Registration for the first examination requires a successfully completed Scientific Thesis. You can take the Scientific Thesis in any of the subjects you have studied, including in the subject area of ‘Primary School Pedagogy and Didactics’.

When choosing the topic and the supervisor(s) authorised to examine, please take into account the research priorities of the professorship. Please contact the relevant lecturers at an early stage. The Scientific Thesis should be written about a year before the subject exam. If you are interested, please contact the relevant supervisors at an early stage.

Deadlines:

• Examinations in autumn: 1 February; with approved extension: 1 April
• Examinations in spring: 1 August; with approved extension: 1 October

Important forms can be found on the homepage of the Examinations Office under the ‘Staatsexamen’ tab.

Further information on the first examination can be found on the website of the Examinations Office.

Information events about the oral and written examination take place every semester, where you can get comprehensive information about the individual exam contents and procedures. You can find information about the date in the study group on Stud.IP. Register for the corresponding event on StudIP.

To prepare for the written exams, the following recommended reading can help you to get an initial overview. Please note: These recommendations only contain a selection of the areas mentioned.

The oral exam usually takes place immediately after the written exams. You can choose between the subject areas ‘Didactics of General Studies’ and ‘Didactics of Literacy Acquisition’. The examiners will be assigned to you by the examination office. Submitting an outline is voluntary, but we strongly recommend it. The content and structure should be discussed with the respective examiner in advance. You can find information on how to structure the outline and possible topics here. In this context, we expressly encourage you to consider these notes only as a recommendation and to incorporate specific areas of focus from the chair or your own studies.