Education in Germany

overview about the educational system of Germany

type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Estonia, and formerly in other countries as well

Abitur (), often shortened colloquially to Abi, is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen years of schooling (see also, for Germany, Abitur after twelve years). In German, the term has roots in the older word meaning "Leave (Graduation) exam/diploma", which in turn was derived from the Latin (future active participle of , thus "someone who is going to leave").

German political foundation linked to the SDP

'''''' (, "education", "formation", etc.) refers to the German tradition of self-cultivation, the development and formation of the human mind through education and cultural maturation. This maturation is a harmonization of the individual's mind and heart and in a unification of selfhood and identity within the broader society, as evidenced with the literary tradition of Bildungsroman.

thumb|Students of the Münsterschule in Bonn in 1954 The German term Volksschule () generally refers to compulsory education, denoting an educational institution every person (i.e. the people, Volk) is required to attend.

Geisteswissenschaft (; plural: Geisteswissenschaften ; "science of mind"; "spirit science") is a set of human sciences such as philosophy, history, philology, musicology, linguistics, theater studies, literary studies, media studies, religious studies and sometimes even jurisprudence, that are traditional in German universities. Most of its subject matter would come under Humanities in the typical English-speaking university.

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overview sbout the Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang

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Schulpforta, otherwise known as Pforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540). The school is located near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The TestDaF, formally Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache ("Test of German as a foreign language"), is a standardised language test of German proficiency for non-native German speakers. It aims at people who would like to study at, or academics and scientists who want to work in, German universities. The test is run by the TestDaF-Institut.

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The German Academic Scholarship Foundation (German: '''', or Studienstiftung'' for short) is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes, it supports "the university education of young people who, on account of their exceptional academic or artistic talents and their personalities, can be expected to make an outstanding contribution to society as a whole". The Studienstiftung is non-political, non-denominational and ideologically independent. Its headquarters are located in Bonn; it also has an office in Berlin. The current president is University o

In Nazi Germany, the 'NS-Ordensburgen''' ("National Socialist Order Castles", singular Ordensburg), also called Schulungsburgen'', were schools developed for elite Nazi military echelons.

The Studienkolleg is a public educational institution in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for students whose secondary school certificate is not recognized as equivalent to the Abitur. It is a preparatory course or first year program for academic studies at university.

German military institute

thumb|Training of new teachers in the Soviet occupation zone in Berlin-Lichtenberg in 1946

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