If you are interested in studying in Germany, you may consider a boarding school to be your pathway intouniversity. For visiting a boarding school and passing the „Abitur“, you need to know German on level B1 – if youstart in 9th grade – and on level B2 – if you start in 10th grade. It´s not possible to start at one of the following Germanboarding schools in 11th grade. If you need a language course in advance, you can book that extra. For visiting aboarding school and passing the „Abitur“ you need to know German on level B1 if you start in 9th grade and on levelB2 if you start in 10th grade.The following services we offer here is an application service and a perfect addition to your language course or highschool exchange program.

Boarding School in Germany

Boarding School

For us a boarding school is more than a school: it is a second home. Our students will become a part ofGermany. Besides studying for school, you will have lots of opportunities and activities. Teachers andstudents do not only interact inside the classroom but are also living and spending their free time withleisure activities together. All schools are located in a beautiful area and offer everything students need tohave a great time in Germany.The special point about the program is that we always choose a “real German” high school. This means,that the schools we cooperate with are visited mostly by Germans and a few international students. InGermany many boarding schools are very international. We focus on those who are made for Germans andwelcome internationals. Therefore you get a better chance to become part of Germany and get preparedmuch better for your studies at University. On top of this, those schools are non-profit and the quality isvery high. The difficult point about those boarding schools is to get a seat. Webpages are in German andthey only take a few students per year.In order to get a seat, you need to pass an oral interview in German. Passing the interview is more acultural challenge than something you can read in books. This makes it very difficult to apply forinternationals. Our service is to place you at such a boarding school and toprepare you for passing the interview successfully.

Boarding School 1: Pädagogium Bad Sachsa

Bad Sachsa is located in the beautiful nature of the region Harz, close to the student city Göttingen. ThePädagogium is characterized not only by German students but by a great diversity of international students from allover the world. It offers a place of residence for only 50 students, which makes the living together very familiar.Due to the small amount of students, the educators are able to carry a lot for each one and their individualproblems.Normally the students live, separated by gender, in two-shared bedrooms until they reach 12th grade. Then, theyare allowed to move into a single bedroom in order to prepare in privacy and without interruption for theexamination.After classes there are a lot of options: students can do some sports at the soccer court, the beach volleyball courtand the gym. From time to time the whole boarding school is used to do some activities together, like visiting atheatre or a cinema, enjoying the mystical flair of a German Christmas market or having fun at a theme park.Besides these activities, students have the possibility to discover the impressive landscape of the region Harz insmall groups by camping, canoeing and skiing in and through the wild nature.Did the Pädagogium Bad Sachs catch your interest? Please find further informationunder http://www.internats-gymnasium.de/internat.html or ask us for a brochure.

Boarding School 2: Lietz-Internat Schloss Bieberstein

The Lietz-Internat Schloss Bieberstein is located in Hofbieber, which is rightinside the Rhön mountains close to the city Fulda. It accommodates 125students in small families of ten; but only from 10th to 13th grade! Thereforethe young adults enjoy a less regularized surrounding and are even allowed touse internet in their bedrooms. Students can determine their own educationby choosing between 12 and 13 of school years until examination and E-International, which enables the students to spend a year abroad in Nepal orSouth Africa. International students are friendly welcomed and wellintegrated in the boarding school. To simplify potential communicationproblems, the school offers remedial courses like “German as foreignlanguage” and a language pre-course.The school provides a various spectrum of sports activities, like climbing,horse riding lessons, golf, basket ball and beach volleyball. Not only sports butalso cultural activities are supported by a weekly cultural evening. OnWednesday evening, the students enjoy concerts, lectures, visit museums orarrange their own program. Once a year the family of ten students and theirsupervising house parents go on vacation to gather new impressions andstrengthen the family bond.If you are interested in spending an unforgettable time at Schloss Biebersteinand need further information, visit https://www.internat-schloss-bieberstein.de or ask us for a brochure.

Boarding School 3: Haubinda

The boarding school village Haubinda is located in the middle of 90 hectares of meadows and forest in Thuringia, thegreen heart of Germany. Groups of eight to ten students with two educationists live together in communities – the so-called "families“ – on the campus in their own apartments and houses. Apart from lessons and extracurricular activities,the students learn how to handle natural resources. A common bakery, a market garden with greenhouse, a large farmyard and a workshop for wood and metal working – all of these are features of living in Haubinda.Of course, the students are also very well cared for during routine school hours. Small classes ensure optimumindividual fostering of every student. If a student needs additional lessons or help in a particular area, the experiencedteam of educationists is always at hand. A special infrastructure and an individualized integration program were createdfor foreign students, i.e. to receive extra German lessons.Regardless of whether it is choir, theatre or drawing, life at boarding school village Haubinda is also enriched by culturalhighlights. Another focus is sports: in addition to regular sports hours there is an extensive and varied offering of sportsactivities on the schedule. The huge sports field next to the school building is popular for playing football. Alsobadminton, volleyball, basketball, archery, fitness and athletics, strength and endurance, track and field, riding,swimming, tennis, table-tennis and Zumba are available for selection. Interested? Please find further information underhttp://www.internatsdorf.de/en.html or ask us for a brochure.

The boarding school of Iserlohn offers the best location for adventurousstudents. It is located close to the beautiful nature of the Sauerland, itsmountains and lakes as well as to various bigger cities like Köln, Dortmundand Wuppertal. About 80 Students live in private or two-shared bedrooms,separated by gender, and have the possibility to relax during their leisuretime in the cosy living room or have fun with other students in the playroom.The modern technical accoutrement of the class rooms, the well skilledteachers and educationists and the intensive advancement in small learning-groups guarantee the best preparation for examination. Therefore, theboarding school has got a passing rate of about 90 percent.During their leisure time, students have many possibilities: they can relax bythe lake or exploit at the horse riding arena or swimming pool. Students areable to chose between numerous sports, like tennis, volleyball, basketball,motor sports, billiard and many more. But the boarding school is mostfamous for its unique ice-hockey program.In higher school years, students will visit some European cities like Londonand Barcelona to broaden their minds.Did the Privates Aufbaugymnasium Iserlohn catch your interest? Please findfurther information under http://www.privates-aufbaugymnasium-iserlohn.de/index.php/de/das-internat or ask us for a brochure.

