Berufsoberschule - Requirements

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. There are two major pre classes for people from Hauptschule and Realschule:

1. There is the opportunity for people who got Qualifizierender Hauptschluabschluss to attend a class called Vorklasse, which takes 7 months to complete. Vorklasse could be seen as very similar to 11th grade in Fachoberschule.

2. Many people graduate at Realschule join into Vorkurs, the second form of preclass. This class as well as Vorklasse is often taken as a chance to avoid a trial time in the months between September to December in the 12th grade.