University Continuing Education Programme
German as a Foreign Language / German as a Second Language Basic Programme - currently under revision!
Teaching German as a foreign or second language means engaging in cultural exchange, experiencing joy, and taking on responsibility. This program specifically prepares students for teaching German as a Foreign/Second Language (DaF/DaZ) at the lower and upper secondary levels (e.g., language support classes) and in adult education (e.g., integration courses) in Austria, South Tyrol, and beyond the German-speaking world. In the process, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to support language learning and promote pluricultural education.
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Degree
Graduation certificate
Duration/ECTS-Credits
part-time
The curriculum is currently under revision
Study Code
tba
Start
WS 2025/26 (planned with the new curriculum)
Language
German
Cost
tba
Curriculum (Valid until 30.09.2025)
The right programme for me?
Qualification profile
Graduates gain professional and social competences in the areas of:
- Methodology and didactics of foreign and second language teaching
- Language acquisition
- German linguistics
- Psychology of learning
- Foreignness and migration
- Literary didactics
- Interculturality
- Presentation and moderation techniques
Target group
(Future) teachers of German as a Foreign and Second Language.
Requirements
- graduates of a philological university study programme
- graduates of a Bachelor’s teacher training programme in the subject of German or another living language
- applicants, who are qualified for entering a university and who have proof of at least five years of experience in teaching German as a Foreign Language and/or German as a Second Language amounting to a total of at least 450 hours.
Participation in the university continuing education courses requires the admission as a non-degree student
Contact
Samrawit Araya
Division for continuing education
Karl-Schönherr-Straße 3
6020 Innsbruck
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Dannerer
Department of German Studies
Dr. Ulrike Aenne Charlotte Arras
Tobias Sebastian Bertel, M.A.
Mag. Brigitte Fuchs
Mag. Julia Königs, BEd
Mag. Mag. Dr. Johann Georg Lughofer
Mag. Jens Nicklas, MA
Mag. Anna Passler
Dott.ssa mag. Kerstin Pramstaller. LLM
Mag. Dr. Gabriele Emma Ribis, BEd
Mag. Paul Rusch
Dr. Annegret Schmidjell
Dr. habil. Cordula Schwarze
Mag. Mag. Verena Sperk
Mag. Dr. Margareta Anna Strasser
Dr. Nadja Thoma
Mag. Denis Weger, MA
Dates
Modules 1 and 2
FR 14.11.2025: 13:30 - 18:45 | Module 1a (opening: 13:30 - 14:30)
SA 15.11.2025: 09:00 - 17:15 | Module 1b
FR 28.11.2025: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 2b
SA 29.11.2025: 09:00 - 16:45 | Module 2c
FR 05.12.2025: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 1b (online)
FR 12.12.2025: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 2c
SA 13.12.2025: 09:00 - 17:30 | Module 1a
FR 09.01.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 2a
SA 10.01.2026: 09:00 - 16:45 | Module 2b
FR 23.01.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 1b
SA 24.01.2026: 09:00 - 17:15 | Module 2a
FR 06.02.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 2a (online)
SA 07.02.2026: 09:00 - 17:15 | Module 1a (online)
Modules 3 and 4
FR 06.03.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 3a
SA 07.03.2026: 09:00 - 17:15 | Module 3b
FR 20.03.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 4a
SA 21.03.2026: 09:00 - 16:45 | Module 4b
FR 10.04.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 3b (online)
SA 11.04.2026: 09:00 - 16:45 | Module 3a (online)
FR 24.04.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 4c
SA 25.04.2026: 09:00 - 16:45 | Module 3b
FR 08.05.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Module 4b
SA 09.05.2026: 09:00 - 17:30 | Module 4a
SA 16.05.2026: 09:00 - 17:15 | Module 4c (online)
FR 26.06.2026: 13:30 - 19:15 | Final presentations
SA 27.06.2026: 09:00 - 17:15 | Final presentations
Location
University of Innsbruck
Innrain 52
6020 Innsbruck
Enrolment
Registration is currently possible.
General Information for the Registration for Continuing Education Programmes
Participation in the university continuing education courses requires the admission as a non-degree student.