International Profile | PH Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg University of Education (LUE) defines itself as an education competence centre and practises internationalisation in all university dimensions. Internationalisation is a central element of the mission statement, with a focus on diversity. Since two thirds of the students will later work as teachers in classes with a heterogeneous student body, it is our concern to build up international competence and enable international experiences. LUE has an extensive partner university network with over 90 institutions in almost 40 countries worldwide.

Overview

LUE’s international network enables numerous outgoing and incoming students to study at partner universities and in Ludwigsburg. Students also strengthen their international experience in the context of school internships abroad, teaching assistantships or international excursions/summer schools. Internationalisation at home is a priority too, among other things through English-language courses – also on-line and in tandem with international teachers. Every year we welcome teachers from anglophone countries as part of our "Ludwigsburg International Classrooms/ LICs" programme and are committed to the lively exchanges taking place within the framework of the teacher mobility of the ERASMUS + programme. In the area of teacher training, the European teacher training programme with bilingual (German/English) courses is established as an internationally oriented programme with a compulsory semester abroad. The English-language master's programme, "International Education Management" INEMA, established in 2011, attracts numerous international students. The programme, offered jointly with Helwan University in Cairo, uses a transnational blended learning curriculum to prepare professionals from all over the world for management responsibilities in the education sector. It has been the cornerstone for further digitisation projects in the area of internationalisation, which are currently shaping the university's further development (including IDEN, PIM, DIVA, INVITE).

There are good opportunities for LUE employees to enhance their international expertise. Through its programmes, the International Office offers lecturers the opportunity to spend a teaching period at a partner university, to invite international partners to Ludwigsburg for joint teaching and to organise joint events in an on-line format. For administrative staff, the International Office organises further training stays as individual job shadowing opportunities and promotes participation in staff training weeks. Offering our own Staff Training and Staff Teaching Weeks enables us to strengthen networking with international partners.