Register for the Abitur at evening school
If you are an adult and would like to obtain the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) and have at least 24 months of professional experience or substitute periods, you can apply to a Second Chance School. Find out more here.
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Basic information
The Abitur at the Abendgymnasium is part of the education offered by the adult school. The evening grammar school is a grammar school course that is geared towards the needs of working adults. The evening grammar school course is divided into an initial phase, a 1-year introductory phase and a 2-year qualification phase, depending on previous schooling.
Teaching is based on the concept of "blended e-learning", i.e. it comprises face-to-face and distance learning phases. Classroom teaching usually takes place at our school three evenings a week. Students who still have to take the 2nd foreign language must come on 4 evenings. The distance tasks, which are made available to you via a learning platform, you work on at home according to your own time constraints.
Depending on your school requirements, the course lasts 3.5 or 2 years until you obtain the general higher education entrance qualification (Abitur).
Attending the Abendgymnasium is free of charge, and you can apply for parent-independent BaFöG for the last 3 semesters of the course.
Are you over 18 years old?
Have you been employed for at least 24 months (even marginally) or can you provide evidence of substitute periods? Do you have a secondary school leaving certificate (MSA) or the extended vocational training entrance qualification (ErwBBR)?
If you then successfully pass the entrance examination in German, English and mathematics, you can attend our evening grammar school.
Requirements
- You are at least 19 years of age in the school year of registration.
- You have obtained the Mittlerer Schulabschluss (secondary school leaving certificate) or the Erweiterte Berufsbildungsreife (secondary school leaving certificate with final examination).
- You have at least two years of professional experience (including part-time) or substitute periods. Military service, civilian service, voluntary social/ecological year can be counted towards the period of employment. The management of a "family household" (at least one child or a person in need of care is part of 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 must submit a transfer to the qualification phase or a certificate from a university of applied sciences instead of a secondary school leaving certificate. An entrance examination is not required in this case.
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Procedure
- You can register online during the application deadlines.
- Register using the adult school's registration form.
- You will find the link under "Online Services" - "Adult school online registration".
- After registering online, submit the application with the required documents in writing by post to the relevant office.
- You can find the application form under "Forms".
- Find out more about the Abendgymnasium and the entrance examination for admission to the initial phase at the information evenings.
- After your application documents have been checked, you will receive an invitation to the entrance test in German, mathematics and English if you meet the requirements. If you pass the test, you will be offered a place at the school.
- Applicants for the qualification phase do not have to take an entrance test.
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Necessary Documents
- Registration form
- Applicants for the initial phase:
- Certificate of intermediate school leaving certificate (MSA) or certificate of advanced vocational training entrance qualification (ErwBBR)
- Applicants for the qualification phase:
- University of Applied Sciences certificate or transfer certificate for the qualification phase
- Curriculum vitae
- Proof of professional activity or substitute periods
- Possible special application
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Competent Department
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Erwachsenenschule Bremen
- +49 421 361-10759
- +49 421 361-17080
- Doventorscontrescarpe (Block A) 172, 28195 Bremen
- Website
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@schulverwaltung. bremen. de
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Online Services
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Fees / Costs
gebührenfrei
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
The application period for the initial phase of the Abendgymnasium is in the fall, the application period for the qualification phase is in the spring.
How long does it take to process
Not specified.
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More Information
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 27.04.2026