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