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As a rule, classes meet once a week for one two-hour session. In the official terminology of the University one such two-hour session is called "2 semester-week hours" (2 "Semesterwochenstunden")

Opportunities for study

The University offers a range of subjects for study, all of which can be studied on their own or combined with educational studies or classes on teaching methodology.

The following subjects can be studied in Ludwigsburg:

In addition, opportunities are provided for participation in teaching practice at the following school types: primary-level elementary school (Grundschule), secondary-level elementary school (Hauptschule), secondary modern school (Realschule), school for special needs (Sonderschule).

Placements are either "day practicals", i.e. one morning at school per week for a whole semester, or "block practicals", i.e. one block period of 3-4 weeks' daily teaching at a school during the semester vacation. 

There are approximately 4,500 students at Ludwigsburg University of Education; most of them are training to become teachers. As a rule they study four subjects: Education, plus one major subject and two minor subjects.

The University has an intake of approximately 60 international students per semester, who come from among the ca. 40 partner universities worldwide with which Ludwigsburg maintains international and exchange relations. International students in Ludwigsburg have a free choice of subjects; i.e. by arrangement with their home university and the ECTS Co-ordinator in Ludwigsburg, they may combine whatever subjects they wish, as long as they are not following a set-course programme (such as Langues Etrangères Appliquées - LEA).

The Academic Year in Ludwigsburg is divided into two halves: a winter semester and a summer semester. Their official durations are 1st October - 31st March and 1st April - 30th September respectively. The periods during which actual teaching takes place are a little shorter, i.e. approx. 15th October - 15th February (Winter Semester) and approx. 15th April - 21st July (Summer Semester).

As programmes at the University change from semester to semester, an overview of new courses is only published at the end of each current semester. In order to put together your timetable, please look at the up-to-date prospectus on the Internet. 

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