Bachelor's Programme Islamic-Theological Studies
| Faculty | Faculty of Teacher Education |
| Duration / ECTS-Credits | 6 semesters / 180 ECTS-Credits |
| Academic Degree |
Bachelor of Arts (BA) |
| Qualification Level |
Bachelor (First Cycle) ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6 |
| ISCED-F | 0114 Teacher Training with Subject Specialisation |
| Mode of Study |
Full-Time |
| Study Code |
UC 033 674 |
| Curriculum | Information on the Curriculum (2023W)* |
| Language of Instruction | German |
| Admission Requirements |
Secondary school completion certificate or equivalent and Language Certificates |
| Application |
*Information on the Curriculum (2023W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current curriculum version
University of Innsbruck Bulletins » (Click to open all University of Innsbruck Bulletins)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin Ocgtober 19th, 2023, Issue 3, No. 77 (Equivalence list)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st, 2023)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 30th 2023, Issue 41, No. 532 - PDF
Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP)
(1) Within the scope of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage, which takes place in the first semester, the following course examinations must be passed:
- VO Introduction to Islamic Religious Education (CM 3 lit. a/ 1 h/ 2.5 ECTS-Credits)
- VO Introduction to Qur#anic studies (CM 2 lit. b/ 2 hrs. / 3 ECTS-Credits
- VO Biography of the Prophet (sīra) (CM 4 lit. a/ 2 hrs. / 4 ECTS-Credits).
(2) Successful passing of all exams of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage entitles to passing all further courses and examinations as well as to writing the Bachelor's Thesis.
(3) Before successful completion of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage courses amounting to 20.5 ECTS-Credits may be passed. The requirements specified in the curriculum must be met.
Recommended Course Sequence
The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.
The standard duration of the study programme is 6 semesters or 180 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).
2.0 ECTS-Credits: PS Introduction to Scientific Working
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Theories, Methods and Sources of Islamic Theology
3.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Theology
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Qur’anic Studies
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Religious Studies
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Religious Education
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Teaching and Learning
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Biography of the Prophet (sīra)
4.0 ECTS-AP: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) I
2.5 ECTS-AP: VU Arabic 1
2,5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic 2
2,5 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation
3,0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Hadith Studies
4,0 ECTS-Credits: VO Genesis and Exegesis of the Qur’an
3,5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Philosophy
4,0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Anthropology
4.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Islamic Ethics (aḫlāq)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO History of the Islam I
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Art and Cultural History
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Islamic Schools of Faith and Movements of Faith
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Plurality in Islam
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Classical Hadith Hermeneutics
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Classical Qur’an Exegesis (tafsīr)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation with taǧwīd
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Methods of Islamic Jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Mysticism (taṣawwuf)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Foundations of Islamic Faith (ʿaqīda)
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Islamic Schools of Faith and Movements of Faith
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Plurality in Islam
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Classical Hadith Hermeneutics
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Classical Qur’an Exegesis (tafsīr)
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’an Recitation with taǧwīd
3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Methods of Islamic Jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) II
3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Islamic Mysticism (taṣawwuf)
4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Foundations of Islamic Faith (ʿaqīda)
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
| Specialisation: Islamic Theology | Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education |
| 2.5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic for Islamic Theology I | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Fundamentals of Religious Education |
| 2.5 ECTS-Credits: VU Arabic for Islamic Theology II | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamentals of Religious Education |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Qur’an Research in the Present | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Youth |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Contemporary Discourses is Islamic Theology - Introduction | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO Primary Education |
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
| Specialisation: Islamic Theology | Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VO History of Islam II | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Subject Didactics for Primary Schools |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Reform Theological Approaches in the Islamic World in the 19th and 20th Century | 2.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Basic Practice: School Teaching and Learning Settings |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Fundamental Questions in Islamic Medical and Bioethics | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Primary School Teaching Practice |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Islamic Spiritual Guidance in Hospitals, Prisons and the Military | 3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Special Subject Didactics: Didactics of the Qur’an |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Project Development (Islamic Theology) | 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Special Subject Didactics: Didactics of Hadith |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Introduction to Islamic Community Work | 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Educational Approaches in Islamic Mysticism |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Education in Mosque and Community | 4.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Aesthetic Learning and Spiritual Music |
| 3.0 ECTS-Credits: VU Qur’anic Arabic I – Text Reading | 3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Interreligious Learning from an Islamic Perspective |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Qur’anic Arabic II – Hermeneutics | 3.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Project Development (IRP) |
2.5 ECTS-Credits: VO Introduction to Christianity
3.5 ECTS-Credits: SE Cooperative Didactics of Religious Education
1.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Seminar with Bachelor’s Thesis
9.0 ECTS-Credits: Bachelor’s Thesis
Interdisciplinary skills covering 10 ECTS-Credits are to be passed between semester 3 and semester 6.
| Specialisation: Islamic Theology | Specialisation: Islamic Religious Education |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Contemporary Movements in Islamic Philosophy | 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Subject Didactics Secondary Level I |
| 4.0 ECTS-Credits: SE Islamic Mysticism – History of Ideas and Institutionalisation | 4.0 ECTS-Credits: PR Practice Secondary Schools I |
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Qualification Profile and Skills
The Bachelor’s Programme in Islamic-Theological Studies includes two specialisations which allow students to specialise in the field of Islamic Theology or Islamic Religious Education. It systematically combines research and teaching and enables graduates to apply the theories, methods and instruments of the discipline in a practice-oriented way. In addition to advanced knowledge and skills in the subject, the graduates also acquire the competence to be innovative and to have a critical, scientifically responsible way of dealing with faith and religion in the public. They also will have an awareness for questions of gender research.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Graduates will be able to apply research findings and teaching methods of Islamic culture and religion in the fields of community, education (primary and secondary), counselling and spiritual guidance. They have fundamental knowledge that enables them to assess further scientific developments in theological and pedagogical fields and to apply them in an interdisciplinary manner according to the acquired competences.
Future Prospects: Occupational Profiles and Career Opportunitiesn
The specialisation in Islamic Theology qualifies students for work in mosque congregations in the field of non-school education, counselling and spiritual guidance, e.g. as prayer leaders, adult education, children's and youth work as well as spiritual care in hospitals, for seniors, in prisons and in the military.
The specialisation on Islamic Religious Education qualifies for all areas in education, such as schools, religious education, adult education, children’s and youth work as well as public relations and consulting. The subject-specific training is complemented by fundamentals of educational studies, subject didactics and educational-practical studies in connection with practical school experience.
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Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
Description of the applied grading system (including the grade distribution table) »
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| Austrian grading scheme |
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| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance |
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= 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors |
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| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors |
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| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria |
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| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
will be updated
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Forms (in German only)
- Evidence of the Bachelor's Thesis accordning to the curriculum
- Examination Records
- Recognition of exams AND Supplementary Sheet
- Cover Sheet for the Bachelor's Thesis
- Declaration of Academic Honesty
- Application for Admission to the third and fourth repetition of a course examination
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Standort Innrain 52d 
Associate Dean of Studies (from 01.03.2024)
Dr. Asligül Aysel, BA MA
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Ammann