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

The bachelors program Civil 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 civil engineering, teaching methodology, and educational science. In the technical component of the program, you will become familiar with different areas of civil engineering, such as structural physics, statics, building chemistry, building materials science, and structural design. This degree program teaches you how to prepare this subject content so that you can effectively teach it in schools. 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. During a six-week professional development internship at a school, you will gain initial teaching experience as well as explore pedagogical-didactic issues.

The degree program can be selected as a core subject and is supplemented with a secondary subject 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 Civil Engineering with teacher training combines a fundamental technical education and application-oriented modules from civil engineering with occupational science, particularly educational science and tailored teaching methodology. You gain comprehensive insight into the basic principles of civil engineering needed to continue didactic studies in this subject in a masters program with the option of completing teacher training. In the educational science components, you will study concepts related to learning, education, and professional education. With this background in theory, you are able to 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.

Like every other bachelors degree program at TU Berlin, applicants must possess a university entrance qualification certificate to apply to the Civil 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 Civil 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.

In some exceptions, courses may 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, mathematics, 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 prerequisite.