Secondary Education in Germany

German Courses & Boarding School Counseling School Locations Contents

Introduction 4 CJD Internat Elze 54 Hermann-Lietz-Schule Spiekeroog 56 Stiftung Louisenlund German Language Program Internat Solling 58 Nordsee-Internat prior to Secondary Education Schleswig- Pädagogium Bad Sachsa 60 Hermann-Lietz-Schule Humboldt-Institut Bad Schussenried 10 Spiekeroog Holstein Mecklenburg- Schule Marienau 62 Western Pomerania Humboldt-Institut Lindenberg 12 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Hamburg Internatsgymnasium Schloss Torgelow Partner Boarding Schools Internatsgymnasium Schloss Torgelow 64

Schule Marienau North Rhine-Westphalia Bremen Baden-Wuerttemberg Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck 66 Brandenburg Kloster Wald 14 Lower Saxony Collegium Johanneum Schloss Loburg 68 Kurpfalz-Internat: Privates Internatsgymnasium 16 Krüger Internat Hanover Berlin Internat Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium 70 und Schulen Saxony- Schloss-Schule Kirchberg 18 Internat Schloss Buldern 72 CJD Internat Elze Anhalt Schule Birklehof 20 Collegium Johanneum Gymnasium im Internat Schloß Wittgenstein 74 Collegium Burgberg-Gymnasium Stift Neuzelle Schule Schloss Salem 22 Schloss Loburg Internat Solling Augustinianum Landschulheim Grovesmühle Internat Schloss Buldern Krüger Internat und Schulen 76 Gaesdonck Urspringschule 24 Schloss Heessen Privatschule Conventz 78 North Rhine- Pädagogium Bad Sachsa Zinzendorfschulen 26 Schloss Heessen 80 Düsseldorf Westphalia Klosterschule Roßleben Bavaria Villa Wewersbusch Villa Wewersbusch 82 Internat Schloß Wittgenstein Christian-von-Bomhard-Schule 28 Hesse Hermann-Lietz-Schule Rhineland-Palatinate Privatschule Cologne/ Schloss Hohenwehrda Gymnasium Lindenberg 30 Conventz Bonn Steinmühle Gymnasium Weierhof 84 Internatsschule Thuringia Institut Schloss Brannenburg 32 Internat Hermann-Lietz-Schule Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium Schloss Bieberstein Landheim Ammersee 34 Saxony-Anhalt Hermann-Lietz-Schule Haubinda Max-Rill-Gymnasium Schloss Reichersbeuern 36 Landschulheim Grovesmühle 86 Frankfurt Rhineland- Schloss Neubeuern 38 Palatinate Schleswig-Holstein Schulzentrum Marienhöhe Schule Schloss Stein 40 Nordsee-Internat 88 Gymnasium Weierhof Christian-von-Bomhard-Schule Brandenburg Stiftung Louisenlund 90 Kurpfalz-Internat Schloss-Schule Kirchberg Gymnasium im Stift Neuzelle 42 Thuringia Baden- Bavaria Hesse Lietz Internatsdorf Haubinda 92 Wuerttemberg Lietz Internat Schloss Bieberstein 44 Klosterschule Roßleben 94 Stuttgart Lietz Internat Hohenwehrda 46 Munich Urspringschule Your Next Steps 96 Schulzentrum Marienhöhe 48 Zinzendorfschulen Memmingen Landheim Ammersee Schule Schloss Stein Steinmühle Internatsschule 50 Heimschule Costs and Fees supplement Schule Birklehof Kloster Wald Max-Rill- Humboldt-Institut Gymnasium Schloss Neubeuern Bad Schussenried Lower Saxony Schule Schloss Salem Gymnasium Lindenberg Friedrichshafen Burgberg-Gymnasium 52 Institut Schloss Brannenburg Humboldt-Institut Zurich Lindenberg Prerequisites

Our Secondary Education in Germany program is geared School attendance in a foreign country is a major challenge for students regarding both their previous school education towards highly motivated students between 10 and 17 years and their personality. of age, offering the chance to participate in regular classes Besides having to demonstrate generally above average in German boarding schools. The goal is to finish a school academic performance, international candidates must also have sufficient knowledge of the German language career in Germany and to graduate with the German secondary to be admitted to a German school. This is why they are education leaving certificate Abitur, which at the same time is asked first of all to attend an intensive German language course at one of our year-round course centers for German the entrance ticket for university admittance in Germany as as a foreign language in Bad Schussenried (page 10) or in well as a key to a successful career at home. Lindenberg (page 12).

Additionally, applicants are required to have sufficient English knowledge. French, Latin or Spanish may be required as well, even though most schools are able to accept a foreign native language as an equivalent to the second foreign language requirement at German schools. Alternatively, students have the possibility to start this additional foreign language when entering the school.

4 German Language Program at the Humboldt-Institut

Level C1.2

Level C1.1

Level B2.2

Level B2.1

School Level B1 transition course

Level A2

Level A1

5 weeks 10 weeks 15 weeks 20 weeks 25 weeks 30 weeks 35 weeks 40 weeks

A good command of the German language is necessary Program Schedule After having successfully completed their German program, to attend a secondary school in Germany. The minimum students are transferred to the boarding school of their requirement to follow the topics of all lessons in German Depending on the student’s prior German level—which choice and integrated in a class according to their age and along with native German classmates is a completed will be determined on the first day of the course with a performance level. level B2 (upper intermediate) according to the Common comprehensive placement test—and the performance The diagram above gives an overview of the German European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). during the language program, it takes approximately two language program at the Humboldt-Institut. to eight months to reach the required level of German, at With our special German program—which goes beyond least the completion of Humboldt level B2. standard German education not only in quality, but Performance Reports also regarding classroom topics directed towards the A complete beginner can successfully finish the German school visit from the very beginning—we will help program after only 25-30 weeks! students achieve the necessary German language skills In regular performance reports we give detailed information in a minimum of time. The program includes small and Subsequent to the general German language courses, on the student’s language progress to parents and boarding highly intensive classes taught by motivated, professional we offer our students a school transition course focusing schools. The reports clearly and transparently show all teachers. Each student's progress is continuously monitored on the most relevant school subjects. This course helps to aspects of the student’s performance inside and outside through weekly tests and regular level exams. What ease the transition between the German course and school the classroom. They provide a clear view on special skills, especially enhances the language learning is our “total attendance and aims at teaching the terminology and the general language development and the student’s social immersion“ concept: In our residential schools students methodology of the most important subject areas taught behavior inside the boarding school community. Together do not only study German within the classroom, but also at school (e. g., mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, with weekly in-class tests the performance reports serve as continue to improve their language skills during supervised history, politics, geography, religion/ethic) as well as a tool to constantly monitor the student’s progress and to leisure time activities in the afternoons and evenings, on important skills (e. g., working with sources, summarizing recognize individual problems at an early stage, allowing us cultural excursions and even during their meals. texts, performing research, role-playing simulation or to react and support students fast and efficiently. project work).

6 Selection of the Boarding School

Finding the appropriate secondary school in Germany is Different Kinds of Boarding Schools Counseling Service an important topic for both students and parents. The Humboldt-Institut has a network of 40 partner schools We decided to arrange our partner boarding schools in Our counseling team will take you through all application steps, anything from all over Germany. Our experienced staff will guide you this brochure according to their location. In Germany the providing the necessary application forms to supporting you with important visa through the demanding process of deciding for the most federal states are responsible for their educational systems. issues. suitable school before starting the German course program This means that educational standards, which are generally at the Humboldt-Institut. on a very high level in Germany, can vary from state to Please contact us to receive more information on the application process and on state. One major difference is the question when you our intensive German courses. We will send all information necessary to process For your convenience and a first overview, we compiled graduate: after 12 or 13 years. your application and help you to find the most suitable boarding school among this brochure: It contains the most important information our partner schools. about our carefully selected partner schools summarized The arrangement according to the schools’ location is also on a double page each. The consistent structure gives based on our wish to present them in an objective way, Please contact a quick overview and allows you to easily compare the not giving preference to any school— especially as all Humboldt-Institut‘s head office schools. All of our partner schools have a very good schools presented in this brochure offer a very high level Telephone +49 7522 988 0 reputation both in Germany and abroad. of education. Another reason is that the location may play [email protected] an important role in choosing the right school, especially if www.humboldt-institut.org you are looking for a school in a certain region in Germany or if you have certain extracurricular activities like sports (e. g., water sports, skiing) or cultural opportunities in mind.

8 Please contact Humboldt-Institut Bad Schussenried Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational residential school for German as a foreign language [email protected]

The Humboldt-Institut Bad Schussenried prepares international students for their studies at a German boarding school. The focus is on the following areas: reading and listening comprehension, writing skills, oral expression and grammar. Students are taught in intensive courses with 30 lessons per week (teenagers) or 25 lessons per week (juniors).

A student with no previous German knowledge can complete level B2 in approx. 6-8 months due to our “total immersion” concept, continuous progress control and monitoring as well as active daily use of the German language also outside the classroom.

Key facts School program

Educational form Language program Residential school for German as a German as a foreign language foreign language (A1-C2) Levels A1-C2 Leaving certificate 30 lessons/week for teenagers Humboldt course certificate (ages 14 -17) Location Regular performance reports 25 lessons/week for juniors (ages 10-13) In the heart of Upper Swabia, Homework halfway between Ulm and Total number Number of Supervised Lake Constance of students boarders Additional study time Address maximum 300 100% Remedial education Humboldt-Institut Extracurricular study groups Bad Schussenried Size of Group size in Extra tuition program (when necessary) Zellerseeweg 11 classes boarding home 88427 Bad Schussenried ~ 10 10-15 Activities www.humboldt-institut.org

Daily free time activity program Accommodation in boarding home (sports, creative work, social activities) Twin rooms, all rooms with shower/WC and balcony Additional supporting program for juniors (ages 10-13) Special features Workshops Cultural program (including weekly full-day and half-day excursions) The boarding home is open 365 days per year accommodating students from all over the world.

10 Please contact Humboldt-Institut Lindenberg Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational residential school for German as a foreign language [email protected]

The Humboldt-Institut Lindenberg is a residential school for German as a foreign language, where international students between 13 and 17 years of age are prepared for their studies at a German boarding school. The focus in intensive courses with 30 lessons is on the following areas: reading and listening comprehension, writing skills, oral expression and grammar.

A student with no previous German knowledge can complete level B2 in approx. 6-8 months due to our “total immersion” concept, continuous progress control and monitoring as well as active daily use of the German language also outside the classroom.

