Berufsoberschule

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Berufsoberschule (Upper Vocational School) is an optional part of the German education system, and is the only way to be allowed at university for students who didn´t get an Abitur at a Gymnasium.

[edit] Requirements

To be able to enter a Berufsoberschule students have to meet the following requirements:

• Graduation of Berufschule (Vocational School)
• worked in their job for at least five years or a passed exam in an apprenticeship
• average of secondary school graduation marks 3.0 or better in main subjects, or pass an entrance exam

Though not mandatory, students who went to Hauptschule or who graduated Realschule with average or near average marks, are strongly advised to visit a special preclass. (one day a week).

[edit] Second foreign language

Students who want to get an Abitur at Berufsoberschule need to either:

a) have had classes of a second foreign language for at least 3 years at an other school and at least a graduation mark of 4 (D in US grading system).

b) study a second foreign language (often French) and pass an exam in Berufsoberschule.

[edit] Graduation

After one year, students can get a "Fachabitur", which enables them to study at college. If they don't take a second foreign language they get after two years not the "Allgemeine Hochschulreife" (Abitur); instead they get the "Fachgebundene Hochschulreife". With this graduation they are allowed to access university, but only in subjects that belong to the "branch" they studied in at Berufschule, and by taking a second foreign language they get an Abitur, which gives them full access to university.