10.3 Are teaching degree programs combined study programmes?

As a rule yes, for special cases see at the end of this FAQ. Combined study programs are often found in teacher training programs for all types of teacher training, for example as polyvalent two-subject Bachelor’s degree programs or as combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in teacher training at elementary school, grammar schools, etc. The subjects that can be studied are, for example, German, mathematics, art, sport, etc. and usually also form the partial study programmes. It should be noted that the subject German can be offered as a partial study programme German in the combined study programme teacher training at elementary school and also as a further partial study programme German in the combined study programme teacher training at grammar schools. Accordingly, a separate application must be submitted for both partial study programmes in ELIAS as part of the respective combined study programme for programme accreditation; internal accreditations must be entered analogously for both partial study programmes in ELIAS.

In teacher training courses, other fields of study such as educational sciences/educational science are studied in addition to the teaching subjects. Depending on the implementation, these can also be structured as partial study programmes or be part of the combined study programme.

Further information, in particular on the accreditation of teacher training programs, can be found in the handout Promoting quality development through accreditation – a look at teacher training study programmes (Drs. AR 82/2022).

Figure 3 shows two examples of the structuring of various combined study programmes into partial study programmes in teacher training.