Theater Pedagogy (B.A.), Campus Lingen (Ems)
Bachelor of Arts
Together for tomorrow
Do you love theater and want to inspire people? If so, the Theater Pedagogy degree program at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Lingen Campus, is just right for you!
Experience the close integration of theory and practice in a personal learning atmosphere. Small groups of up to 18 students, accompanied by experienced theater professionals, ensure a well-founded and application-oriented education. Here, you will develop creative and socially relevant concepts for the Theater Pedagogy of tomorrow.
The degree program at a glance
- Degree
Bachelor of Arts
- Start
Winter semester
- Placement test
Entrance exams
- Standard period of study
7 Semesters (incl. internship)
- Language
German
- Type of study
Full-time undergraduate degree program
- Numerus Clausus
No
- Location
Lingen (Ems)
- Admission restriction
Yes
Career prospects and alumni
What our former students say:
“As part of the very first Bachelor’s class in 2005, I left my Theater Pedagogy studies at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences with metaphorical suitcases packed full of methods, ideas, games, and inspiration. I dove into the theater world headfirst, laughing and open to everything.
A lot of time has passed since then. I’ve had the privilege of initiating, guiding, and shaping incredibly wonderful and valuable projects. And I’ve watched so many young people grow beyond themselves and truly shine. It’s wonderful. Whether working freelance in classrooms and daycares, leading a youth club at a municipal theater, or managing new youth theater formats – it's a colorful, creative, and heartwarming career that I love dearly and wouldn’t want to miss for the world.”
- Katharina B?hrke, Graduate of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Theater Pedagogy B.A.
“I read the profile for the Theater Pedagogy degree program at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences back in 2015 with great enthusiasm. I was won over by the combination of working with people and a theater practice that reflects on society. That’s why, a few years later, I made my way from a small Polish town in Silesia all the way to Lingen (Ems).
During my studies, I learned to look at social phenomena critically and, ultimately, to use theater as a tool for social transformation. My professional work today is defined by the quest to explore and apply theater as a way to reflect on the self and the world, right at the intersection of art, sociology, and pedagogy. I currently work with children and adolescents with behavioral challenges in social and theater pedagogy contexts, and I teach at various acting schools in Hamburg with a self-reflective focus on ‘body-oriented acting techniques’.”
- Christoph Kaczmarczyk, Graduate of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Theater Pedagogy B.A.
“With its close integration of theory and practice, the Theater Pedagogy program prepared me for two things: an artistic-cultural Master’s program and a professional career as a theater instructor. Supported and motivated by the lecturers on campus, I was able to find my own niche and connect different disciplines — even while I was still studying. Today, I work as a research associate in Theater Pedagogy for healthcare professions, focusing on simulation-based teaching and learning. I also work freelance as a theater instructor in various areas that, for instance, combine Theater Pedagogy with Education for Sustainable Development. The strong focus on practice and discourse didn’t just give me professional expertise — it shaped my entire professional and personal mindset.”
- Lisa Striezel, Graduate of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Theater Pedagogy B.A.
Detailed information
The Theater Pedagogy degree program prepares you to apply and further develop contemporary theater forms, discourses, and methods.
We value a reflective, diversity-sensitive, and ecologically sustainable mindset, with a clear focus on social change. Interdisciplinary use of analog and digital theater methods in social, educational, artistic, and creative contexts allows for boundless creativity and ideas.
The analog and digital theater methods learned in the degree program can be applied interdisciplinarily. Concrete theater pedagogy activity formats depend on the societal needs in the student's social and cultural fields of work, e.g.:
- Theater with non-professional actors (in theaters, theater pedagogy centers, schools, youth and community centers)
- Professional theater (in freelance ensembles, theater workshops, etc.)
- Cultural mediation (in theaters, museums, etc.)
- Social-pedagogical/cultural education (in schools, youth/sociocultural centers)
- Adult education/personnel development (in organizations, institutions, associations, etc.)
- Sociopolitical public sphere (in NGOs such as aid, peace, human rights organizations, disability and self-help groups, gender organizations, etc.)
