 Besides, there are also civil servants at ecclesiastical church-owned grammar schools that hold the title of a „Studienrat im Kirchendienst“ ("Educational Councillor in Church Service"), short „StR i. K.“ They are "officials of the church", on a legal basis comparable to officials of the state.The following ranks are Oberstudienrat ("Upper Educational Councillor"), Studiendirektor ("Educational Director") and Oberstudiendirektor ("Upper Educational Direktor")

Nomination of a Studienrat requires a master's degree in at least two subjects like Mathematics and Physics and additional educational studies.The next step is a teacher training at an Educational College for mostly two years including practical training on the job, and a three-year probationary period at a grammar school.