Automotive Engineering (teacher training) (B.Sc.)

The bachelors program Automotive Engineering with teacher training is the first step towards acquiring the qualifications needed to teach this subject at vocational schools. The program teaches you the knowledge and skills of the fundamentals of automotive engineering, teaching methodology, and educational science.

The technical component of the curriculum includes a basic education in math and engineering and addresses additional topic areas such as rail vehicle and automotive engineering, vehicle engines, and automotive electronics. During the teacher training components of the degree program, you will learn about the conditions for learning and education and how to shape learning processes during a lesson. In the compulsory elective component, you have the opportunity to pursue your personal interests in greater depth in a specialization of your choosing.

A six-week professional development internship at a school is also a component of the curriculum. During this internship, you will gain initial teaching experience as well as explore pedagogical-didactic issues.

The degree program can be selected as a core or secondary subject and is supplemented with another subject at TU Berlin (core subject mechanical engineering) or at Freie Universitt Berlin or Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin.

Please note that this degree course is intended for individuals who wish to pursue a teaching degree in the future. It is not suitable if you are searching for a strictly technical degree course.

The bachelors degree program in Automotive Engineering with teacher training combines a fundamental technical education and application-oriented modules from educational science and engineering science. In the educational science components, you will study concepts related to learning, education, and professional education. Using this background in theory, you observe and analyze professional teaching, learning, and development processes - particularly in lessons at vocational schools, training centers, and in other practical learning locations. Your approach to language acquisition, inclusion and heterogeneity will be both cross-cutting and interdisciplinary in special learning units. As a graduate, you will be capable of independent scientific work, critical thinking, and acting with social responsibility in different vocational education environments.

Like every other bachelors degree program at TU Berlin, applicants must possess a university entrance qualification certificate to apply to the Automotive Engineering program. Generally, the Abitur serves as the university entrance qualification certificate. If you do not have a formal university entrance qualification, you may still be able to study at TU Berlin if you can provide proof of certain professional qualifications.

The Automotive Engineering bachelors program is taught in German. If you are applying with a foreign school-leaving certificate, you must provide proof of German skills at a specific level. This is a prerequisite for admission. Some courses may also be offered in English, and a knowledge of English is, therefore, useful. However, it is not a condition for admission to studies.

As this study program is significantly made up of engineering, mathematic, and physics-related content, you should have basic knowledge of these areas as well as an interest in pedagogical and technical issues. If you have taken these subjects as part of your Abitur, you will have an easier transition to this degree program, but they are not a formal requirement for admission.