Master programme in Teacher Education

Your steps in the admission procedure depend on whether you have completed your previous degree programme at the University of Vienna or another post-secondary educational institution.

Previous degree programme

To be admitted to the master programme in Teacher Education for General Secondary Education at the University of Vienna you have to have completed

  • a bachelor programme of at least four years in Teacher Education for General Secondary Education
  • with two teaching subjects.

A change of teaching subjects is only possible, if you have completed a third teaching subject as "Erweiterungsstudium drittes Unterrichtsfach" (only available in German).

 Complementary degree programme for graduates of teacher training colleges

If you have completed a a degree programme in Teacher Education for General Secondary Education at an Austrian university college of teacher education ("Pädagogische Hochschule") a direct admission to the master programme in Teacher Education is not possible. However, you may be admitted to the complementary degree programme "Erweiterungsstudium für PH-Absolvent*innen" (only available in German) under certain circumstances. This is intended as bridge to the master programme in Teacher Education. 

You cannot be admitted to the master programme in Teacher Education, if you have already completed a diploma programme in Teacher Education for General Secondary Education in Austria. This is the same degree programme. 

Application and admission procedure