Are you enthusiastic about technology and want to deal with people as well as functions and objects? Then the Master's in Engineering Education is just right for you.
In the Master's in Engineering Education, you will become an expert in the field of practical electrical engineering and information technology. In seminars on pedagogy, psychology and specialised didactics, you will also learn how to convey this complex technical content to others.
In the M.Ed. Engineering Education combines technical expertise with pedagogical skills. This will enable you to inspire students for technology in a competent, practical and motivating way. Ideal prerequisites for a career as a teacher in technical education in the age of digitalisation, energy transition and skills shortages.
Whether at vocational schools, technical high schools, technical colleges or vocational colleges - there is a considerable need for new technical teachers. as a teacher for the subjects "Electrical Energy and Automation Technology" and "Systems and Information Technology", you have excellent recruitment opportunities - nationwide.
Admission to the Master's degree programme in Engineering Education requires a qualified university degree in electrical engineering, automation technology or energy technology.
For graduates of a university engineering degree with a diploma, it will be checked before admission whether individual courses or modules from the Bachelor's degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology need to be made up. However, it is possible to catch up on individual courses at the same time as starting the Master's degree programme.
If there are more study places than applicants, all applicants who have duly applied will be admitted to the programme.
If there are more applicants than study places, these are allocated according to the university's own selection procedure. All applicants will be invited to a selection interview. Anyone who has applied for a study place in due form and time will take part in the selection procedure.
Since 2004, the Heidelberg University of Education has been offering the Master's degree programme "Electrical Engineering and Information Technology for the Higher Teaching Qualification at Vocational Schools" - "Engineering Education" for short - together with the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences.
The content of this polyvalent and consecutive degree programme is taught cooperatively by the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (engineering sciences) and the Heidelberg University of Education (psychology, education, vocational education and subject didactics).
During the degree programme, you will acquire teaching qualifications for the higher teaching profession at vocational schools and technical grammar schools in the subjects "Electrical Energy and Automation Technology" in combination with "Systems and Information Technology".
While the Bachelor's degree programme and the Bachelor's examination are located at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, the Master's phase is primarily anchored at Heidelberg University of Education in terms of content and form.
The Master's degree programme builds on the seven-semester Bachelor's degree programme
The course content of this polyvalent and consecutive degree programme is delivered cooperatively by the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (HS) and the Heidelberg University of Education (PH).
By taking technical modules at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (engineering sciences), students can specialise in individual subjects.
The focus of the degree programme at the Heidelberg University of Education is on the training of didactic and pedagogical skills (psychology, pedagogy, vocational pedagogy and subject didactics) with the following content:
- Technical didactics
- Subject didactics
- Vocational education
- Learning and teaching organisation
- Instructional psychology
- Pedagogical-psychological diagnostics
- Pedagogical internship
As part of the consecutive Master's degree programme in Engineering Education, students complete a total of ten weeks of school work placement - referred to below as the school work placement semester.
Module I (2 weeks school placement) is already completed during the Bachelor's degree programme. If the school internship was not part of your Bachelor's degree programme (e.g. if you are a graduate of an external Bachelor's or Diplom degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology), you can complete the module later in the Master's degree programme.
Module II and III
The second module (three-week school internship) and the third module (five-week school internship) are completed during the Master's degree programme in the lecture-free period after the first and second semesters respectively. During modules II and III, students also attend courses at the State Seminar for Didactics and Teacher Training (Vocational Schools) in Karlsruhe.
You will graduate with the academic degree "Master of Science (M. Sc.)". With this degree, you can either work in industry or pursue a career as a teacher.
Do you want to become a teacher?
Then you will complete an 18-month traineeship after successfully completing the Master's degree programme. You can then teach the subjects "Electrical Energy and Automation Technology" and "Systems and Information Technology" at vocational schools, technical high schools, technical colleges or vocational colleges, for example.
There is a considerable demand for young talent in these types of schools - the chances of being hired are extremely good!
How about democracy education, information and media skills or intercultural learning support? These are just three examples of the attractive additional qualifications that you can acquire as a prospective teacher at the Heidelberg University of Education. You usually complete these additional qualifications with a certificate.
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