Key facts School program

Educational form Language program Residential school for German as a German as a foreign language foreign language (A1-C2) Levels A1-C2 Leaving certificate 30 lessons/week for teenagers Location Humboldt course certificate (ages 13-17) Regular performance reports On the foothills of the Alps, Homework halfway between Munich Supervised and Zurich Total number Number of Additional study time of students boarders Address Remedial education Humboldt-Institut maximum Extracurricular study groups 200 100% Lindenberg Extra tuition program (when necessary) Ellgasser Straße 42 Size of Group size in 88161 Lindenberg classes boarding home Activities www.humboldt-institut.org ~ 10 ~ 15 Daily free time activity program (sports, creative work, social activities) Accommodation in boarding home Workshops Twin rooms, all rooms with shower/WC Cultural program (including weekly full-day and half-day excursions) Special features

The boarding home is open 365 days per year accommodating students from all over the world.

12 Please contact Kloster Wald Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Church-run boarding school for girls [email protected]

Our integrated educational concept is based on Pestalozzi‘s principle of “head, heart and hand”: Abitur (A-levels) and an optional certificate of apprenticeship (from Year 9 parallel to school lessons) for dressmaking, joinery or sculpture. Individual support and supporting language lessons for foreign students. Wide offer of a variety of sports, musical and theater-pedagogical activities. Attending religious education and Sunday mass is compulsory. Social services; days of religious retreat; small boarding school groups; education focuses on Christian values; supervised study time; educational care by student tutors; wide range of leisure and weekend activities.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French (Year 6) Educational form Students can achieve a certificate of Latin (Year 8) Primary school (Year 4) apprenticeship (dressmaking, joinery, Grammar school (Years 5 -12) sculpture) in addition to the Abitur Homework 2 hours daily, supervised Religion is a compulsory subject Leaving certificate Location Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Remedial education Special support for international students Total number Number of of students boarders Qualified social education worker at 500 100 school Exchange program - Size of Group size in classes boarding home

25 on average 15 -20 Activities

Sports: tennis, horseback riding, Accommodation in boarding home In the south of Germany, golfing, swimming, volleyball, cross Twin rooms, single rooms in Years 11 approx. 25 km northwest of Lake country running, fitness training, sailing and 12 Constance Theater, choir, orchestra, school band, music lessons Address Kloster Wald School program Handicrafts, excursions Von-Weckenstein-Str. 2 88639 Wald Branch of study www.heimschule-kloster-wald.de Branch of natural sciences Branch of languages

14 Please contact Kurpfalz-Internat: Privates Internatsgymnasium Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Support of intelligent students who are not achieving their potential; support for dyslexia, private lessons and coaching during summer holidays.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Soccer, volleyball, judo, tennis, Grammar school (Years 7 -12) Branch of natural sciences cross-country running, kickboxing, Branch of languages horseback riding, golf, swimming, Leaving certificate diving, athletics, gym, arts and crafts, Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Foreign languages cooking, regular visits of theaters or English (Year 5) museums in nearby towns French/Latin (Year 6) Total number Number of More than 45 different weekly activities Spanish (Year 8) of students boarders Homework 170 170 Supervised Special features (110 boys, 60 girls) Remedial education Individual student selection due to very Size of Group size in Individual support small classes classes boarding home Special programs for foreign students Special focus on developing students’ 10 maximum ~ 20 Exchange program individual learning potential Partnership with Wanganui Collegiate Summer school: intensive two-week School, New Zealand program combining academic study Accommodation in boarding home with a mix of sports and social activities Twin rooms and single rooms

Location

Close to Heidelberg and Mannheim, approx. 90 km to Frankfurt international airport

Address Kurpfalz-Internat gemeinnützige BetriebsGmbH Diersteinstr. 1-7 69245 Bammental www.kurpfalz-internat.de

16 Please contact Schloss-Schule Kirchberg Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Nestled in the peaceful Jagst valley, the Schloss-Schule Kirchberg assists students from around the world to find their own path to academic and personal growth.

With a diverse offering of academic, cultural, athletic and technical courses and activities, students are able to discover and foster their individual potential while learning to take responsibility for themselves and their community.

Key facts Homework “Early Study” at University of Würzburg Supervised or University of Stuttgart Educational form Cooperation with a professional Remedial education Grammar school (Years 5 -12) basketball club (Crailsheim Merlins) German as a foreign language support Leaving certificate Remediation group instruction or Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) individual tutoring

Exchange program Total number Number of England, France, Poland Location of students boarders

330 100 Activities

Size of Group size in Theater, art, music, dance, pottery, classes boarding home woodworking, judo, climbing, tennis, horseback riding, soccer, basketball, on average 17 10-12 swimming, chess

Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms, occasionally single rooms Special features

10-plus class: special program for In the middle of the cities of Ulm, School program international students to deepen Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Würzburg their academic, social and methodic and Nuremberg (approx. 100 km knowledge of the German school respectively) Branch of study system as a preparation for upper Branch of natural sciences level classes (11-12) Address Branch of visual arts Schloss-Schule Kirchberg Equestrian sports program (riding Schulstr. 4 Foreign languages lessons, competing, riding badges) 74592 Kirchberg/Jagst English (Year 5) Program for academically gifted French/Latin (Year 6) www.schloss-schule.de students

18 Please contact Schule Birklehof Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Birklehof stands for an excellent schooling, which is closely related to an integrated education program and based on the unity of living and learning in a boarding school.

Education at Birklehof is characterized by three principles: secureness, evolvement and personal success. Within a very individual atmosphere which is shaped by warmth and mutual respect, the adolescents are encouraged to actively involve themselves into the everyday life of their school. Consequently, a sense of responsibility, social skills, independence, individual initiative as well as the ability of decision- making are fostered constantly.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Outdoor and adventure sports Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Branch of natural sciences (e. g., skiing, snowboarding, climbing, Branch of languages mountain biking, soccer, badminton, Leaving certificate Branch of fine arts golfing, horseback riding, hockey, Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) rugby) Foreign languages Chamber music, choir, theater and English (Year 5) drama group, big band, dancing, arts Total number Number of French/Latin (Year 6) and crafts, pottery, carpentry, filming, of students boarders Spanish (Year 8) computer programming, community services, debating 200 140 Homework Supervised Individual singing and instrumental lessons Size of Group size in Remedial education classes boarding home Remediation group classes or individual Location tutoring Special features 10-19 5-20 In the Black Forest, approx. Exchange program 25 km east of Freiburg in the Part of the Round Square group: This Obligatory German as a foreign border triangle of Germany, Accommodation in boarding home includes more than 180 schools on five language support for international France and Switzerland 10 boarding homes for girls and boys continents, with countries such as the students Twin rooms, single rooms in Year 12 United Kingdom, France, USA, Canada, Address Sibling discount (50 % on regular fees) Australia, South Africa, India, etc. Schule Birklehof e. V. 79856 Hinterzarten www.birklehof.de

20 Please contact Schule Schloss Salem Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Schule Schloss Salem is a secondary boarding school on Lake Constance with a multinational orientation hosting students from over 40 nations.

For 100 years now, Schule Schloss Salem has seen itself as a polis in which boarding school and school provide an enriching, value- conscious and demanding framework for the comprehensive personal development of each individual child.

Key facts School program Outdoor activities: e. g., Outward Bound Expedition, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, outdoor weekends Educational form Branch of study Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Branch of natural sciences Service activities: e. g., technical rescue Branch of languages service (THW), fire brigade, emergency Leaving certificate first aid service, nautical service Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Foreign languages Guilds: singing, musical instrument English (Year 5) lessons, orchestra, school band, choir, French/Latin (Year 6) theater, pottery studio, photography, Total number Number of Spanish/French/Latin (Year 8) carpentry, smithery, turnery, tailoring of students boarders Homework School government: e. g., Model United 600 570 Supervised Nations, school parliaments

Remedial education Size of Group size in German as a foreign language classes boarding home Special features Exchange program on average maximum 16 18 Extensive exchange program with Taking active responsibility for the Location about 50 renowned schools worldwide boarding school life is part of the daily routine, including obligatory after-class Two beautiful castles and one Accommodation in boarding home services. modern campus at and near Years 5 -10: multi-bed rooms Lake Constance (max. 4 students per room) Activities Music can be selected as a major Years 11-12: twin rooms subject for students starting in Year 8 Address Sports: e. g., hockey, soccer, basketball, Schule Schloss Salem volleyball, rugby, badminton, sailing, Schlossbezirk 1 swimming, running, skiing 88682 Salem www.schule-schloss-salem.de

22 Please contact Urspringschule Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Urspring is a progressive teaching school which contributes to the promotion of the whole personality by way of holistic education and the acquisition of extensive skills. Urspring is a mathematical-scientific grammar school. In addition, students have the possibility to complete an apprenticeship along with the Abitur. Since 1998 Urspring is a basketball excellence training center for Germany with the team winning German championships.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Sports: e. g., basketball, badminton, Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Branch of natural sciences baseball, swimming, tennis, horseback riding Leaving certificate Foreign languages Book club, photography, theater Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Pottery, fire brigade, charity project Location Total number Number of Homework of students boarders Supervised, integrated in lessons Special features 240 130 Remedial education Special support for dyslexia and Apprenticeship diploma parallel to dyscalculia classes from Year 8 or 9 onwards Size of Group size in possible (approx. one year after the classes boarding home Exchange program Abitur): carpenter, tailor, industrial Erasmus+ program with several mechanic on average 16 6-12 European countries Urspring Basketball Academy

Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms and multi-bed rooms, single rooms for senior students Situated on the edge of the Swabian Alb, close to Ulm

Address Urspringschule 89601 Schelklingen www.urspringschule.de

24 Please contact Zinzendorfschulen Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

At the Zinzendorfschulen you live and learn in a unique ambience of historic surroundings and the unspoilt countryside of the Black Forest.

The Zinzendorfschulen are characterized by a variety of educational paths. This variety offers optimal choices according to students’ own interests and abilities.

