Education in Germany is given a lot of importance as the country boasts about its education quality standards and excellent universities. Due to the high expat and student activity in most of the German cities, the education system provides a lot of the courses both in German and English language, enabling non-German speaking students to take part of the German scholarly system.
If you are an expat moving with your children, worry not, as there are also many international schools you can enrol your child in. In Germany, education is compulsory for all the children aged six up to fifteen years’ old, residing in the country. Most of the German schools are state run, which also tend to be free for German residents. As an alternative, you can choose to send your child in a private or international school, which often incur costs.
As for general information, German schools are normally open from Monday to Fridays, operating from 8am to 2pm, however, in some circumstances they stay till 4pm. In addition to that, lessons are normally 45 minutes long, including a 5-minute break between each lesson.
In this section, you can find information on German universities, stave vs private schools, studying in Germany, admission processes, tuition fees and how the education system works. Other learning opportunities in further education will also come along.
