It emerged in 1988 from the unification of the schools of education in Halle (Saale) and Köthen, and was incorporated into the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in 1993.
[3] In 1969, the Pädagogische Akademie was named after the Russian pedagogue and revolutionary Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, and in 1972 it was elevated to the "N.K.
The college was divided into the following faculties: A branch in Dessau operated a preliminary course that provided university entrance qualifications for 10th grade graduates within one year.
The mathematician Werner Jungk was honoured as Verdienter Hochschullehrer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik [de].
Since the winter semester of 1997, the seat of the institute has been in the Francke Foundations,[5] as well as the whole college was affiliated to the Martin Luther University in 1993.
The content and ideology of the studies were adapted to the requirements of the Polytechnic Secondary School, which was newly created in 1959.
Since 1982, the training period was extended by an additional year, which served the large school internship (comparable to a Referendariat).