With more than 200 years of experience in education we can assure schooling and boarding on a high level. Supporting common sense, taking care of each individual in a very personal and trustful manner and our lively extra-curricular program make everyone feel immediately at ease.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Sports: e. g., golf, soccer, basketball, Grammar school (Years 5 -12 and 5 -13) Branch of natural sciences athletics, fitness, horseback riding, Branch of languages skiing Leaving certificate Branch of visual arts and design Several orchestras and choirs, theater Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) and drama group, jazz band, medical Foreign languages service and many more English (Year 5) Total number Number of French/Latin (Year 6) of students boarders Spanish (Year 8/9) Special features 950 70 Homework Supervised, individual study blocks in Decentralized campus with school and an additional learning campus with Size of Group size in boarding home within walking distance assistance from the teaching staff classes boarding home Religion is a compulsory subject for all Remedial education students 18-25 8-15 German as a foreign language Special tutoring and activity program Private lessons on demand for international students Psychologist at school Location Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms, single rooms (depending Exchange program In the Black Forest, approx. on age) France, Spain, Morocco 100 km southwest of Stuttgart

Address Zinzendorfschulen Mönchweiler Straße 5 78126 Königsfeld www.zinzendorfinternat.de

26 Please contact Christian-von-Bomhard-Schule Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational church-run boarding school [email protected]

Student-centered teaching is preferred to a teacher-centered approach. Thus, the individual learner is in focus, taking the active part inside the classroom. As a strong emphasis is put on activity based teaching, the students are permanently encouraged to participate actively. Examples of this kind of teaching methods are inquiry-based learning, open classes, free work, project work, future workshops, simulation games and learning by teaching. In either case, the students are guided towards building and experiencing new knowledge at the same time.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Psychologist at school Spanish (Year 8) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Chinese (Year 10) Leaving certificate Homework Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) 2 hours daily, supervised by staff Location Remedial education Total number Number of Special support for international of students boarders students 900 45 Homework support Exam preparation Size of Group size in Individual support classes boarding home Support for students suffering from 18-27 10 -12 dyslexia or ADD/ADHD

Exchange program Accommodation in boarding home Hungary, France, England Twin rooms, single rooms Approx. 70 km west of Nuremberg Activities School program Address Christian-von-Bomhard-Schule School sports club, music lessons, piano, Im Krämersgarten 10 Branch of study organ, percussion 97215 Uffenheim Branch of natural sciences Branch of languages www.bomhardschule.de

28 Please contact Gymnasium Lindenberg Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational public school with Humboldt boarding home [email protected]

The Gymnasium Lindenberg combines a social integrative basis with a blend of direct instruction and group work approaches. The school program aims at tolerance, responsibitity, a realistic self-assessment and mutual respect. Senior students regularly support younger students in academic and social activities.

The family environment and international atmosphere of the Humboldt boarding home supports and encourages students to integrate quickly into German everyday life. Social contacts inside and outside the boarding home are established and students are supported academically and socially throughout their school career.

Key facts Foreign languages Experiential education activities, English (Year 5) excursions and study trips, supervised French/Latin (Year 6) leisure activities Educational form Spanish/French (Year 8) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Spanish (Year 10) Leaving certificate Special features Homework Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Supervised inside the boarding home, 2 hours daily Students attend the public school and stay at the private Humboldt boarding Total number Number of Remedial education home. of students boarders Remedial teaching inside the boarding Students can stay in the boarding home (until the Abitur), mentor home on weekends and holidays ~ 650 60 program, individual support (except summer holidays). Size of Group size in Exchange program Boarding home is open 365 days/year. classes boarding home USA, France, Hungary

24 on average 15 Location Activities In the very south of Germany Accommodation in boarding home between Lake Constance Twin rooms, Year 13 students can stay Jugend forscht (a German youth and the Alps in single rooms science competition for MINT subjects) First aid training to become a school Address paramedic Gymnasium Lindenberg School program mit Humboldt-Internat Workshops: school garden, aquarium, Blumenstraße 12 big band, drama group, classic orchestra, 88161 Lindenberg Branch of study choirs, robotics Branch of natural sciences www.internat-lindenberg.de Branch of languages

30 Please contact Institut Schloss Brannenburg Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The relatively small size of the boarding school allows each student to be supported individually and to achieve good performance. Thanks to the two separate schools (Realschule und Fachoberschule) on one campus our students have the chance to stay in their familiar surroundings until they complete University of Applied Sciences entrance qualification.

Key facts School program Special features

Educational form Branch of study With the leaving certificate Fachabitur Secondary school (Years 5 -10) Branch of business sciences students can achieve Fachhochschul- reife (qualification for Universities of Technical secondary school Foreign languages Applied Sciences) (Fachoberschule) (Years 11 -12) English (Year 5) French (Year 8) Leaving certificate Mittlere Reife (GCSE equivalent) after Homework Year 10 Supervised, personal tutors helping to Location Fachabitur (University of Applied organize learning effectively Sciences entrance qualification) after Year 12 Remedial education Tutoring lessons for all subjects, remedial lessons Total number Number of of students boarders Exchange program 120 120 -

Size of Group size in Activities classes boarding home Sports: mountain biking, tennis, golf, 7-20 8-12 snowboarding, skiing, ice skating, In the south of Germany, halfway basketball, soccer, hockey, volleyball, between Munich and Salzburg badminton, table tennis, water skiing, (65 km) Accommodation in boarding home rafting, billiard, cycling Years 5-6: multi-bed rooms Address Years 7-10: twin rooms Model making, pottery, batik, jewellery Institut Schloss Brannenburg Years 11-12: single rooms design, make-up artistry, sculptery Schlossstr. 6 Computer workshops, drawing, playing 83098 Brannenburg instruments www.institutschlossbrannenburg.de

32 Please contact Landheim Ammersee Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

In a quiet location on Lake Ammersee we lead students on an individual path to the Bavarian Abitur. Small classes and motivating learning concepts are the basis of an excellent school education. The orientation towards linguistics and economics is a daily practice due to its internationality. Numerous workshops promote personal talents.

We impart a responsible attitude: that of the “Landheim-Entrepreneur”. What is the most important a boarding school can give its students for their way through life? We believe: An attitude. Inner peace. And optimism. Children become young personalities with a strong sense of community, empathy and resource-mindedness. They will experience inner peace and assume responsibility and learn to make decisions: For themselves and their environment, for organizing and planning, for the environment and economic efficiency, for companies and enterprises. A model of tomorrow.

Key facts School program Activities Location Educational form Branch of study See the school's program website Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Branch of business sciences (arts & crafts, sports, music, drama) Branch of languages Leaving certificate Focus on fine arts possible in upper Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) level classes Special features

Foreign languages Total number Number of Primary school (Years 1-4) offered English (Year 5) of students boarders French/Latin (Year 6) 265 135 Spanish (Year 8) Homework Size of Group size in Supervised classes boarding home Approx. 30 km west of Munich at Remedial education Lake Ammersee near the Alps in 6-20 10- 40 Tutoring in all subjects the Upper Bavarian countryside

Exchange program Address Accommodation in boarding home Worldwide, global member of Round Stiftung Landheim Schondorf Twin rooms, a few single rooms Square am Ammersee Landheimstr. 1-14 86938 Schondorf am Ammersee www.landheim-ammersee.de

34 Please contact Max-Rill-Gymnasium Schloss Reichersbeuern Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The Max-Rill-Gymnasium was founded in 1938 as a private boarding school. It is situated in a historic castle located south of Munich and—with around 140 pupils— it is one of the smallest state-approved grammar schools and boarding schools in Bavaria that can point to a long tradition. Given the manageable size of our school, our teachers know their students very well and can take care of them and accompany them on an individual basis during the learning process. Our college has got a special profile in social sciences, theatre, and digitally-based learning. We admit a limited number of international students and successfully integrate them into our classes. Important for an open-minded and intercultural learning is our partnership with a college in Moscow/Russia.

Key facts Foreign languages Young scientists in chemistry and English (Year 5) biology French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Chinese (Year 10) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Russian (Year 11) Special features Leaving certificate Homework Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Years 5-6: integrated in school lessons Parent contact via Skype at least twice Location Years 7-10: supervised study time a year Years 11-13: individual study time Total number Number of of students boarders Remedial education Tutoring lessons for all subjects 145 75 Spelling and reading courses Weekly study groups in main subjects Size of Group size in classes boarding home Exchange program 16-20 10-14 Moscow/Russia

Activities Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms (Years 5 -10) and single On the foothills of the Alps, close rooms (Years 11-13) Sports: e.g., skiing, snowboarding, golf, to Lake Tegernsee; Munich can be soccer, hiking, tennis, basketball reached in 40 mins by car or train Vocal and instrumental lessons School program Address Visits to theaters and concerts Max-Rill-Gymnasium Schloss Reichersbeuern Guilds and workshops such as soccer, Branch of study Schlossweg 1-11 badminton, archery, fitness, trampoline, Branch of social sciences 83677 Reichersbeuern basketball, horseback riding, climbing, Special focus on fine arts (music, arts, theater, choir, band, school history, www.max-rill-gym.de theater) possible skiing, cooking

36 Please contact Schloss Neubeuern Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

We prepare children for the worlds of today and tomorrow, identifying their talents and fulfilling their needs and potential as individuals, but not at the expense of the rights of others. Home and school work together to encourage growth not only in knowledge and skills but in integrity, determination, confidence, independence and consideration for others. School uniform is obligatory.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Digital Ink program: From Year 9 Spanish (Year 10) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) onwards students use tablet PCs. Homework Compulsory school clothing throughout Leaving certificate Supervised, personal tutors helping to the school day Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) organize learning effectively Intensive university and vocational preparation including assessment Remedial education Total number Number of center trainings, application trainings, German as a Foreign Language of students boarders rhetoric workshops and vocational department internships 240 180 Exchange program USA, Australia, France, South Africa, Size of Group size in Turkey classes boarding home

5-14 10-22 Activities

Accommodation in boarding home Tennis, mountainbiking, golf, climbing, Location Years 7-9: two to three students badminton, basketball, body workout, Years 10-11: twin rooms jazz dance, hockey, horseback riding, On the top of a hill in the heart Years 12-13: single rooms skiing, snowboarding, volleyball, of the village Neubeuern, soccer, taekwondo, table tennis halfway between Munich and Library club, choir, charity project, fire Salzburg (60 km) School program brigade, photography, drawing, multi media, painting, music group, theater, Address pottery, student newspaper, chess club Schloss Neubeuern Branch of study Schlossstr. 20 Branch of natural sciences 83115 Neubeuern Branch of economic sciences www.schloss-neubeuern.de

38 Please contact Schule Schloss Stein Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Every human being is unique. If you encourage young people’s talents, they grow to be self-confident personalities. The feeling of security plays an essential role. True family tradition is lived. This gives the school a personal atmosphere of security and well-being. School uniform is obligatory.

