Program Overview

Educational Science with a Focus on Diversity in Education (M.A.)

Study Content

The consecutive Master's degree programme is an educational science programme with a focus on heterogeneity in education. The problem of heterogeneity, which is related to the dimensions of culture, gender, age, and inequality of population groups, represents a socially highly significant topic and is also associated with completely new challenges and tasks in the field of education and training. The programme builds on the knowledge and competences from the Bachelor's programme and enables students to recognise opportunities and problems of heterogeneity in education and training, to develop concepts for dealing with it, and to reflect on them critically. Students specialise by choosing one of the four elective compulsory areas of education and socialisation processes in the pedagogy of childhood and adolescence, teaching and educational media research, adult and further education, and in aesthetic educational processes.

Career Prospects

• Education and quality management
  • Equality work
  • Management of adult education institutions
  • Creation and evaluation of educational media
  • Intercultural education work

About the Degree Programme

Overview

• Degree programme: Educational Science with a Focus on Diversity in Education
• Official Designation: Erziehungswissenschaft - Schwerpunkt Heterogenität in Erziehung und Bildung
• Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Study mode: Full-time
• Language of instruction: German
• Start of studies: Winter semester
• Standard study duration: 4 semesters
• Admission type: Open admission
• Minimum German language skills: C 1

Admission Requirements

Admission requirements according to § 4 of the exam regulations in the current consolidated edition. Introductory events take place closely before the start of the lecture period.

Application Documents

For Applicants with a German Degree

1. Proof of higher education entrance qualification (for applicants without higher education entrance qualification but with a vocational qualification: Proof of university admission for the first degree programme, e.g., training certificate for educators)
2. Curriculum vitae in tabular form
3. Bachelor's certificate or equivalent degree, including a Transcript of Records
   • Proof of graduation from the Bachelor's degree programme in Educational Science at the University of Augsburg or from a programme at this or another university or college with comparable study and examination results with a grade no worse than 2.30
4. Proof of the grade of the Bachelor's thesis or a comparable thesis of the first degree with a grade not worse than 2.30
5. Transcript of Records (if the Bachelor's certificate or equivalent degree is not yet available)
   • Transcript of Records (TOR) with at least 140 Credit-Points points and current average grade

For Applicants with a Foreign Degree

1. Proof of higher education entrance qualification (for applicants without higher education entrance qualification but with a vocational qualification: Proof of university admission for the first degree programme, e.g., training certificate for educators)
2. Curriculum vitae in tabular form
3. Bachelor's certificate or equivalent degree, including a Transcript of Records
   • If the originals are not in German or English: Submission of a certified copy or a certified translation by a translator sworn in Germany
   • Proof of graduation from the Bachelor's degree programme in Educational Science at the University of Augsburg or from a programme at this or another university or college with comparable study and examination results with a grade no worse than 2.30
4. APS certificate: For applicants from China, India, and Vietnam
5. Proof of the grade of the Bachelor's thesis or a comparable thesis of the first degree with a grade not worse than 2.30
6. Transcript of Records (if the Bachelor's certificate or equivalent degree is not yet available)
   • Transcript of Records (TOR) with at least 140 recorded credit points and current average grade
7. Proof of passing the German Language Examination at the DSH-2 level (for foreign applicants who did not obtain their first degree at a German-speaking institution)