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High School Germany - Spring Special 2025
Δημόσια σχολεία οικογένεια υποδοχής στη Γερμανια
Αν πάτε σε κρατικό σχολείο στη Γερμανία, θα μείνετε σε μια γερμανική οικογένεια. Τα πλεονεκτήματα των σχολείων που φιλοξενούν μια οικογένεια σε σύγκριση με τα οικοτροφεία::
- They are cheaper than boarding schools
- You can also do short stays of 2 or 3 months.
Requirements
The requirements for day schools are:
- Age between 14 - 17
- German on level B1 (online Test). If you don´t have that level yet, just join our online German courses
Prices 2025/26
from 4.280 €
| Day schools | Boarding schools | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic* | Select** | ||
| 2 months | 4.280 € | 4.780 € | |
| 3 months | 5.120 € | 6.020 € | |
| 4 months | 6.090 € | 7.390 € | |
| 5 months | 6.890 € | 8.490 € | from 19.500 € |
| 11 months | 13.350 € | 15.650 € | from 28.450 € |
* Classic: no choice of city. ** Select: choice of city. See choices HERE.
Late application fee: 900 € for a school year, 500 € for a semester (for applications less than 6 months prior to arrival in Germany).
PAYMENT: 20% - 10 days after receipt of the invoice | 50% - 4 months before arrival | 30% - 2 months before arrival
INCLUDED:
- online interview with the applicant, very soon after receiving his/her application
- placement at a German high school
- accommodation as booked, boarding or host family (single or shared room), full board
- single room guarantee in host families
- Berlin weekend (incl accommodation) in MAR and NOV: 350 €
- supervision by a member of GLS staff
- a certificate of attendance, issued by the German high school
- orientation meeting after arrival organized by the local coordinator
- transfer from the nearest airport to accommodation upon arrival and departure
- help with all questions and problems from GLS office Berlin and the respective regional office
EXTRAS
- extracurricular German course once per week
- preparatory online German courses
Not included are:
- insurance (liability, medical, accident, personal items): 12 €/week - obligatory
- letter of invitation for visa application - 150 EUR
- pocket money - ca. Euro 150 - Euro 200 per month
- books and course material
- for non-boarders travelling expenses between school and accommodation
Σχολές στο Βερολίνο, Αμβούργο ....
Το GLS δεν θα σας τοποθετήσει οπουδήποτε στη Γερμανία αλλά μόνο σε πραγματίκα ενδιαφέροντα και cool μέρη,οπώς π.χ το Βερολίνο, η Βρέμη, ή το Bayreuth. Η επιλογή είναι δική σας! Η επιλογή είναι δική σας!
Highlight: Weekends in Berlin
One of the highlights of our high school program: twice a year we arrange weekends in Berlin for all excange students in Germany
The schools: "Gymnasien"
What is a "Gymnasium"?
We place international students at Gymnasien. A Gymnasium is a secondary school that leads up to university. The curriculum is rather academic, with two foreign languages plus math and science courses. Ca. 30 % of German students attend this type of secondary school (more about Gymnasien and the school system in Germany)
Abitur
The final examination is called Abitur and grants access to university studies. Choices of university location and study fields are limited however: Only students with a very good Abitur can study where and what they want. Please note: Exchange students planning to do the Abitur have to attend a private school, the Abitur is not possible for them at state schools.
Two of the high schools, we work with in Berlin: Heinrich Schliemann Gymnasium (Google map) and Gabriele von Bülow Gymnasium (map).
The school year
The school year starts in AUG/SEP, holidays vary a from state to state (6 weeks in summer plus 2 weeks each in autumn, over Christmas and around Easter). School days are MON - FRI, usually 8 am - 1 or 2 pm, which leaves enough time to join local community clubs focusing on sports or the arts in the afternoon or on weekends.
Examples
You can select the city where you'd like to go to school (i.e. Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg), but you can't select a specific school. To give you an idea what the schools look like, below the websites of some Gymnasien, that we cooperate with in BERLIN:
Host families
All families have been inspected by GLS. Some families have sons and daughters, who do an exchange program as well: While their kids go to school in Canada, France or Argentina, they are happy to welcome an exchange student going to school in Germany.
The families live within easy reach of the school that you attend. They provide a single or shared room and full board. More about host families in the FAQ section.
How you live
You will have a single or a shared room. A single room guarantee can be booked for a fee of 100 EUR per month. What you share with them are living room, kitchen, bathroom.
Your host family provides full board - breakfast, evening meal and packed lunch Monday to Friday; breakfast, lunch and evening meal on Saturday and Sunday. We ask the host family to cook as they would for themselves.
Student care
The GLS High School team in Berlin
The GLS high school team in Berlin will be your first contact in Germany: You´ll meet them during the Berlin weekends, and if you go to high school in Berlin, you can contact them anytime you want.
They also organize regular activities for all exchange stundents in Berlin, i.e. weekend trips to Prague or Hamburg - a great way to meet other internationals going to school in Germany.
Please see here short portraits of the cosmopolitan GLS high school team in Berlin
Local coordinators in other cities
If you don´t go to school in Berlin, but - say - in Hamburg or Nürnberg, you will be supported by a local coordinator throughout your stay. Your coordinator lives in the same city as you and is in contact with you via email, phone and personal meetings. If you have any problems or need help, the coordinator will be by your side.
All local coordinators arrange extra-curricular activities for exchange students - like, for example, a visit to the local bowling center, a meetup at a Christmas market or a day trip to a nearby city.
They are also happy to help and consult if you want to join a sports club, learn things horseback riding or take music lessons.
You can "meet" some of the local coordinators in Bremen, Hamburg Lübeck if you click on the respective link next to the photo
