The Berufsoberschule (BOS) aims at students intending to take their university entry exams (Fach-Abitur) who have completed at least 10 years of formal education (Certificate of Intermediate Education/mittlerer Schulabschluss) and a completed vocational training or at least five years of work experience.

The BOS is a full-time school and provides a general education as well as theoretical training. According to their vocational training students are allocated to one of the five tracks below:

• Social Studies
• Commerce and Business Administration
• Life Science and Health Care Management
• Art & Design
• Technology

 

We offer three different graduation certificates:

Fachhochschulreife: (after one year – Grade 12)

• Access to any course at universities of applied sciences/polytechnics (Fachhochschule)
• Entry into upper civil service, e.g. administration (Bavarian Beamtenfachhochschule/Ausleseverfahren)
• Better qualification for the labour market and more job opportunities

Fachgebundene Hochschulreife: (after two years – Grades 12 and 13)

• Access to certain courses at university according to area of interest; e.g. students of the technology department may only enrol in STEM faculties
• No second foreign language required

 

Allgemeine Hochschulreife: (after two years – Grades 12 and 13)

• Full access to university
• Extra requirement: Proficiency in two foreign languages

 

Proof of proficiency in a second foreign language obtainable from:

• Language classes in grades 12 and 13 at the FOSBOS (French, Spanish or Latin) – Course in 13^th grade has to be passed with 4 or more points.
• supplementary examination at the FOSBOS; passing grade: 4
• Language classes at Realschule or Gymansium: four consecutive years of instruction, passing grade: 4
• Official proof by means of a certificate from a public educational institution in Germany