Welcome to the Institute of Education
Are you interested in studying educational science or pedagogy?
Are you looking for a suitable bachelor’s degree programme in education that leads to professional qualifications and opens up a wide range of career opportunities in the field of education? Or are you looking for an advanced, higher-level Master’s degree in education to prepare yourself as effectively as possible for demanding professional duties and responsibilities in different fields of educational work and practice?
Please note that: Unless otherwise stated, the language of instruction for the offered degree programmes usually is German!
Then the University of Technology and our Institute are definitely the right place for you!
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Our courses & programmes:
Bachelor’s degree programme (B.A.) in Educational Science [180 ECTS]
The standard Bachelor’s degree programme in Educational Science (B.A. in Educational Science) does not require an admission and offers [...]
- comprehensive, well-founded, academically rigorous and practice-oriented study programme
- fundamental knowledge of educational science or pedagogy
- knowledge, skills and competence development in socially significant fields of educational practice/work, such as
- non-formal/extracurricular education and training for children, adolescents and young adults,
- general and vocational adult and continuing/further education,
- (empirical) educational research as well as
- vocational and company training/apprenticeship
- preparation for identifying, investigating, addressing and critically reflecting on issues relevant to educational science.
The programme strikes a balance between academic rigour and practical specialisation throughout the course, equipping students with the academic skills and practical know-how they need for their future careers. The BA in Educational Science is the only generalist university-level bachelor’s degree programme in educational science in Saxony and offers a wide range of future career and employment opportunities.
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Major 'Educational Sciences' (Major/Minor-B.A.-Programme) [110 ECTS]
The major subject in 'Educational Sciences' within the combined Major/Minor-Bachelor's degree program offers the individual combination of (a) a fundamental knowledgeable undergraduate programme in pedagogy/educational science (110 ECTS) with (b) a non-educational science minor subject (50 ECTS), supplemented by (c) interdisciplinary modules comprising 20 ECTS (called future skills).
With its cross-section tread, the major particularly fosters the ability of academically trained educators to open up new fields of educational work and practice. The compulsory elective modules in the specialisation area and the combination with a minor subject allow for individual specialisation, a focus on specific sub-disciplines of educational science, as well as the development of an interdisciplinary, transferable profile.
From the 2026/27 onwards, students who enrol in this major subject may take one the following minor subject:: English Studies, European Studies, Computer Science, German Studies, Media Use & Effects, Politics/Political Science, Sociology/Social Studies, Statistics und others.
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Minor 'Non-Formal Education in Childhood & Adolescence' (Major/Minor-B.A.-Programme) [50 ECTS]
The minor subject in ‘Non-Formal Education in Childhood & Adolescence’ as part of the Combined Bachelor’s Degree Programme (Major-/Minor-B.A.) enables students in combination with a non-educational major subject (110 ECTS), the acquisition of solid specialist knowledge regarding theoretical-conceptual, institutional-structural and various field-of-action/target-group-specific content, topics and subject areas of non-formal education for the target/development group of childhood and adolescence.
When combined with a suitable major, the minor subject qualifies students for a wide range of non-formal educational fields, such as child and youth work or education, or the support and support for the school education of children and young people, and therefore also emphasises the heterogeneity and social diversity of educational contexts, as well as the need to create inclusive, equitable and democratic conditions for teaching, learning and participation for children and young people.
From the 2026/27 onwards, students who enrol in this minor subjects may take one the following major subjects: Critical Media Design, English Studies, German Studies, Computer Science, Media Use & Effects, Politics/Political Science.
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Minor 'Adult and Continuing Education' (Major/Minor-B.A.-Programme) [50 ECTS]
The minor subject in ‘Adult and Continuing Education’ in the combined Major/Minor-B.A.-Programme enables students, in combination with a non-educational major subject, to qualify for a career in the expanding field of continuing and further education and in the broader field of non-formal education, for example in companies, political foundations, museums or memorial sites. The focus is on competencies for the needs-based development of educational programmes, as well as the design, facilitation and evaluation of teaching and learning processes tailored to adults. To this end, the programme imparts practice-oriented specialist knowledge on theoretical and conceptual, institutional and structural, and field-of-action/target-group-specific topics and subject areas within vocational and general adult and continuing education.
The minor subject qualifies students to design and reflect on programmes and learning arrangements for adults in various life stages or organisational contexts, and comprehensively prepares graduates for relevant professional activities through varied, practice-oriented examination formats, direct practical applications and fieldwork. The major (e.g. Politics or Computer Science) ensures the necessary specialist knowledge for a career in the field of adult and continuing education.
From the 2026/27 onwards, students who enrol in this minor subjects may take one the following major subjects: Critical Media Design, English Studies, German Studies, Computer Science, Media Use & Effects, Politics/Political Science.
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Master’s Programme (M.A.) in Educational Science/Pedagogy [120 ECTS]
Following the successful completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Education or Educational Science, the Master’s Programme in Educational Science/Peadgogy does not require an admission and provides a meaningful and professionally consistent progression of study and qualifies graduates for managerial and leadership roles in educational settings. This programme is characterised by a fundamental focus on educational science, with an emphasis on culture, society and pedagogical professionalism. It is designed to be both research-oriented and practice-based throughout, in order to prepare graduates for demanding professional roles.
We are much interested in maintaining contacts to our M.A. and B.A. of Education graduates. We understand maintaining such contacts as a kind of exchange from which both sides may benefit. This way, graduates may still participate in life and work at the Institute of Education (IoE) (lectures, events, calls for papers, research projects), at the same time we will be allowed to exemplarily tell our current students about the (actual) educational practice and professional biographies of our graduates.
