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China, Shanghai
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The Kantine is open daily from 8:00 to 17:00 and serves breakfast and a variety of hot and cold dishes for lunch across five stations; the Café offers snacks and beverages. Kantine & Café are operated by Sodexo; the Kantine is nut-free and can accommodate dietary needs with advance notice; a mini-program provides the weekly menu and enables community input on meals.
The school is governed by the Deutsche Schule Shanghai Association (Schulverein) as the sponsor. The board comprises eight volunteer members and sets the strategic and financial framework for the school in close coordination with the school leadership; the Schulverein is a non-profit organization; membership includes all families with children at the school and honorary members. In 2025/26, the Hongqiao and Yangpu campuses merged to form the Deutsche Schule Shanghai.
Deutsche Schule Shanghai (DSS) operates two Eurocampuses in Shanghai: the Hongqiao campus in the western Qingpu district and the Yangpu campus in the north‑east of the city. The school accepts children from 18 months through secondary graduation and offers the full range of German school certificates including the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA). DSS runs kindergarten groups, primary classes and a Sekundarstufe with G8 gymnasialen Bildungsweg; the school publishes a single annual tuition schedule and separate conditions for DaF/DaZ language support and optional services such as the school bus. Cohorts are organised in class groups with a stated maximum class size of 24 in the Sekundarstufe; overall enrolment is around 1,100 children and young people across both sites. Admissions information, registration fees, deposit and the current annual tuition rates are published in the school's payment conditions. For campus contact details and admission steps see the school's admissions pages.
