Registration for the business schools

As a vocational school, the business school leads to the intermediate school-leaving certificate (Mittlere Reife) in a practical and modern way.

Description

The business school is a Bavarian speciality. As a vocational school, it leads to the intermediate school-leaving certificate, i.e. the intermediate school-leaving certificate, in a practical and modern way. It provides a general education and a comprehensive basic commercial education.

The enrolment dates vary from school to school. They also depend on whether your child attends the

  • Two-stage (10th-11th year),
  • Three-level (8th-10th year)
  • Four-level (7th-10th year) or
  • Five-level business school (grades 6-10).

Enrolment for the 2023/2024 school year is possible on the following dates

Riemerschmid Municipal Business School:

  • 2-stage: enrolment date on Monday, 24 July to 5 August 2023
  • 3-, 4- and 5-level: from Monday, 27 February 2023

Friedrich-List municipal business school:

  • 2-level: enrolment date on Monday, 24 July to 5 August 2023
  • 3-, 4- and 5-level: from Tuesday, 28 February 2023 and on the enrolment day, 7 March 2023

State Dieter Hildebrandt Business School Munich:

  • Enrolment for the Sendling and Oberhaching locations (two-tier): Monday, 12 June to Friday, 21 July 2023

All information can be found on the school's website.

Any necessary trial lessons will take place on Wednesday, 3 May to Friday, 5 May 2023 and will last three mornings.

The subjects tested will be German (text reproduction, language teaching, work on the text) and maths.

You can find an overview of important dates under "Forms & Links".

Prerequisites

Four-year training programme

  • Your child must not yet be 15 years old on 30 June of the year of entry
  • Successful completion of the 6th or 7th grade
  • If transferring from Hauptschule: Transfer certificate certifies aptitude (otherwise participation in trial lessons required)
  • If transferring from Hauptschule "M-Zweig", Realschule or Gymnasium: 7th grade already successfully attended or permission to advance to 7th grade

Please note: For pupils from grammar school, a grade of "sufficient" in the subjects German, maths and English is sufficient if they do not have permission to advance (otherwise participation in trial lessons is required).

Three-year programme

  • Your child must not yet be 16 years old on 30 June of the year of entry
  • Successful attendance of the 7th or 8th grade
  • If transferring from Hauptschule: Transfer certificate certifies aptitude (otherwise participation in trial lessons required)
  • If transferring from Hauptschule "M-Zweig", Realschule or Gymnasium: 8th grade already successfully attended or permission to advance to 8th grade

Please note: For pupils from grammar school, a grade of "sufficient" in the subjects German, maths and English is sufficient if they do not have permission to advance (otherwise participation in trial lessons is required).

Two-year training programme

  • qualifying secondary school leaving certificate - the subject English must have a grade of at least 3 either in the report card or in the annual report of the 9th grade. If the 9th grade of the "M" programme of the Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium was not passed, the annual report card must show at least a grade 4 in the subjects German and English. There is no entrance examination. The probationary period lasts until December or until the half-year report in February.

Required documents

On the day of enrolment, legal guardians or an authorised representative (e.g. the student him/herself) must present the following original documents:

  • Enrolment form - signed by the legal guardian
  • Original birth certificate
  • If transferring from the 6th, 7th and 8th grade of the Hauptschule, original transfer certificate
  • If transferring from the 9th grade of the Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium, the half-year report, the final or annual report must be submitted later
  • custody order, if applicable

In exceptional cases, pupils who wish to enrol are already of legal age. In these cases, they can sign the enrolment form themselves.

Landeshauptstadt München

Referat für Bildung und Sport
Geschäftsbereich - Berufliche Schulen

Internet

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Referat für Bildung und Sport
Geschäftsbereich - Berufliche Schulen

Bayerstraße 28
80335 München

Address

Bayerstraße 28
80335 München

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