Boarding School 4: Privates Aufbaugymnasium Iserlohn

The Zinzendorf Internat is located in the wide area of Schwarzwald, one of the most lovely regions of Germanyand pretty close to France and Austria. It houses only 80 students in one and double-shared bedrooms, whichmakes the living together very familiar. The students are separated by gender in two houses, which have got asauna, a gym, a billiard room, living rooms and a kitchen for students of higher semesters.Besides the variety of specializations, like languages, science or media design, the boarding school offers theparticipation in social, artistic and theater pedagogical projects. Students can also participate in an exchangeprogram with France, Spain and Morocco if they would like to make the experience of visiting a non-Germanschool.The Zinzendorf Internat enables the students to live out their creativity in three different choirs, a jazz band aswell as literature-, theater- and art working groups. But students are also encouraged to do sports and outdooractivities, like soccer, volleyball, horse riding, archery, sailing, golf and dart. All those activities are from time totime presented in publicity as concerts or artistic projects for prettifying the city and environment ofZinzendorf.If you are interested in spending an unforgettable time at Schloss Bieberstein and need further information,visit http://www.zinzendorfinternat.de or ask us for a brochure.

Boarding School 5: Zinzendorf Internat

Boarding School 6: Internat CJD Rostock

The Internat CJD Rostock is located in the North of Germany, only a fewkilometres from the sea. The 60 students live together in small three-shared tenant groups in overall four accommodation units of 15. Youngerstudents normally share a bedroom while the students of higher semestersinhabit a private bedroom. There is also one accommodation unit of self-supporters with kitchens in each tenant group.Besides the ordinary education classes, high talented students andcompetitive athletes receive a special-need-education in separate classes.The boarding school offers a great variety of working groups for interestedstudents in the fields of sports, technique- and event management,informatics, language and communication, art, music, theatre and manymore. Whenever students do not spend their time at school or at theworking groups, they can enjoy their leisure time by doing sports or chillingin the TV- or billiard-room.The Internat CJD Rostock offers an optional trial week for students who areuncertain whether a boarding school is the right option for them.Interested? Please find further information under http://www.cjd-rostock.de/internat/ or ask us for a brochure.

Deadline and Servicelist

Deadline for payment and sending all necessary documents to aubiko e.V.: 15st Februar 2018

Application for a seat at a German boarding school

Preparation for the interview and entrance test

Personal guidance from a stuff member of aubiko during the oral interview

Material for the preparation

Registration at the boarding school

Explanation of contracts and rules

Tutoring and mentoring until the placement at the boarding school is done

Visa service

Price for Application Service: 1650,- Euro (net price)

Facts and Prices

Pädagogium Bad Sachs: Haubinda:Price: 21.000,- to 22.200,- Euros/year Price: 30.024,-Euros/yearRegistration fee: 350,- Euros (one time payment) Registration fee: 520,- Euros

Lietz-Internat Schloss Bieberstein: Zinzendorf Internat :Price: 34.776,- Euros/year Price: 21.432,- to 24.192,- Euros Registration fee: 520,-Euros (one time payment) Registration fee: 50,- Euros (one time payment)

Privates Aufbaugymnasium Iserlohn: Internat CJD Rostock:Price: 32.400,- Euros/year Price: 14.340,- Euros/yearRegistration fee: 500,- Euros (one time payment) Registration fee: 100,- Euros (one time payment)

*deposit not included*All information about fees is supplied without guarantee

Requirements

Send a formless application asking for entrance to the boarding school, including the following details: name,date of birth, place of birth, address, names and profession of parents, highest school exam attained andname of school(s) attended. All information should be in German or English.

• Motivation letter in German (1 page)• a copy of your passport• a copy of your birth certificate• a legalized copy of the last three school reports and/or examination certificates translated into English• proof of your German knowledge• Recommendation of a teacher from Germany or Taiwan in English or German

In addition to the school fees, parents should also pay for books, travel tickets, health insurance and pocketmoney. This should be set aside in the form of a blocked account which can also be provided as proof offinancial capability as required for the visa.

Suggested additional program for High School Exchange students

If an additional language course is close to the school and/or host family, we will help to book a suitablelanguage course as long as you are a high school exchange student. If there is not a suitable language course,we will suggest the individual online language tutorial.

How does your arrival for the first day at school look like?

If you wish we can arrange a personal airport pickup from the nearest airport to the boarding school for 180,-Euros.

Refund Policy

• No refund by denial of visa

• No refund by changing one‘s mind concerning the application

• No refund by failing the oral interview more than twice

Our service will end with the organisation and explanation of the school documents.

Exchange, Education and Communication, all in a global and intercultural context – it is with these in mindthat aubiko e.V. was founded. aubiko e.V. is a non-profit, registered association and intermediary organization forforeign cultural work.

Our areas of expertise include:• The teaching of the German language at all levels (from basic to academic), including preparatory courses for

university entrance level examinations• Delivery of intercultural competencies for global and internationally active companies and organizations through

intercultural training seminars and coaching sessions• Student advisory services in relation to the application process, course requirement and German academic

standards• Development of intercultural exchange through cross-border academic and cultural projects between

universities• International high-school exchange programs• University internationalization projects• Comprehensive and constantly growing global networks of educational partners

About us

Our Team

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