Auslandsaufenthalt

Regarding the application for the Master's degree programmes "Lehramt an Grundschulen" and "Lehramt an Haupt- und Realschulen" in the summer semester 2022 and the winter semester 2022/23, please note that certification of the required stay abroad is not needed when you apply for the programme.
The certification has to be provided during the course of your master's study programme, at the very latest together with your application for the Master's thesis.

Please also note that for the application process for both aforementioned Master's degree programmes in the summer semester 2022 and the winter semester 2022/23, the certification of the application for the Bachelor's thesis as prerequisite for applying to the Master's programmes is no longer required.

From the summer semester 2023 on, students wishing to register for the master's program will need their stay abroad completed.

 

For any questions or documents concerning your stay abroad please contact

- Marina Reis de Souza (A-M)

- Dr. Cirsten Carlson (N-Z)

during their office hours or by appointment.

It is part of the Zulassungsvoraussetzungen for the M.Ed. in the English Department to have spent at least 3 months in an English-speaking country. Please consider the following points:

• You should address your questions about your time abroad to the relevant people in the department (at the moment Dr. Cirsten Carlson and Marina Reis de Souza) before you make any further arrangements. You should not go by what other students tell you, as sometimes the information given might not be correct. 
• Students who have already spent time abroad in an English-speaking country should bring the necessary documents to the relevant people to check that the stay will be accepted. The following criteria need to be met:

         o   the stay lasted at least three uninterrupted calendar months/90 days (e.g. 2 months in the UK;

              2 weeks in the USA; and three weeks in Ireland would not count)

         o   the stay took place in an English-speaking country (check list below)

         o   the stay was not of a purely touristic nature, that is, there was some work- or studies related purpose

•  We recognize stays in the following countries:

        o   countries in which English is the official language or the language predominantly used in everyday interaction, i.e. the ‘main language’
            (e.g., UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia)

        o   countries in which English is de jure an official language (e.g., post-colonial countries like Singapore, India, South Africa,
             Ghana, the Philippines etc.).

        o   the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands and Belgium, if you take part in an Erasmus exchange and a study program in English.

If in any doubt about a country, please ask the relevant people.

• In order to get your stay accepted, you need to show proof of your stay. You need to provide the following documents:

       o   travel documents (flight tickets / boarding passes, train tickets, any stamps in passport etc.) AND

       o   a hard copy of a letter from any employer (whether work is voluntary or not) stating the date the work started and finished and a brief
           description of work carried out OR

       o   any certificates, diplomas etc. you have from this time abroad

 

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