Key facts Remedial education German as a foreign language Remedial teaching Educational form Music lessons Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Exchange program Leaving certificate Individual programs Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels)

Total number Number of Activities of students boarders 140 110 Theater, choir, art, pottery, glassblowing Basketball, soccer, rugby, tennis, karate, dancing, fishing, biking, badminton, Location Size of Group size in golf, horseback riding (own stable with classes boarding home horse breeding) 10-20 15 Languages like Italian, Spanish, Business English Playing instruments like piano, guitar Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms New fitness area and sports center

School program Special features

Branch of study Youth forum discussions (lecture series Branch of economic sciences with well-known public figures) Approx. 90 km east of Munich, Branch of languages close to Lake Chiemsee Literature and media week (lectures, artistic performances, theater plays) Foreign languages Address English (Year 5) Careers information day (with school Schule Schloss Stein e. V. French/Latin (Year 6) alumni) Schlosshof 1 Spanish/French (Year 8) 83371 Stein a. d. Traun Higher education information day (with university representatives) www.schule-schloss-stein.de Homework Supervised

40 Please contact Gymnasium im Stift Neuzelle Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

International-mindedness, tolerance and kindness characterise the togetherness on our campus. Our holistic, humanistic approach—with an element of internationalism—offers an important alternative to the state school system. Our systematic involvement of arts and music contributes to the creativity and spirit that helps to improve all areas of young people‘s development at our school.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (from Year 3 onwards) French/Spanish/Russian/Polish (Year 7) Educational form Own language school on campus, Russian/Latin (Year 10) Grammar school (Years 7 -12) Cambridge English, German certificates (telc) Homework Leaving certificate Supervised homework lessons for Own music school on campus Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) students up until the end of Year 9 Special support for talented students in Remedial education the fields of music and soccer/handball Total number Number of German language integration support of students boarders Exchange program 420 70 Russia, Poland, Hungary, Australia, Location Oman, South Africa Size of Group size in classes boarding home Activities 25 maximum 7-8 Sports: American football, soccer, volleyball, badminton, etc. Accommodation in boarding home Cultural programs, trips and excursions Twin and single rooms with shared bathroom facilities Beekeeping, ceramics, preservation of historical monuments

School program 30 km south of Frankfurt (Oder), 50 km northeast of Cottbus and Branch of study 120 km east of Berlin Branch of natural sciences Branch of social sciences Address Branch of languages Gymnasium im Stift Neuzelle Branch of fine arts Stiftsplatz 7 15898 Neuzelle www.gymnasium-neuzelle.de

42 Please contact Lietz Internat Schloss Bieberstein Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Our educational concept is based on the fundamental idea of the founder of the school, Hermann Lietz, who propagated learning with the head, the heart and the hands. This holistic learning approach does not only focus on lessons and subjects, but tries to foster students' personality.

The school team is very enthusiastic about aligning with every student's interests, thereby consolidating strengths and overcoming weaknesses and awakening interest in new things. Teachers put great value on enabling students to discover their various talents, whether in theater, music or art and elocution, in competitions and natural history excursions. All disciplines that are offered over and above study lectures have an important impact and all students' interests are supported.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Sports: soccer, volleyball, basketball, Grammar school (Years 10 -13) Fixed offer of subjects leading to a tennis, golf, horseback riding, climbing, Grammar school (Years 10 -12), entry general Abitur as only upper level kickboxing, etc. only with admission exam classes (10 -12 / 10 -13) are taught Painting, choir, band, theater, etc. Focus on business sciences (10-13) Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Foreign languages Special features English (1st foreign language) French/Latin/Spanish Total number Number of (2nd foreign language) Students below Year 10 can start in of students boarders Spanish (3rd foreign language) Hohenwehrda (pg. 50) and change to Bieberstein afterwards. 100 100 Homework Silentium (5 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.) Size of Group size in Year 10: additional study time integrated classes boarding home into lessons (11.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.) Location 7-19 8-12 Remedial education (15 on average) (10 on average) German as a foreign language support, Near Fulda, approx. 1.5 hours including German culture and history from Frankfurt international Additional support according to airport Accommodation in boarding home individual needs Twin rooms, single rooms for senior Address students (final school year) Exchange program Lietz Internat - Schloss Bieberstein 36145 Hofbieber www.internat-schloss-bieberstein.de

44 Please contact Lietz Internat Hohenwehrda Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Boarding school education by Hermann Lietz since 1904; Reformpädagogik based upon Pestalozzi (“head, heart and hand”).

Key facts Foreign languages English (Year 5) Spanish/French/Latin (Year 6 or Year 7) Educational form Grammar school (Years 5 - 9, Years 5 -10, Homework senior classes leading to Abitur continue Integrated into lessons in Schloss Bieberstein) Technical secondary school Remedial education (Fachoberschule) (Years 11-12) German as a foreign language support Learning therapy, coaching Leaving certificate Mittlere Reife (GCSE equivalent) after Exchange program Year 10 United Kingdom, Poland Fachhochschulreife (University of Applied Science entrance qualification) after Year 12 Activities Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) in Schloss Bieberstein Sports, music, drama group, handicrafts

Total number Number of of students boarders Special features 120 120 All students live on campus, no external students,12 boarding school families Size of Group size in and 12 teachers live on campus classes boarding home 12-16 8-10 Location Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms, students live in boarding Near Fulda, approx. 1.5 hours school families of 8 -10 students from Frankfurt international airport

School program Address Lietz Internat Hohenwehrda Branch of study 36166 Haunetal Fixed offer of subjects leading to www.internat-hohenwehrda.de Mittlere Reife (GCSE equivalent) or Fachhochschulreife (University of Applied Science entrance qualification)

46 Please contact Schulzentrum Marienhöhe Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational church-run boarding school [email protected]

We prepare students for their future life, emphasizing both academic and social skills. Our teaching methods as well as special projects and school programs follow this idea. We want to establish an atmosphere in which all students feel welcome and valuable, experience joy in the learning process and train cooperation and self-responsibility. We encourage our students by our own example to take care of their health, of the environment and of other people. Those values are based on our holistic Christian approach.

Key facts Foreign languages Student-run enterprise “Energy Agency English (Year 5) Marienhöhe” French/Spanish/Latin (Year 7) Educational form Learning coaches supporting students Spanish (Year 11) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) in cooperation with subject teachers Homework Religion is a compulsory subject Leaving certificate Supervised study time in the afternoon Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) (Lernbüro)

Remedial education Total number Number of German as a foreign language support of students boarders Tutoring lessons for all subjects

770 50 Exchange program France, Great Britain, Spain Size of Group size in classes boarding home Activities 24 maximum 8 -12

Soccer, athletics, basketball, volleyball, Accommodation in boarding home kickboxing, windsurfing, sport climbing, Location Single and twin rooms golf, swimming, pottery, ceramics, crafting, big band, choir, theater club, 40 km south of Frankfurt and cooking & nutrition, psychology of 60 km north of Heidelberg, happiness, mediation, school ambulance School program situated in the center of the service, nature & technics Rhine-Main area Branch of study Address Course system with compulsory and Special features Schulzentrum Marienhöhe gGmbH non-compulsory subjects of 3 core areas: Auf der Marienhöhe 32 I. Languages, Literature & Arts 64297 Darmstadt Certified as health-promoting school II. Social Sciences & Economics www.marienhoehe.de III. Mathematics, Natural Sciences School for climate protection & Technics

48 Please contact Steinmühle Internatsschule Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The Steinmühle Internatsschule is embedded in a reform-educational tradition. We prepare students for a self-determined and forward-looking life. Responsibility and self-efficacy, enjoying learning, faith in oneself and others, clarity, courage, enthusiasm and empathy are important pillars of a fulfilled life. We try to convey these values in order to enable young people to orient themselves in the most different situations and to accept challenges with curiosity and competence.

Key facts Upper level students (Years 12-13) can Special features choose between five different profiles (e. g., with a focus on German, history, Educational form Own stable on campus with experienced mathematics, arts or sports). Grammar school (Years 5 -13) staff Foreign languages Own boatshouse with landing stage Leaving certificate English (Year 5) Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Cooperation with local sports clubs French/Spanish/Latin (Year 7) Spanish/Italian/Russian (Year 11) Cooperation with local music school Total number Number of Close connection to the Marburg Homework of students boarders university Daily supervised homework time

540 60 Remedial education German as a foreign language support Size of Group size in Homework monitoring classes boarding home Exchange program 12-20 8-10 France, Spain, USA

Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms (Years 5-9), single rooms Activities (Years 10-13) Location Soccer, horseback riding, swimming, In the university city of rowing, tennis, athletics, inline skating, Marburg, approx. 90 km School program wellness, photo & film, dancing, singing, north of Frankfurt band, computer & IT, cooking, gardening Branch of study Address Branch of natural sciences Landschulheim Steinmühle Branch of languages GmbH & Co. KG Branch of fine arts Steinmühlenweg 21 Branch of sports 35043 Marburg www.steinmuehle.de

50 Please contact Burgberg-Gymnasium Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The relatively small size of our school leads to the greatest possible transparency in all educational processes. The teaching efficiency is supported by small classes and a number of lessons in core subjects, which goes beyond the standard defined by the state's curiculum. We try to develop our students' social competence inside and outside the classroom and give them the best possible support, starting with supervised homework and ending with a large variety of vocational orientation activities.

Key facts Foreign languages Practical work experience, career English (Year 5) guidance French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Member of the ETS preferred network Grammar school (Years 5 -13) as an authorized test center for TOEFL Homework Between 30 and 60 minutes Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Remedial education Extra lessons in the main subjects available Total number Number of of students boarders Homework monitoring 200 45 Silentium in the boarding home Special support for dyslexia Size of Group size in Exchange program classes boarding home - 15-20 6-8 Activities Accommodation in boarding home Single and twin rooms Kayak, various ball sports, skiing trip to Location Austria, historical field trips School program Additional activities with the boarding In the Harz Mountains, home staff: weekend excursions, approx. 70 km south-east of holiday camps, swimming, cinema, Hanover Branch of study cooking Branch of social sciences Address Branch of natural sciences Burgberg-Gymnasium Branch of fine arts Special features Alter Kaiserweg 3 38667 Bad Harzburg www.burgberg-gymnasium.de School and boarding home are located on separate campuses (including transport service)

52 Please contact CJD Internat Elze Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational church-run boarding school [email protected]

We understand every single human being to be a singular creation of God. To preserve and keep dignity of everyone is the moral foundation of our work. We assume responsibility for these values as well as the preservation of humans, nature and all creation.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Russian, French or Latin as a new Russian/French/Latin (Year 8) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) language in Year 11 Chinese/Spanish (extracurricular workgroup) Spanish or Chinese as a language Leaving certificate workshop Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Homework Special support for talented students in Supervised the fields of music and soccer/handball Total number Number of Remedial education of students boarders Intensive German language support 800 55 (already included in regular school fees) Location Language school on campus Size of Group size in classes boarding home Exchange program ~ 24 8-10 France, USA

Activities Accommodation in boarding home Single and twin rooms Sports: soccer, handball, canoeing, archery, athletics, volleyball, horseback School program riding Choir, big band, dancing, arts and crafts Branch of study Special cultural program for Between the cities of Hameln Branch of natural sciences international students and Hildesheim, approx. 60 km Branch of social sciences to the Hanover airport Branch of languages Branch of fine arts Address Branch of sports CJD Internat Elze Dr.-Martin-Freytag-Str. 1 31008 Elze www.cjd-elze.de

54 Please contact Hermann-Lietz-Schule Spiekeroog Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The Hermann-Lietz-Schule Spiekeroog is a state-recognized high school/ grammar school and boarding school situated on the North Sea island of Spiekeroog. Our holistic school concept is traditionally based upon the classic progressive education, “learning with head, heart and hand”. The conveyance of cognitive skills, the shaping of the students’ personalities and practical every-day work are inseparably connected. It is our aim to prepare children and young adults for a responsible-minded life in our society.

