To register for the first state examination, you must have successfully completed an admission paper. You can take the admission paper 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 who is authorised to examine, please take into account the research priorities of the chair. Contact the relevant lecturer in good time.

The admission paper should be written approximately one year before the subject examination. First select a subject (educational science or didactics or a combination of subjects) and contact the examiner for arrangements. Registration of the paper at the Examinations Office is not necessary. Once your paper is finished, submit one copy directly to the examiner. Ask for a receipt for the submission. This must then be handed in with a second copy of your work at the Examinations Office when you register for the exam in the subject combination.

When registering for the first state examination in the spring, the term paper must be submitted to the examiner by 25 July of the previous year at the latest. When registering for the first state examination in the autumn, the term paper must be submitted to the examiner by 1 February of the same year. In the case of a subsequent date, the submission deadline is extended to 1 October of the previous year or 1 April of the same year. The examiner alone decides whether to grant an extension.

An extension of the submission deadline is possible, either until 1 April (autumn) or 1 October (spring), if the extension is granted by the examiner and the application is also signed by the examiner when registering for the subject examination. Be sure to sign the affidavit and enclose it with your work. Spiral bindings will not be accepted. When you submit your admission paper, also give the expert opinion form to your examiner. Attach the school-specific sticker to both copies of your work.

You can find all the forms and detailed information (receipt, extension, assessment form, school-specific sticker) on the pages of the Examinations Office.

Information events about the oral and written examination take place every term, 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 StudIP. Register for the corresponding event on StudIP.

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.