Ludwigsburg University of Education

The Ludwigsburg University of Education (German Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg), also called in English the University of Ludwigsburg and the Pedagogical University of Ludwigsburg, is an institution of higher education in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Pädagogische Hochschule is usually translated as "University of Education".

Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg University of Education)
Established1962
Studentsapprox. 6,100
Location
Ludwigsburg, Germany
,
Germany
Websitewww.ph-ludwigsburg.de

The university trains educators for primary schools, general secondary schools (Hauptschule), middle-ranking secondary schools (Realschule), and special schools. It also has an M.Sc. course in Professional Education and has academic programs, research projects, and a PhD program, operated jointly with universities in Stuttgart and Tübingen. Currently the University of Education has about 5500 students and 430 members of staff.[1]

The present-day institution grew out of the Stuttgart Pedagogical Institute, founded in 1946, which became a Pädagogische Hochschule in 1962 and was moved to Ludwigsburg in 1966.[2] The Ludwigsburg University of Education is now one of six Pädagogische Hochschulen in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Notable academics

Notable alumni

Notes
  1. Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany at University of Durham web site, accessed 4 March 2018
  2. Baden-Württemberg in Wort und Zahl (Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg, 1966), p. 162 (in German)
  3. Arthur Engel, Exploring Mathematics with your Computer (1993), author biography on cover


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.