Education Studies Heidelberg University

Overview

The Education Studies degree programme from Heidelberg University provides students with fundamental knowledge in the areas of child-raising, socialisation, and education, teaching and learning, instruction, counselling and innovation. Students will gain skill in producing scholarly work and, during internships, will obtain practical experience in education-related areas. 

The particular focus of the Education Studies programme at Heidelberg University, with its emphasis on education and counselling, as approached from the perspective of life-long learning, provides students with a highly socially-relevant education and excellent professional prospects. 

The linking of research to practice results in an outstanding interdisciplinary curriculum. Interest-based opportunities for specialisation allow students to determine their own individual areas of specialty and to hone their professional profiles.  

Career

Graduates of the Education Studies degree programme find positions in professional and other fields of work, including such areas as: 

• client-centred (professional training, consultancy, teaching) 

• organisation-centred (administration, planning, organisation) 

• skill and knowledge acquisition (teaching, practical instruction)  

• skill and knowledge creation (educational research)