Key facts Foreign languages A 10,000 liter seawater aquarium is run English (Year 5) and maintained by students in a national Spanish/French (Year 6) park center owned by the school Educational form Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Homework Study time integrated in timetable, Leaving certificate Special features supervised and supported by teachers Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Remedial education All students—not only international German as a foreign language support students—stay on the campus, even Total number Number of during weekends. of students boarders Supportive tuition classes in the subjects of German, English and 5-7 students together with a teacher 110 90 mathematics and his/her partner and their own children form a boarding family. This Exchange program structure provides a secure and Size of Group size in New Zealand personal setting for the students and classes boarding home implements a feeling of togetherness, 15-18 5-7 cooperation and orientation. Activities Sailing is an every day part of the school life. It is also possible to have Accommodation in boarding home Sports: numerous sailing opportunities sailing as an elective course for the final Twin rooms, single rooms in Years 12 (school-owned ships) in summer time Abitur exams. Location and 13 including short voyages to the neigh- High Seas High School®: 26 elected boring islands, sailing training and students from Spiekeroog and other On an idyllic North Sea sailing exams; kitesurfing; Schlagball (a German and European schools set sails island with Bremen as the traditional sport on the island, mixture School program on board of a traditional sailing ship closest international airport between baseball and dodgeball); for over six months, twice crossing the climbing wall; aerobics; yoga Atlantic. Address Branch of study School orchestra, students’ parties in Hermann-Lietz-Schule Branch of natural sciences school club Spiekeroog Branch of social sciences Hellerpad 2 Branch of languages Farming (chicken, Galloway cattle, flock 26474 Spiekeroog Branch of fine arts of sheep), gardening, coast protection, Branch of sports the students’ café, boat building, www.lietz-spiekeroog.de bicycle workshop, etc.

56 Please contact Internat Solling Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Since 1909. Statute: Humanity and open-minded to all cultures

Combination of education and upbringing: responsibility, character forming, individual furthering of the students’ abilities like sports, music and handicrafts, creativity, respect to others and the skill to judge correctly.

Key facts Homework Daily supervised homework hour Educational form Remedial education Grammar school (Years 5 -13) German language integration support at in-house language school Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Private lessons for international students in order to keep up with the level of the class Total number Number of of students boarders Exchange program Individual organization with China, 240 170 Spain, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia Location

Size of Group size in Approx. 80 km south of classes boarding home Activities Hanover, in the area of the Weser mountains region, in 12-20 8-12 Horseback riding at own riding school, a huge green area (50 ha) tennis on own courts, all kinds of sports on own sports complex, golf, rugby Address Accommodation in boarding home Internat Solling Twin rooms and single rooms Computer science, theater, school Einbecker Str. 1 band, social work, handicrafts (wood, 37603 Holzminden clay, pottery) School program www.internatsolling.de Special features Branch of study Branch of languages Branch of natural sciences MINT-EC school Branch of social sciences MINT-minded school (MINT Zukunft Branch of fine arts schaffen) Branch of sports Junior engineering academy Foreign languages Sports-minded school English (Year 5) Spanish/French/Latin (Year 6) UNESCO project school Spanish (Year 10) Career orientation

58 Please contact Pädagogium Bad Sachsa Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

At the Pädagogium we are not exclusively focused on teaching academic knowledge, but we are equally concerned with teaching our students social skills and preparing them for all vital matters. They are to understand that in order to succeed and excel in life, mental ability is just as important as skills and commitment.

Thus, life at the Pädagogium combines academic education with a multifaceted range of offers to work in groups enabling students to learn to assume social responsibility.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Sports: judo, basketball, soccer, Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Branch of natural sciences badminton, volleyball, golf, billiard Location Branch of social sciences Workshops: astronomy, chess, arts, Leaving certificate Branch of languages chemistry, biology, IT, handicrafts Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) (e. g., sewing, pottery) Foreign languages English (Year 5) Choir, big band Total number Number of French/Latin (Year 6) of students boarders Latin/French (Year 11) Special features 360 40 Homework Supervised during study time Preparation for Cambridge Certificate Size of Group size in Remedial education and DELF (French language certificate) classes boarding home German as a foreign language 16-25 8-10 (integrated into the current timetable) Special courses “Learn how to learn!” Near the university city of Göttingen, in the Harz mountains Accommodation in boarding home Exchange program in the center of Germany Single rooms France, China, Romania Address Pädagogium Bad Sachsa Ostertal 1-5 37441 Bad Sachsa www.internats-gymnasium.de

60 Please contact Schule Marienau Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Marienau focuses on the individual. This means small classes, an attractive range of languages and individualized instruction. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their learning.

Active engagement is at the center of our work. We reach these goals with the use of cooperative learning, portfolio work and successful traditional methods like lecture, discourse and project. The “International Team” is established to meet the needs of international students and serves as an interface between students, parents and the school.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Diverse sports activities, horseback Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Branch of natural sciences riding, music, art, science, woodwork, Branch of social sciences modelling, drama group, light & sound Leaving certificate Branch of languages engineering Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Branch of fine arts

Foreign languages Special features Total number Number of English (Year 5) of students boarders French/Spanish/Latin (Year 6) Spanish (Year 11) High Seas High School® (cf. Hermann- 250 130 Lietz-Schule Spiekeroog) Homework Cooperation with external sports clubs Daily study time (supported and Size of Group size in (e. g., tennis, soccer, golf) supervised by teachers) classes boarding home Remedial education on average 16 8 German as a foreign language support implemented in Years 10, 11 and 12 Location Accommodation in boarding home Private tuition on request Twin rooms, single rooms in Mentor program, “Cornetts” (house Approx. 80 km southeast of Years 11-13 tutors) Hamburg, only 20 km from Lüneburg Exchange program China (SISU Bilingual School Shanghai), Address Chile (Instituto Alemán de Osorno), Schule Marienau Mexico (Colegio Alemán Alexander Marienau von Humboldt), Spain, France, USA, Neetzetalstraße 1 Israel (UNESCO program) 21368 Dahlem www.marienau.de

62 Please contact Internatsgymnasium Schloss Torgelow Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Schloss Torgelow is a private school of secondary learning with separate boarding facilities for boys and girls. Its educational guidelines emphasize high performance, support for gifted students, a positive attitude towards the world and life in general. This manifests itself in an open-minded approach regarding all aspects of life: Combination of education and upbringing of the individual as part of the community, social justice, responsibility in society, teaching social values, ability for teamwork.

Key facts School program Special features

Educational form Branch of study Business@school contest, career day, Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Course system with compulsory internationally recognized language subjects and subjects of choice certificates (e.g., FCE, CAE, CPE, DELF Leaving certificate French, DELE Spanish) Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Foreign languages English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 7) Total number Number of Spanish (Year 9 or Year 10) Location of students boarders Russian (for native speakers only) On the shores of Lake Torgelow, in one of 270 240 Homework Germany’s most beautiful natural resorts, Supervised, 2 hours daily approx. 160 km north of Berlin Size of Group size in Remedial education Address classes boarding home German as a foreign language support Schloss Torgelow, Privates Internatsgymnasium Schlossallee 1 maximum 12 15-24 Exchange program 17192 Torgelow am See France, United Kingdom, Argentinia www.schlosstorgelow.de Accommodation in boarding home Twin rooms Activities

Sports: soccer, volleyball, sailing, rowing, canoeing, judo, tennis, golf, horseback riding, swimming, aerobics, athletics Arts and crafts, musical, theater, filming More than 70 different workshop projects

64 Please contact Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Looking back at a 170-year-long history, Gaesdonck has turned into an excellent modern boarding school. We are convinced that Gaesdonck is an outstanding place for young students to develop their talents and skills. Especially highly motivated children find an open and inspiring atmosphere that will help them to bring out the best in themselves. Anyhow, Gaesdonck is more than just a very good school. Our Advanced Classes are truly unique: they offer our senior students a pre-academic education in “Arts & Design”, “Business Economics” and “Medical Science”.

For us, it is all about Mind, Heart and Character! You entrust your child to us and it will develop to a well-educated, happy and decent personality.

Key facts School program Activities

Educational form Branch of study Sports: tennis, swimming, golf, Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Individual choice of courses in different horseback riding, sailing, etc. areas (e. g., natural sciences, social Art School, Music School and many Leaving certificate sciences, languages, fine arts) sport facilities on campus Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Foreign languages English (Year 5) Total number Number of Latin/French (Year 7) Special features of students boarders French (Year 9) Spanish (Year 11) Advanced Classes “Arts & Design”, 800 80 “Business Economics” and “Medical Homework Science” Supervised Size of Group size in Language certificates: Cambridge, LCCI, classes boarding home Remedial education TOEFL and DELF (French) Special support for international maximum maximum Religion is a compulsory subject 30 20 students Location

Exchange program Accommodation in boarding home Close to the Dutch border, good France, England, Ireland, Paraguay, Single rooms, twin rooms for younger connection to Düsseldorf, Weeze students Spain, the Netherlands and Amsterdam airports

Address Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck Gaesdoncker Straße 220 47574 Goch www.gaesdonck.de

66 Please contact Collegium Johanneum Schloss Loburg Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational church run boarding school [email protected]

The Christian conception of man is the foundation of our educational ideal. Our students are to learn how to assume a position of responsibility in administration, society, vocation and the church. This aim is to be achieved by means of a holistic education, which is predicated on equal attention paid to the formation of intellectual capacity and the development of feeling and emotion. Today, students from as many as fifteen different countries thus experience the concept of One World at our school.

