Private University College of Teacher Education Augustinum

The PPH Augustinum offers training in the area of Bachelor studies (8 semester) for the teaching profession at primary schools and Religious Education for primary and secondary schools. It also offers a 6th semester Bachelor course for Early Childhood Education.

The PPH Augustinum furthermore offers Master studies for primary education, special needs education as well as Religious education studies (2–4 semester). It is a private institution enjoying public recognition by the state of Austria. It is owned by the “Foundation for the University College of Education of the Roman-Catholic Diocese of GrazSeckau”.

The entire offer of studies follows the Bologna system architecture, including the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The language of instruction is German, yet we offer courses in English for our incoming students.

At PPH Augustinum the new type of teacher training is based on the Christian image of man and closely related to humanistic and democratic values, sustaining a spirit of mutual respect and dialogue.

The largely modularised schedule guarantees that the contents of studies are not approached in a single-sided way but comprehensively with regard to their intrinsic connections.

Special emphasis is put on innovative pedagogical movements.

The PPH Augustinum has more than fourty academic partner institutions in more than twenty European countries, offering a wide framework for students’ and teachers’ mobility according to European exchange programmes.

The PPH Augustinum focuses on pedagogical research, offering a rich variety of publications as well as cooperations with both national and international institutions in this field.

While the majority of students in the initial teacher training study for primary school teachers’ qualifications, the PPH Augustinum is also specialised in training teachers for Catholic Religious Studies in Primary as well as Secondary Schools.