Enrollment in a specialized secondary school

The one-year and two-year programs of the Fachoberschule lead to the Fachhochschulreife, the one-year program Fachoberschule grade 13 leads to the Fachgebundene Hochschulreife and with proof of the second foreign language to the Allgemeine Hochschulreife.

Two-year specialized upper secondary school, grades 11 and 12:

The two-year Fachoberschule can be attended directly after completion of general education. In the first year, instruction is accompanied by practical training in a company, institution or school and imparts practical knowledge and skills. Instruction in the second year takes place on a full-time basis.

One-year specialized upper secondary school, grade 12:

Admission requirements for entry to the one-year specialized upper secondary school are the intermediate school leaving certificate and at least two years of completed vocational training relevant to the field of specialization or proof of relevant professional activity of at least five years. Instruction takes place on a full-time basis.

Fachoberschule, grade 13:

A grade 13 is established for particularly qualified graduates of the two-year Fachoberschule. It leads to a subject-linked higher education entrance qualification and, upon proof of the necessary knowledge of a second foreign language, to a general higher education entrance qualification. Instruction takes place on a full-time basis.

Requirements

Two-year technical secondary school, grades 11 and 12:

1. the intermediate school leaving certificate
   a) with an average grade of at least 3.3 in the subjects German, English and mathematics or
   b) from a school with subject-specific differentiation in the subjects German, English and mathematics, which is obtained at the extended requirement level for each subject with at least the grade "sufficient", at the basic requirement level for each subject with at least the grade "satisfactory" and
2. submission of a contract for a suitable internship if the practical training takes place outside the school and
3. participation in an internal school counseling interview.

One-year technical secondary school, grade 12:

1. the intermediate school leaving certificate,
2. proof of completed vocational training relevant to the subject area
   a) at least two years of vocational training in a training occupation recognized or equivalently regulated under the Vocational Training Act or Crafts Code or in a corresponding training occupation in public administration
3. the final certificate from the vocational school must also be enclosed
4. or
   b) corresponding training in a civil servant position or
   c) vocational training under state law with a state final examination,
5. participation in an internal school counseling interview.

Vocational training may be replaced by relevant professional experience of at least five years in a recognized or equivalent training occupation under the Vocational Training Act or Crafts Code or in a corresponding training occupation in public administration or in an occupation regulated by state law.

One-year Fachoberschule, grade 13:

Certificate of completion of the two-year Fachoberschule (Fachhochschulreife) with an average grade of at least 2.5; none of the subjects German, mathematics and English may show a grade of "unsatisfactory".