Key facts Foreign languages All students have a personal learning English (Year 5) support contact person French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Spanish/French (Year 8) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Spanish (Year 10) Leaving certificate Homework Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Daily supervised homework (silentium)

Remedial education Total number Number of Special German support for of students boarders international students

980 120 Exchange program China, France, India, Hungary, Spain, Size of Group size in USA classes boarding home

25-33 12-15 Activities

Accommodation in boarding home All kinds of sports on own campus Single rooms sports complex (fields, gym, tennis Location court) Theater, big band, string ensembles, Between the cities of Münster School program social clubs, societies, social work, and Osnabrück, situated handicrafts, chess around a historic castle Branch of study Address Branch of natural sciences Collegium Johanneum Branch of languages Special features Schloss Loburg Branch of fine arts Loburg 15 International students receive 48346 Ostbevern additional German support and take a www.internat-loburg.com language exam at the end of a school year (B2, C1, C2)

68 Please contact Internat Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

The Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium is run by the fifth generation of the family Kalkuhl-Heel, creating a familiar atmosphere in a traditional surrounding.

We see our pedagogical work guided by principles of humanity. Our boarding school trains pupils to be both open-minded and tolerant. Supporting language courses for German as a foreign language do not only ensure academic success but also a quick integration into the school community. In an atmosphere of trust, education goes beyond the acquisition of cognitive skills alone. The varied cultural, sporting and communal activities provide a setting in which pupils get to know themselves and gain confidence in their abilities.

Key facts Foreign languages Trips: Sailing (Amsterdam), skiing English (Year 5) (Austria), sightseeing (Cologne, Düssel- French/Latin (Year 6) dorf, Coblenz) Educational form Spanish (Year 8 and 10) Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Homework Leaving certificate Special features Supervised homework (silentium, at Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) least 2 hours per day, no room studies) German as a foreign language support: Tutoring in all subjects in small groups International students have 4 hours of Total number Number of by school’s teachers classes every week of students boarders Remedial education Urban surrounding in the international 700 75 German as a foreign language support city of Bonn (capital city of Germany Business@School until 1990), the school is located only Psychological support 4km from the city center with good Size of Group size in connections to Cologne (40 minutes) classes boarding home Exchange program and the Cologne/Bonn airport United Kingdom, France (15 minutes) by train 14-22 10-15 Location Despite urban setting the famous nature conservation area “Siebenge- Activities Close to the river Rhine in Accommodation in boarding home birge” is nearby (2 km) Bonn, approx. 30 km south of Single and twin rooms The boarding school only closes over Cologne On campus: Basketball (indoor and Christmas and during summer holi- outdoor), soccer, handball, beach days. Address volleyball, badminton, cooking, dance School program Internat Ernst-Kalkuhl- school, music school, sculpture (art), Gymnasium computer programming events Königswinterer Straße 534 Branch of study Surrounding: Fitness, bicycle at riverside, 53227 Bonn Branch of natural sciences rowing, theater, cinema, museums, Branch of languages www.ernst-kalkuhl-internat.de driving school Branch of art & literature

70 Please contact Internat Schloss Buldern Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

For more than 50 years we offer an extremely wide range of courses and course combinations in school, so that students can choose their favorite and best classes. To enhance their motivation, each student’s individual progress is discussed regularly. Due to small classes and individual support in the school and in the boarding school, the learning process is less stressful. The varied activities outside school help students to improve their social competence and try out different sports and activities to find their own individual way.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Chinese is a potential Abitur subject for Spanish/Greek/Latin (Year 10 /11) Grammar school (Years 5 -12 and 7 -13) Chinese students Homework School marks are given on a monthly Leaving certificate Supervised, personal tutors helping to basis Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) organize how to learn, thus improving learning efficiency Total number Number of Additional learning groups supported of students boarders by teachers

470 130 Remedial education Private lessons are possible Size of Group size in Psychological coaching available classes boarding home (psychologist at school) Special training for students suffering 15-20 ~20 from dyslexia

Exchange program Accommodation in boarding home Individual programs Location Twin rooms, single rooms available Southwest of Münster, close to the Ruhr region and Cologne School program Activities Address Sports: soccer, tennis, basketball, boxing, Internat Schloss Buldern Branch of study kickboxing, fitness room, golf, ski class Dorfbauerschaft 22 Branch of natural sciences trip, table tennis, yoga, swimming, 48249 Dülmen-Buldern Branch of languages archery Branch of fine arts www.schloss-buldern.com Library club, choir, art, music, cooking, horseback riding, classic dance lessons

72 Please contact Internat Schloß Wittgenstein Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Since foundation in 1954 we have been preparing our students for the world of today and tomorrow. We help them to identify their talents. Teaching academic knowledge, building up a social competence and character forming are the main policies of our school.

Key facts Homework Daily supervised homework (2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.) Educational form Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Study time (when necessary)

Leaving certificate Remedial education Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) German as a foreign language support Coaching project “Learning how to learn” Total number Number of of students boarders Advanced English/mathematics projects

400 50 Exchange program France, United Kingdom Location Size of Group size in classes boarding home 16-25 4-8 Activities Sports: horseback riding, tennis, golf, free climbing, badminton, soccer, table Accommodation in boarding home tennis, swimming, skiing, basketball, Twin rooms and single rooms archery, inline skating Workshops: homepage, school magazine, School program Lego Technic, IT projects, 3D printer, cooking Orchestra, theater Branch of study In the center of Germany, Branch of natural sciences Full-day excursions approx. 150 km north of Frankfurt, Branch of languages 120 km east of Cologne Foreign languages Special features Address English (Year 5) Schloß Wittgenstein GmbH & Co. KG French/Latin (Year 6) Schloss Wittgenstein 6 French/Latin (Year 10) Stable on campus, indoor riding arena 57334 Bad Laasphe and riding school on campus www.wittgenstein.de High standard rooms Modern Wi-Fi technology

74 Please contact Krüger Internat und Schulen Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school (vocational college) [email protected]

The only boarding school in Western Germany with a training college and a commercial college. Principles of a modernized classical education, vocationally orientated.

Key facts School program Special features

Educational form Branch of study Students need at least a qualification Higher Grammar Commercial School Business and public administration for Year 10 in their home country as (3 years, with general qualification for only upper level classes are offered. university entrance) Foreign languages English, Spanish Higher Commercial School (2 years, with qualification for University Homework of Applied Sciences entrance) Supervised Leaving certificate Remedial education Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Private lessons on request Fachabitur (University of Applied Psychologist at school Science entrance qualification) Location Psychological help

Total number Number of Exchange program of students boarders - 300 80 Activities Size of Group size in classes boarding home Sports: soccer, basketball, table tennis, beach volleyball, bowling, swimming, 22 10-12 tennis, golf, horseback riding, fitness, dancing Accommodation in boarding home Music band, singing, piano, drums, air 10 km west of Osnabrück, 50 km Single rooms brush north of Münster

Address Krüger Internat und Schulen Wersen Westerkappelner Str. 66 49504 Lotte www.internat-krueger.de

76 Please contact Privatschule Conventz Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

We educate our students in the spirit of the German Constitution. Mainly, we communicate to the students that all people are equal without looking at the color, the religion, sexuality or other individual facts. We respect each other and stand together in all kinds of situations. We prepare our students for their future career and for the reality of our different social societies.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French (Years 6-9) Educational form Preparation for Cambridge Certificate French/Spanish/Latin (Years 11-13) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) and DELF/DALF (French language certificates) Homework Leaving certificate Integrated into school lessons Large variety of advanced courses to Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) increase flexibility towards choice of Remedial education subjects for Abitur exams German as a foreign language Total number Number of (individual tuition or tuition in small of students boarders groups) 140 50 Special needs (e. g., private lessons, dyslexia, dyscalculia) Size of Group size in Study groups supervised by teachers classes boarding home Tutoring lessons for all subjects maximum 15 10 -15 Exchange program South Africa Accommodation in boarding home Individual programs on students’ Single and twin rooms requests

Location School program Activities In the Eifel-Ardennes region, close to the Belgian border, Branch of study Supervised leisure activities in approx. 20 km south of Course system with compulsory cooperation with local clubs (soccer, Aachen subjects and subjects of choice tennis, judo, music, etc.), all kinds of social clubs, in-house activities, student Address enterprises, local public offers (running Privatschule Conventz GbR track, bicycle track, mountainbike Greppstraße 48a tracks, hiking, etc.), visits of theaters and 52159 Roetgen concerts, etc. www.privatschule-conventz.de

78 Please contact Schloss Heessen Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Holistic approach in accordance with the curriculum of the state North Rhine-Westphalia. Schloss Heessen provides small classes and courses. Individual homework times and the active promotion of talents pave the way to successful education. At the boarding school educators promote individual self-development through professional coaching. A varied leisure program lets arise no boredom for everybody. Living and learning take place in a familiar private school with an international flavor.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 6) Educational form Close relation to local sports clubs and Spanish (Year 10) Grammar school (Years 5 -12) several institutions of higher education Homework Leaving certificate Supervised study time integrated into Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) school lessons

Remedial education Total number Number of Location Tutoring in all subjects of students boarders German as a foreign language support

230 70 Exchange program France, Mexico, Turkey Size of Group size in classes boarding home 10-18 20-25 Activities

Soccer, handball, volleyball, basketball, Accommodation in boarding home bicycle, canoeing, fitness, boxing, Twin rooms dancing, cooking Driving school, first aid training, dance school, rhetoric seminar In Hamm/Westphalia, near School program Dortmund, approx. 130 km Individual interests: singing lessons, northeast of Cologne instrument lessons and other options Branch of study with local certified providers Address Course system with compulsory Schloss Heessen subjects and subjects of choice according Schlossstraße 1 to the state guidelines 59073 Hamm www.schloss-heessen.de

80 Please contact Villa Wewersbusch Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school, Apple Distinguished School [email protected]

Villa Wewersbusch is a private school, grades 5 -13, that uses state-of- the-art education technology to empower students to take control of their own learning. Its vision is to create a happy, nurturing education environment where students develop a passion for life-long learning. The school implements a one-to-one iPad program to create a personal learning experience for each student. Students can access personalized course materials posted by their instructors and submit their assignments online.

