Career Opportunities

• Professional Certification as a Lead Early Childhood Educator
• Working in early childhood education settings (preschool, daycare)

 

Program Structure

The program consists of eight pillars with 23 modules:

• Theoretical Foundations
• Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education Research – Early Childhood Education as an Academic Discipline
• Perspectives on Professional Thinking and Action in Early Childhood Education
• Selected Areas of Children’s Understanding of the World
• Personal Mastery
• Practical Studies in Early Childhood Education
• Communications and Conversation Skills
• Elective Modules

Admission Requirements

• General university entrance qualification or a certificate of eligibility for university studies, or an equivalent foreign certificate or diploma attesting to the completion of at least a three-year degree program worth 180 ECTS credits
• Criminal Record Extract
• First Aid Course (16 hours) and Pediatric First Aid Course (8 hours)
• German language proficiency at the C1 level according to the CEFR
• successful admission process

Admissions Process

Admission to the program is determined by the results of the admissions process. In this regard, pursuant to § 52e, para. 1 of the HG 2005, as amended, to assess performance-related, personal, professional, and pedagogical competencies.