Program Overview

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The University of Ulm offers a teacher training-related Master's program for teaching at grammar schools. After completing the teacher training-related Bachelor's program, graduates can seamlessly continue their studies in the Master's program and qualify for the preparatory service (referendariat).

Program Description

The program focuses on three pillars: subject science, subject didactics, and educational science. In the Master's program, the two subjects chosen in the Bachelor's program are continued and deepened.

The University of Ulm offers the following subjects:

• Biologie (Biology)
• Chemie (Chemistry)
• Informatik (Computer Science)
• Mathematik (Mathematics)
• Naturwissenschaft und Technik (Natural Science and Technology)
• Physik (Physics)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Economics)

The following combinations are offered:

• Biologie / Mathematik (Biology / Mathematics)
• Biologie / Chemie (Biology / Chemistry)
• Mathematik / Chemie (Mathematics / Chemistry)
• Mathematik / Physik (Mathematics / Physics)
• Mathematik / Informatik (Mathematics / Computer Science)
• Mathematik / Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Mathematics / Economics)
• Physik / Informatik (Physics / Computer Science)
• Physik / Naturwissenschaft und Technik (Physics / Natural Science and Technology)

Supplemental Master's Program

There is the possibility of studying an additional subject in a supplemental Master's program (supplemental master's degree) in parallel with or after completing the Master of Education. The University of Ulm offers the following subjects as supplemental master's degrees:

• Biologie (Biology)
• Chemie (Chemistry)
• Informatik (Computer Science)
• Mathematik (Mathematics)
• Naturwissenschaft und Technik (Natural Science and Technology)
• Physik (Physics)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Economics)

The program has a scope of 120 ECTS. With the successful completion of the supplemental master's degree, the scientific qualification for teaching in this subject is acquired for all levels of grammar school.

Program Details

• Type of Study: Master of Education (M.Ed.)
• Study Type: Full-time
• Admission Requirements: No admission restrictions
• ECTS Credits: 120
• Standard Study Period: 4 semesters
• Language of Instruction: German
• Start of Study: Summer and winter semesters

Research Areas

The University of Ulm has various research areas, including:

• Molekulare Endokrinologie und Physiologie (Molecular Endocrinology and Physiology)
• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes
• Evolutionsökologie und Naturschutzgenomik (Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics)
• Neurobiologie (Neurobiology)
• Botanik (Botany)
• Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie (Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology)
• Molekulare Genetik und Zellbiologie (Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology)
• Proteinbiochemie (Protein Biochemistry)
• Pharmazeutische Biotechnologie (Pharmaceutical Biotechnology)
• AG Mikrobielle Biotechnologie (Microbial Biotechnology Working Group)