🎓 Education in Germany — the navigator
School system, Ausbildung, German courses, university — plus language schools and tutors in your city.
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🏫 The school system in 60 seconds
📚 Grundschule (grades 1–4)
Everyone together, then a recommendation determines the path.
🎓 Gymnasium → Abitur
Until grade 12/13 — the direct route to university.
🔨 Realschule/Gesamtschule
Middle diploma — door to Ausbildung, Abitur can follow later.
💼 Ausbildung = paid learning
Dual system: company + trade school, ~€1,000/month. The German way into a career!
💡 Good to know
- 🎓 University is (almost) free — only ~€300 semester fee
- 🗣️ Integrationskurs: 600 hours of German ~€2.29/hr — often free via BAMF
- 💼 Ausbildung exists in 300+ professions — baker to IT specialist
- 🌍 Studienkolleg: path to German uni with foreign diploma
🧭 Who is this for?
👨👩👧 Parents — understand how school works and which to choose
🎓 School leavers — Ausbildung vs university, both explained
🆕 Newcomers — German course first, then everything else
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