Kolleg Aufnahme

If you want to acquire the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) as an adult, you can apply to a second-chance school. Find out more here.

The college is part of the adult school's educational program. It is aimed at adults who wish to obtain an Abitur. The Kolleg is a full-time grammar school course with five teaching days and approx. 32 teaching hours per week. Depending on the school requirements, the course lasts two or three years until the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) is obtained. The school year begins after the summer vacation and is based on the regulations applicable in Bremen, including the vacation regulations. Attendance at the college is free of charge; under certain conditions, BaföG can be applied for. Admission to the college is subject to certain conditions.

• Registration form
• Secondary school leaving certificate (MSA)
• University of Applied Sciences certificate for applicants in the qualification phase

• You are at least 18 years old in the school year of registration.
• You have obtained the Mittlerer Schulabschluss (secondary school leaving certificate).
• You have completed vocational training or have at least two years of professional experience or other substitute periods. Periods of unemployment (up to 12 months), military service, civilian service, voluntary social/ecological year can be counted towards the period of employment. Running a "family household" (at least one child belongs to the household) is considered equivalent to professional activity.
• You have proven your aptitude in the entrance examination. The entrance examination comprises the subjects German, English and mathematics.
• Applicants for the qualification phase (Q-Phase) must submit a transfer to the Q-Phase or a Fachhochschule certificate instead of the MSA certificate (intermediate school leaving certificate). An entrance examination is not required in this case.

Online

• Register using the adult school registration form. You will find the link under "Further information" - "Forms" - "Adult school online registration".

In writing (by post)

• Submit the required documents to the responsible office.
• For admission to the E phase of the college, a one-hour entrance test must be taken in each of the subjects German, Mathematics and English. (Applicants for the qualification phase do not have to take the test).
• If they pass the tests, they will be offered a place at the school, subject to sufficient capacity.