The teaching profession at state schools is regulated by the state in Bavaria. In order to work as a teacher at state schools in Bavaria, you must have obtained a certificate documenting academic training for the teaching profession in a member state of the European Union (EU) or in another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) or in Switzerland, or be authorized to work as a teacher.

Employment as a teacher at private schools or at state schools within the framework of temporary contracts (e.g. as a substitute teacher) is also possible in individual cases without recognition of the teaching qualification. In such cases, applicants should apply directly to the school at which they wish to teach or to the responsible school authority.

Late repatriates are entitled to formal recognition of the training they acquired in their country of origin. The possibility of content-related recognition is examined in a separate procedure (see ”Further links”).

For teachers who acquired their qualification in another country (”third country”), it is not possible to acquire a teaching qualification through recognition in Bavaria.

The aim of teacher training in Bavaria is to acquire a teaching qualification for a type of school that entitles the holder to hold a public office. The acquisition of a teaching qualification is regulated in the Bavarian Teacher Training Act. Proof of a teaching qualification is required in order to practice the profession in the entire breadth of the professional field.

If a teaching qualification has been acquired abroad and the aim is to acquire a qualification for this teaching profession in Bavaria, the foreign professional qualification must be recognized by the competent authority.