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Biology
full time
Master of Education
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
27 days left (Germans and inhabitants)
27 days left (EU), 27 days left (Non-EU)
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Biology (Teaching Degree)Focus
Botany, Evolutionary Biology, Human Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Genetics, Microbiology
Annotation
The University of Mainz offers the Bachelor and Master of Education exclusively for Teaching Qualification (Grammar Schools). If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education institution, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).
Admission requirements
Proof of a teaching-related Bachelor’s degree (Bachelor of Education) in a relevant subject. Student applicants:with a degree that is not fully equivalent to the required Bachelor's degree, but equivalent to at least 140 credit points, may be admitted to the Master's degree course on the condition that the shortfall in pass/fail courses and graded courses are acquired subsequently by the end of the first academic year. Sufficient proficiency in English. Applicants must still have the examination entitlement for the subject of Education Science in the Master of Education course.
Lecture period
- 24.10.2022 - 11.02.2023
- 17.04.2023 - 23.07.2023
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2022/2023)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.05.2022. Please also note the even earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Summer semester (2023)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.10.2022 - 01.03.2023
For Master's degree programmes with an aptitude test, the application deadline already ends on 15.11.2020. Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.10.2022 - 01.03.2023
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.10.2022 - 01.03.2023
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.10.2022 - 01.03.2023
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
International office
Studierendenservice - Zulassung International
- Address
- Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis 1, 1. OG
- 55128
- Mainz
Student advisory service
Zentrale Studienberatung, Studierenden Service Center, Forum universitatis, Eingang 1, 1. OG
- Address
- Forum universitatis 1
- 55128
- Mainz
Graduate contact
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Fachbereich 10 - Biologie
- Address
- J.-v.-Müller-Weg 6
- 55099
- Mainz
Prof. Dr. Daniel Dreesmann