an equivalent degree) in Engineering Pedagogics or a degree program with essentially the same content, in particular also purely engineering degree programs that correspond to the chosen professional specialization of the master's degree program in Engineering Pedagogics, at a university, university of applied sciences or university of cooperative education or at a foreign university with a standard period of study of at least three years and a minimum number of 180 credit points (ECTS)
  
• minimum knowledge and minimum achievements in the following areas
  • educational sciences, in particular vocational education, didactics, work analysis, planning of vocational education, school and/or vocational education practice amounting to at least 23 credit points
    
  • civil engineering, electrical engineering or metal engineering (or corresponding engineering science) amounting to 98 credit points
    • metal technology: materials science to the extent of 9 CP, technical mechanics to the extent of 11 CP, machine design to the extent of 7 CP, technical thermodynamics and heat transfer to the extent of 6 CP, fluid mechanics to the extent of 7 CP, production engineering to the extent of 3 CP
      
    • civil engineering: minimum achievements from one of the three areas of finishing engineering, structural engineering or civil engineering amounting to 6 CP
      
  • second subject or specialization in metal technology worth 10 credit points
    • sport: proof of successful completion of the sports entrance examination, basic training science worth 3 CP, introduction to sports science worth 3 CP, scientific work worth 2 CP
      
  Important: if minimum achievements amounting to a maximum of 33 credit points are missing, admission can be granted on condition that these achievements are made up before registering for the master's thesis.
  
• internship
  a six-week internship or full-time professional activity in a field related to the professional specialization, including internships completed during the bachelor's degree program
  

Language requirements and certificates

For the master's degree progran in Engineering Pedagogics, you need sufficient knowledge of the German language. Your German language skills must correspond to at least level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Proof of sufficient German language skills

Your school-leaving certificate is sufficient proof of your German language skills if

• you obtainted it at a German-speaking school in Germany or abroad
• you are a graduate of a bilingual secondary school in Germany or abroad and have passed a bilingual German examination, such as the AbiBac or the Gemischtsprachiges International Baccalaureat (GIB)
• you obtained your degree at a foreign school, but there is another official agreement with the respective country on the recoginition of your school-leaving certificate or language certificate as proof of language proficiency for university studies in Germany

A complete list of foreign school-leaving and language certificates that are recognizes as proof of sufficient German language skills can be found on the webste of the Kultusministerkonferenz (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany).

If you have not obtained your higher education entrance qualification (HZB) at one of the above-mentioned institutions, you must provide a separate language certificate - regardless of your nationality. Only the following are accepted

• the passed „Prüfungsteil Deutsch“ of the Feststellungsprüfung,
• the passed DSH with an overall result DSH-2,
• the passed TestDaF level 4 in all four parts of the examination (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written expression, oral expression)
• a comparable, recognized certificate of sufficient German language skills

To find our which other recognized certificates can be accepted by KIT as comparable, please contact

• as a German or German-equivalent applicant: Studierendenservice
• as an applicant with non- EU citizenship: International Students Office

Please note:
Language certificates are extremely important application documents that can prevent your enrollment if you do not submit them on time. Therefore, check early on in the application process whether you have the necessary language certificates for your degree program and, if necessary, plan to take one of the language tests mentioned above. The deadline by which you must submit language certificates corresponds to the enrollment deadline stated in your admission offer. In justified cases, you can apply for an extension of this deadline. The extension can be granted until the start of the lecture period at the latest.

Weitere Ansprechpersonen:

• KIT-Fakultät für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Institut für Berufspädagogik und Allgemeine Pädagogik
• Fachstudienberatung

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