Key facts Foreign languages Special features English (Year 5) Spanish (Year 7 or Year 11) Educational form Apple Distinguished School (digital Grammar school (Years 5 -13) classes with 1:1 iPad implementation Homework and iTunes U courses for every subject) Weekly study groups in main subjects Leaving certificate including homework support Cambridge English exam preparation Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) center Remedial education Obligatory school clothing Location German as a foreign language support Total number Number of Tutoring lessons for all subjects Special MINT room and IT room of students boarders Homework support 200 100 Exam preparation Exchange program Size of Group size in Apple Distinguished Schools (ADS), classes boarding home Denmark, Spain, China

16 on average 10 -14 Activities Accommodation in boarding home Single and twin rooms Sports (basketball, kickboxing, mountain biking and table tennis), Close to Düsseldorf (40 km), Essen theater and drama groups, computer (15 km) and Wuppertal (10 km) School program programming and IT clubs (Lego Mindstorms, Swift, Apple Training Address Center Club and Junior IT), natural Villa Wewersbusch GmbH Branch of study science (MINT club), social science Langenberg The school curriculum is based on (geography, history), languages Wewersbusch 15 the guidelines of the German state of (English, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish), 42555 Velbert North Rhine-Westphalia with a special school band, medical service, cooking, emphasis on science (MINT) and digital baking, etc. www.villawewersbusch.de media competence.

82 Please contact Gymnasium Weierhof Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Educational approach in accordance with the curriculum of the state Rhineland-Palatine.

Key facts Remedial education German as a foreign language Support for students with diabetes Educational form Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Exchange program Canada, China, France, Spain Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Activities Total number Number of of students boarders More than 50 extracurricular activities: Jugend forscht (Youth Researchers), 900 60-90 horseback riding, sports, drama group, big band, etc. Size of Group size in classes boarding home Location 25 4-12 Special features

All-day school (lessons from 8 a.m. to Accommodation in boarding home 4.45 p.m.) Twin rooms Groups inside the boarding home are divided by sex and subdivided by age range School program

Branch of study Branch of natural sciences (MINT) Branch of languages Branch of fine arts Approx. 80 km south of Frankfurt Foreign languages Address English (Year 5) Gymnasium Weierhof French/Latin (Year 6) am Donnersberg Spanish/Latin/Japanese (Year 8) Am Hofwiesbach 1 67295 Bolanden Homework Supervised www.weierhof.de

84 Please contact Landschulheim Grovesmühle Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Our goal is to give young people the space and opportunity to discover and develop their own talents and gifts and thus, accompany them on their way to a successful graduation and to prepare them for life after school. At the same time, we attach great importance to strengthening a sense of responsibility for themselves and others.

Key facts Remedial education German as a foreign language Educational form Exchange program Grammar school (Years 5 -12) Mexico, Argentina Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Activities

Total number Number of Sports, theater, woodworking, skiing, of students boarders horseback riding and others 340 50 Location Special features Size of Group size in classes boarding home Workshops in the fields of sports, 20 on average 8-10 creative work, natural science or music are integrated into lessons to develop students' talents Accommodation in boarding home Option of Fachoberschule (technical Twin rooms, occasionally single rooms secondary school) with the branches “Engineering” and “Health & Social Affairs” School program

Branch of study Situated in the Harz Mountains, Course system with compulsory approx. 100 km south of Hanover subjects and subjects of choice Address Foreign languages Landschulheim Grovesmühle English (Year 5) Veckenstedt Spanish/French/Latin (Year 7) Grovesmühle 1 38871 Nordharz Homework Supervised www.grovesmuehle.de

86 Please contact Nordsee-Internat Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Lively learning and healthy living in a trusting environment and a pleasant atmosphere. In the middle of St. Peter-Ording. Right on the North Sea coast. This is the North Sea boarding school. We support our students in learning and learning how to learn and prepare them for life in a sustainable way.

School and boarding home are consciously independent for us – for a particularly trusting, but independent relationship between students and educators. We can offer all available school types and degrees with high school graduation (Abitur) after Year 13.

Key facts Foreign languages English (Year 5) French/Latin (Year 7) Educational form Chinese/Spanish (Year 9) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Spanish (Year 11) Leaving certificate Homework Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Supervised Additional study time Total number Number of Remedial education of students boarders Extra tuition program (when necessary)

500 120 Exchange program Mexico, New Zealand Size of Group size in classes boarding home 20-25 8-10 Activities Sports: (kite) surfing, horseback riding, athletics, floorball, basketball, soccer, Accommodation in boarding home volleyball, badminton, tennis, table Location Twin rooms, single rooms for senior tennis, swimming, dancing students in Years 12 and 13 In St. Peter-Ording, directly on Music: piano, guitar, drums, singing, the North Sea coast,130 km choir north of Hamburg School program Address Special features Nordsee-Internat Branch of study St. Peter-Ording e.V. Branch of natural sciences Pestalozzistraße 72 Branch of languages Boarding home is open 365 days/year 25826 St. Peter-Ording Shuttle service to Hamburg www.nsi-spo.de Primary School (Years 3 and 4) offered

88 Please contact Stiftung Louisenlund Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Approximately 320 students live and learn as boarders within the Louisenlund community. The secure environment and life-long friendships make this an integral part of life at Louisenlund. A wide variety of foreign languages, bilingual teaching, international understanding and treating each child individually form the basis of education. The belief that young men and women should be prepared to take on responsibility in society, is one of the main aims of Louisenlund.

Key facts Foreign languages Handicrafts, THW (Technical Relief), English (Year 5) firefighters, Red Cross Youth Service, French/Spanish/Chinese (Year 7) etc. Educational form Spanish/Chinese (Year 10) Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Homework Leaving certificate Special features Supervised from 5.30 p.m. - 6.55 p.m. Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) During this daily period of quiet on Special program plus-MINT campus, students have time to do (Years 9 -13) Total number Number of homework, ask their teachers and of students boarders houseparents for help and prepare for Shuttle bus between school and upcoming classes and exams. Hamburg central bus station 420 320 Airport shuttle between school and Remedial education Hamburg airport German as a foreign language Size of Group size in classes boarding home Remedial lessons in core subjects Mentor program, coaching, lessons in on average 15 8-15 communication and social competence

Exchange program Location Accommodation in boarding home Member of Round Square (worldwide Twin rooms, single rooms (usually for network of schools in 50 countries Approx. 120 km north of students of the final year of schooling) across six continents) Hamburg, close to the Baltic Sea and Denmark

School program Activities Address Stiftung Louisenlund Louisenlund 9 Branch of study Tennis, sailing, hockey, golf, basketball, 24357 Güby Branch of natural sciences volleyball, swimming Branch of social sciences www.louisenlund.de/en Branch of languages Music lessons, band, theater, debating Branch of fine arts society

90 Please contact Lietz Internatsdorf Haubinda Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

Alternative school adhering to the educational ideas of German Reformpädagogik (learning with “head, heart and hand”). Students live in a school village together with fully trained teachers and educators in a stimulating community enviroment.

Key facts School program Special features

Educational form Branch of study Students live in a school village, in Grammar school (Years 5 -13) Years 11-13: emphasis on business which agriculture and animals play an sciences important role in everyday life Technical secondary school (Fachoberschule) (Years 5 -12) Foreign languages English (Year 5) Leaving certificate Spanish (Year 11) Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Fachhochschulreife (University of Homework Applied Science entrance qualification) Daily supervised study time Mittlere Reife (GCSE equivalent) Remedial education Location Hauptschulabschluss (GCSE lower tier German as a foreign language support equivalent) A picturesque school village Training for dyslexic children with extensive grounds (90 ha), Training in arts, crafts and creative approx. 2 hours from Frankfurt Total number Number of activities and 1 hour from Nuremberg of students boarders Exchange program Address 400 120 France, Estonia, Norway, Austria Lietz Internatsdorf Haubinda Stiftung 1 98663 Haubinda Size of Group size in classes boarding home Activities www.internatsdorf.de

18 8-12 Sports: all kinds of ball sports, diving, horseback riding Accommodation in boarding home Cooking, bakery Single rooms and twin rooms in Agriculture, gardening, animal self-contained buildings, housing one husbandry boarding school family each Project trips, skiing trips, outdoor activities, team building activities

92 Please contact Klosterschule Roßleben Humboldt-Institut‘s head office Telephone +49 7522 988 0 Co-educational private boarding school [email protected]

We are a school with a strong sense of tradition. Values such as loyalty, honesty and tolerance are important for us. This is the school where most of the members of the German resistance were educated who were involved in the plot to assassinate Hitler. We are a popular school with a mixture of day and boarding pupils. We are a Siemens partner school and a candidate Round Square School.

The head of boarding is English and a relaxed but industrious atmosphere permeates the school. Good manners are important and we hold regular dinners and events.

Key facts Lessons according to the curriculcum Special features for the state of Thuringia, which is widely used at German schools abroad Educational form Integrated music academy with regular Grammar school (Years 5 -12) concerts open to the general public Foreign languages English, Spanish, French, Russian, Latin Leaving certificate Abitur (German equivalent of A-levels) Homework Supervised by boarding tutors during Silentium, 2 hours/day Location Total number Number of of students boarders Remedial education German as a foreign language 395 100 support in cooperation with an external language school Size of Group size in classes boarding home Exchange program England, France, Sweden 15-24 12-15 Enhanced program with Round Square membership Accommodation in boarding home Single rooms, twin rooms and multiple bed rooms depending on age Activities Close to Weimar, Erfurt and Leipzig, set in the rolling Sports: e.g., rugby, soccer, hockey, countryside in its own grounds School program basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, fitness Address Branch of study Choir, orchestra, instrumental teaching Klosterschule Roßleben Branch of natural sciences Klosterschule 5 Creative activities such as dance and Branch of languages 06571 Roßleben handicrafts www.rossleben.com

94 Your Next Steps

Application German Course Boarding School Please find the latest version of this brochure—including costs and fees—on our website: 1 2 3 www.humboldt-institut.org Contact us to start the application Placement test on the first day of Transfer to the selected boarding process the German course school Boarding school counseling and Participation in German language selection program Enrollment for German course Successful completion of German language program Provision of all required (at least Humboldt level B2) documents

