• China and Chinese, or Mandarin, is playing an increasingly important role in forward-looking education policies. Furthermore, Chinese as a school subject is becoming more and more common with efforts to increase its appeal and develop the subject. At the same time, conveying skills and competencies associated with China is being actively promoted in the education sector.
  • The Master of Education/degree programme component Chinese at Heidelberg University prepares students for competence- and communication-oriented teaching duties in Germany. At the same time, graduates become disseminators of China-competencies in schools.
  • The degree programme component is aimed at graduates of the BA programme Chinese studies or East Asian studies (with a specialisation in Chinese studies) who consider their main strengths to be in didactic and pedagogical work.