The Institute of Vocational Education and Adult Education offers seven courses of study which deal with topics of vocational and in-company initial and continuing vocational training, aspects of education and learning in adulthood and the support of disadvantaged persons. The academic qualification of prospective teachers in vocational schools is another central area of the institute's teaching. The master programme in Educational Sciences is interdisciplinary and prepares students for various activities in extracurricular educational work and scientific educational research. The study of teaching at vocational schools is composed of the undergraduate bachelor and a consecutive master programme and enables the graduates to make the transition to the traineeship at vocational schools. The master programme "LBS-Sprint" offers graduates of engineering bachelor programmes the possibility of a lateral entry into the teaching profession.