Dr. Birgit Neuhaus

Professor

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Biography

Birgit Jana Neuhaus is a Professor at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, specializing in the Didactics of Biology. Her research focuses on teacher professionalism, teaching quality, and problem-oriented learning environments in biology. She emphasizes the importance of early childhood education and explores the integration of digital media in biology teaching and learning. Neuhaus is actively involved in training the next generation of scholars in her field and participates in several third-party funding projects. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to educational innovation and interdisciplinary research, including the LMU Teaching Innovation Award in 2023 and the GEBF Award for promoting interdisciplinarity in educational research in the same year. Additionally, she was recognized for her exceptional commitment to the education of future teaching students in 2010 and shared a teaching award from the Faculty of Biology/Geography at the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2007 with her research group.

Research Interests

Teacher Professionalism Teaching Quality Problem-Oriented Learning Environments in Biology Early Childhood Education Biology Teaching and Learning with Digital Media

Experience

Professor

2015-04-01 — Present

Ludwig Maximilians University Munich • Munich

Leading the Department of Biology Education and conducting research in the didactics of biology.

Awards

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LMU Teaching Innovation Award

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GEBF Award for Promoting Interdisciplinarity in Educational Research

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Special Engagement Award for Teaching

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Teaching Award from the Faculty of Biology/Geography

Requirements for Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:2.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor of Science in Economics or equivalent At least 75% of bachelor's degree requirements completed at time of application
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate or official transcript
  • Official explanation of the grading scale
  • Official translation of documents (if not German/English)
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English
  • Outline of lecture courses
Specialization Notes

Department of Economics. Includes an admissions test in Munich if the GPA is not better than 2.50 or equivalence is unclear.