Second-chance Education

For the areas of non-student examinations and admission to secondary level II
we currently offer personal consultations on the following topics only after prior appointment by telephone:

• Non-student exams to acquire lower secondary school (7-10) (BBR, EBBR, MSA) and upper secondary school (11-13) (Abitur) qualifications,
• Non-students exams to acquire the university of applied sciences qualification as a non-school exam,
• Supplementary exams to acquire Latin / Ancient Greek / Biblical Hebrew qualification,
• Admission to the upper secondary school in special cases (both first educational pathway and second-chance education),
• Recognition of mother tongues / native official languages in upper secondary school (11-13).

Here you will find information, leaflets and admission forms for the exams and the individual school-leaving qualifications (german only).

a course of studies? Then you need the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) as access authorisation.

You can catch up on your Abitur at a college in day classes or as an employed person in evening classes. The admission requirement for all colleges and evening classes is that you

• Are at least 19 years old,
• Have acquired at least the vocational qualification or an equivalent qualification and
• Can provide evidence of completed vocational training or at least two years of regular employment.

Completed military service, alternative service, proven unemployment up to 1.5 years and maintaining a household with at least one child or person in need of care can be recognised as employment.

Employment also includes dependent employment within the scope of the Employment Promotion Act amounting to at least 20 hours per week as well as possibly incomplete vocational training up to half of the prescribed training period and internships with a minimum duration of 3 months.