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96 Costs and fees 2021/2022

German Language Program Schule Birklehof, page 20 Annual costs Humboldt-Institut Bad Schussenried, page 10 EUR 42,120.- Costs (2021) EUR 3,000.- (German as a foreign language, 4 h/week EUR 920.- / week in small groups, obligatory until completion of level C1) Including tuition, accommodation, full board, teaching Additional costs material, 24-hour supervision, leisure program, weekly Registration fee: EUR 1,000.- excursions, course certificate Expenses in advance (e.g, music lessons, individual tutoring, study material, field trips, pocket money, Additional costs telephone, deposit): EUR 4,000.- None (except for pocket money) Schule Schloss Salem, page 22 Humboldt-Institut Lindenberg, page 12 Annual costs Costs (2021) Years 5 to 10: EUR 43,500.- EUR 920.- / week Years 11 to 12: EUR 44,400.- Including tuition, accommodation, full board, teaching Additional costs material, 24-hour supervision, leisure program, weekly Registration fee: EUR 1,800.- excursions, course certificate Extra charges depending on the student’s needs Additional costs (approx. EUR 300.- / month) None (except for pocket money) Urspringschule, page 24 Annual costs Baden-Wuerttemberg EUR 44,700.- (including German language support) Additional costs Kloster Wald, page 14 Health insurance: EUR 840.- / year Annual costs Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for EUR 19,600.- necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 2,000.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 300.- Zinzendorfschulen, page 26 Extra charges on an individual basis (e. g., health insurance, Annual costs residential costs on weekends, music lessons, study EUR 32,400.- material, field trips, pocket money) in advance: EUR 4,500.- Additional costs Deposit: EUR 5,300.- Registration fee: EUR 100.- Kurpfalz-Internat: Privates Internatgymnasium, pg. 16 Examination fee: EUR 50.- Annual costs (2020/2021) Visa fee: EUR 25.- Years 7 to 9: EUR 43,000.- Insurance package: EUR 708.- / year Years 10 to 12: EUR 44,000.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, study material, German language support during weekdays, study and Additional costs field trips): approx. EUR 5,400.- Registration fee: EUR 950.- Residential costs on closed weekends: EUR 200.- / weekend Leaving fee: EUR 180.- Overall down payment (first school year): EUR 48,000.- Extra charges on an individual basis

Schloss-Schule Kirchberg, page 18 Annual costs Year 9: EUR 37,850.- Years 10 to 12: EUR 38,850.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 500.- Deposit: EUR 4,050.- Insurances: EUR 580.- / year Expenses in advance (e. g., supervision on weekends or during short holidays (carnival, autumn), weekend activities, airport transfers): EUR 5,890.- Costs and fees 2021/2022

Bavaria Schloss Neubeuern, page 38 Annual costs Christian-von-Bomhard-Schule, page 28 EUR 44,340.- Annual costs Additional costs EUR 23,640.- Registration fee: EUR 1,300.- Additional costs Entrance examination: EUR 400.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Deposit: EUR 13,085.- necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 2,500.- German language support: EUR 400.- / month (first year), EUR 800.- (following years) Extra charges on an individual basis Optional offer Schule Schloss Stein, page 40 Annual costs with single room apartment: EUR 27,180.- Annual costs (valid until December 2022) Gymnasium Lindenberg, page 30 Years 5 to 7: EUR 41,160.- Years 8 to 10: EUR 45,720.- Annual costs Years 11 to 12: EUR 47,700.- EUR 25,560.- Additional costs Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 250.- Insurances: EUR 990.50 Deposit: EUR 5,000.- School material, handbooks and exercise books, School clothing excursions, membership fees, pocket money

Institut Schloss Brannenburg, page 32 Brandenburg Annual costs Years 5 to 10: EUR 33,900.- Gymnasium im Stift Neuzelle, page 42 Years 11 to 12: EUR 38,340.- Annual costs Additional costs EUR 32,448.- Registration fee: EUR 400.- Additional costs Handling fee: EUR 2,100.- Registration fee: EUR 200.- Deposit: EUR 8,475.- Visa fee: EUR 150.- Expenses in advance (e. g., school clothing, books, Health insurance (obligatory, 1 year): EUR 2,337.72 insurances, German lessons, laundry service, ski camp, Deposit: EUR 2,500.- field excursion): approx. EUR 8,200.- German integration assistance (obligatory, 6 months): EUR 1,200.- Landheim Ammersee, page 34 Annual costs EUR 43,860.- Hesse Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 500.- Lietz Internat Schloss Bieberstein, page 44 Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Annual costs necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 3,000.- EUR 38,760.- Additional costs Max-Rill-Gymnasium Schloss Reichersbeuern, page 36 Registration fee: EUR 1,500.- Annual costs German language support: EUR 400.- / month EUR 33,600.- Deposit: 3 monthly rates Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Additional costs necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 7,800.- Registration fee: EUR 500.- Deposit: EUR 8,400.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 3,000.- Costs and fees 2021/2022

Lietz Internat Hohenwehrda, page 46 Hermann-Lietz-Schule Spiekeroog, page 56 Annual costs Annual costs EUR 38,760.- EUR 45,360.- Additional costs Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 1,500.- Registration fee: EUR 1,500.- German language support: EUR 400.- / month Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Deposit: 3 monthly rates necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 4,000.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 7,800.- Internat Solling, page 58 Annual costs Schulzentrum Marienhöhe, page 48 EUR 37,800.- Annual costs Additional costs EUR 32,340.- Registration fee: EUR 150.- Additional costs Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Registration fee: EUR 480.- necessities for school and leisure time): Deposit: EUR 400.- minimum EUR 3,000.- Extra charges on an individual basis (e. g., field trips / Deposit: 1 monthly rate excursions, pocket money, study material, weekend activities, external residential costs during holidays) Pädagogium Bad Sachsa, page 60 Annual costs Steinmühle Internatsschule, page 50 EUR 30,600.- Annual costs Additional costs Years 5 to 10: EUR 39,540.- Registration fee: EUR 600.- Years 11 to 13: EUR 39,060.- School leaving fee: EUR 50.- Additional costs Expenses in advance (insurance, necessities for school Registration fee: EUR 845.- and leisure time) / deposit: EUR 3,000.- Deposit: EUR 5,800.- German language support: approx. EUR 180.- / month Schule Marienau, page 62 Extra charges depending on the student’s needs Annual costs (approx. EUR 200.- / month) Years 5 to 13: EUR 42,780.- On admission at Year 11: EUR 43,980.- Additional costs Lower Saxony Registration fee: EUR 280.- Deposit: 2 monthly rates Burgberg Gymnasium, page 52 Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for Annual costs necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 4,800.- approx. EUR 26,220.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 275.- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Administration fee: EUR 250.- Bank fee: EUR 100.- Internatsgymnasium Schloss Torgelow, page 64 Supervision during weekends and holidays: Annual costs EUR 3,000.- Years 5 to 7: EUR 35,256.- Insurance package: EUR 1,200.- Years 8 to 10: EUR 36,962.- Years 11 to 12: EUR 38,620.- CJD Internat Elze, page 54 Additional costs Annual costs Registration fee: EUR 350.- EUR 30,750.- School leaving fee: EUR 150.- Deposit: 2 monthly rates (not required with annual Additional costs payment) Registration fee: EUR 350.- Extra charges on an individual basis Deposit: EUR 5,000.- German lessons on an individual basis Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 1,500.- Costs and fees 2021/2022

North Rhine-Westphalia Krüger Internat und Schulen, page 76 Annual costs Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, page 66 EUR 33,480.- Annual costs Additional costs EUR 30,948.- Deposit: EUR 5,200.- Additional costs Extra charges on an individual basis Registration fee: EUR 2,579.- Health insurance (obligatory): EUR 1,525.- Privatschule Conventz, page 78 Expenses in advance (e. g., visa fee, laundry service, Annual costs cultural fee, activities on weekends): EUR 1,800.- EUR 28,000.- Extra charges on an individual basis (e. g., pocket money, music and art school lessons, excursions, transfers) Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 1,200.- Collegium Johanneum Schloss Loburg, page 68 Deposit: EUR 2,000.- Expenses in advance (e. g., school material, travelling Annual costs expenses, leisure time): EUR 1,000.- Years 5 to 12: EUR 27,600.- Extra charges depending on student’s needs (e. g., Additional costs pocket money, individual leisure time, insurances) Registration fee: EUR 250.- Optional offers Health & liability insurance (optional): EUR 85.- / month Single room with shared facilities: EUR 2,000.- / year Cultural money: EUR 200.- / year Single room with en-suite facilities: EUR 4,000.- / year Rental fee for boarding jackets: EUR 40.- Formal obligation (if necessary): EUR 29.- Schloss Heessen, page 80 Deposit: EUR 500.- Extra charges on an individual basis Annual costs EUR 38,150.- Internat Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium, page 70 Additional costs Annual costs Registration fee: EUR 500.- EUR 25,800.- Expenses in advance (e. g., school material, insurance, cultural fee): EUR 3,750.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 1,500.- Villa Wewersbusch, page 82 German language support: EUR 1,500.- / school year Basic deposit: EUR 1,000.- Annual costs Additional deposit (visa-required students): EUR 5,000.- EUR 33,600.- Additional costs Internat Schloss Buldern, page 72 Registration fee: EUR 1,400.- Annual costs Deposit: EUR 2,500.- EUR 30,000.- Expenses in advance (e. g., excursions, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 3,500.- Additional costs Expenses in advance (insurance, necessities for school and leisure time, deposit): EUR 1,200.- Rhineland-Palatinate

Internat Schloß Wittgenstein, page 74 Gymnasium Weierhof, page 84 Annual costs Annual costs (2020/2021) EUR 27,700.- EUR 30,975.- Additional costs Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 250.- Expenses in advance (e. g., school material, insurances, Deposit: EUR 1,000.- travelling expenses): EUR 6,650.- Handling fee: EUR 3,900.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 4,000.- Costs and fees 2021/2022

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Landschulheim Grovesmühle, page 86 Lietz Internatsdorf Haubinda, page 92 Annual costs Annual costs EUR 37,200.- Years 1 to 10: EUR 32,172.- Years 11 to 13: EUR 33,468.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 2,000.- Additional costs Deposit: EUR 5,000.- Registration fee: EUR 1,500.- Extra charges on an individual basis (e. g., pocket German language support (low level): EUR 400.- / month money, travelling expenses, money for necessities for German language support (good level): EUR 200.- / month school and leisure time) in advance: EUR 3,900.- Deposit: 3 monthly rates Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 7,800.- Schleswig-Holstein Klosterschule Roßleben, page 94 Nordsee-Internat, page 88 Annual costs Annual costs EUR 30,000.- EUR 25,300.- Additional costs Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 3,500.- Registration fee: EUR 750.- German language support: EUR 3,600.- Deposit: EUR 200.- Bank fee: EUR 30.- External school contribution: EUR 1,616.71 Deposit: EUR 2,500.- Supervision during weekends: EUR 2,000.- / school year Supervision during holidays: EUR 420.- / week Expenses in advance (e. g., study material, individual tutoring, field trips, pocket money, insurances): EUR 4200.-

Stiftung Louisenlund, page 90 Annual costs Years 5 to 12: EUR 47,136.- On admission to Year 10: EUR 50,136.- Additional costs Registration fee: EUR 1,900.- Deposit: EUR 10,000.- Expenses in advance (e. g., pocket money, money for necessities for school and leisure time): EUR 5,000.- / year Contribution to parents’ association: EUR 5.- / year

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