- Moderation and consulting (in organizations, NGOs, institutions, and associations)
- Healing and care (in hospitals, social stations, care facilities, etc.)
Graduates can work artistically and thematically/content-wise in these professional fields as well as initiating and managing public relations, management, financing, and evaluations.
During the seven semesters, you will learn not only performative stage techniques but also cultural management, theater pedagogical didactics, and performative research and mediation in theory and practice.
The sixth semester is designed as an internship semester in which you implement what you have learned in real fields of work. Our teaching is application-oriented, networked, and interdisciplinary – supported by a strong network of specialists and institutions.
Click here for more information about the program schedule.
Theater pedagogy knows no bounds! We partner with universities in Europe and beyond, allowing you to complete shadowing opportunities, research projects, and internships abroad and discover valuable insights into the diversity and scope of theater pedagogy interventions, methods, and teaching practices.
More info on Erasmus, summer schools, and more: Outgoing & Incoming
“I was surprised how much the perspectives on theater pedagogy at NOVIA differed from those in Lingen. After all the semesters in Lingen, I gained a lot of unexpected new inspiration for my work even in Finland, but I also realized that I was able to bring fresh ideas to our work at NOVIA. Exciting processes emerged from the meeting of these different perspectives.”
– Jasmin Wartenberg on her semester abroad in Vaasa, Finland
The degree program at Lingen Campus offers a wide range of theater pedagogy expertise. At the same time, the focus is on your personal development. You can continually reinvent and orient yourself—artistically, as an activist, digitally, and internationally.
Our program is interdisciplinary: You work together with partners from pedagogy, art institutions, or (aesthetic) cultural educational institutions.
The Institute for Theater Pedagogy is closely networked with regional and international actors, including:
- Emsland Comprehensive School and Spelle Secondary School, among others
- Various Lingen daycare centers, elementary schools, and senior centers
- Theater Osnabrück and HAU Berlin, among others
- Center for Theater Pedagogy Lingen
- Bonifatius Hospital, Lingen Public Library
In addition, the Institute for Theater Pedagogy supports the World Festival of Children’s Theatre, which takes place in Lingen every four years, and houses the German Archive for Theater Pedagogy (DATP), which is unique in Europe.
In the Burgtheater Lingen as well as in the new laboratory building, you can test innovative theater scenarios and intermedial formats.
The annual festivals, “Freie Schichten” and “Unboxing,” are co-curated by students and lead to an interdisciplinary, transregional exchange as well as sustainable community-building.
As a renowned location for research and study, the Institute also regularly invites specialist audiences to conferences.
To get to know the degree program better, we recommend attending events at our own studio theater, “Burgtheater Lingen.” Current events can be found at www.burgtheater-lingen.de. Or sign up for the Burgtheater newsletter to receive current information.
You can get insights into the degree program, for example, at the University Information Day at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences in Osnabrück on November 20, 2025. In spring 2026, there will also be a Study Information Day at Lingen Campus.
Under the motto “Studieren probieren” (Give University a Try), you can get a taste of university life here at the Institute for Theater Pedagogy in a trial study, or accompany a current student in their daily life with the Student for a Day program. Details on the offerings and registration can be found on the Student for a Day web page of the Central Student Advisory Service Osnabrück.
Contact
- Academic information and guidance
Prof. Dr. Eva Renvert
Academic Dean and Degree Program SupervisorRoom: LB 0108
Phone: +49 (0)0591 80098-432
E-mail: e.renvert@hs-osnabrueck.deOffice hours:
By arrangement
- General information and coordination
Silke Rademacher
OfficeRoom: LB 0108
Phone: +49 (0)591 80098-411
E-mail: s.rademacher@hs-osnabrueck.deOffice hours:
By arrangement
- Application, admission and exams
Imke Garrelmann
Registrar's officeRoom: KC 0004
Phone: +49 (0)591 80098-632
E-mail: i.garrelmann@hs-osnabrueck.deOffice hours:
Mondays and Thursdays: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm