Educational Science (MSc)
About the programme
The specialisation Educational Science focuses on the nature of educational contexts and learning processes of children and adolescents from a cognitive-psychological, social-emotional, and neuro-scientific perspective. Both general learning as well as learning in specific tasks (e.g., reading, science, mathematics) will be addressed.
The programme consists of four substantive courses, which are designed to allow for intensive and personal contact with the instructor and the other students: These courses focus on the following subjects:
- Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying learning and academic performance
- Psychological perspectives on education and their implications for instruction and assessment
- Digital aspects of education
- Data-based instruction and continuous progress monitoring
- Backgrounds, meanings, and consequences of current educational innovations and interventions.
In addition, students are trained in research methods and statistics.
Master’s project
We believe it is important that during the master project, you can develop and refine your research skills. The specific topic of your project does not need to be directly related to your specialisation. However, your research question should naturally fall within the broad field of Education and Child Studies. We expect our students to share this wide-ranging interest with us. For us, the central focus is that you learn about the research process and challenge yourself to gain new insights and knowledge.
Students can choose from multiple projects, and we do our best to place students in their top choices as much as possible. No matter which project you are assigned to, we support you in your learning process. Concerned about the process? The course Practice of empirical research course will prepare you well. Additionally, there are various resources available within the University.
Starting in February
Starting in February
If you start the MSc in February, you will enter the second part of our programme. You start the master project and the internship. Finding an internship is the responsibility of the student. If you prefer to do the preparatory courses first and then the master project and internship, please start the MSc in September.
Fulltime programme
The MSc is a full-time course. If you want to take longer to complete the program, you can. We recommend students to do the internship at the end of the programme. The study advisor will be happy to advice you.