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Hungary, Budapest
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1. Submit the admission application (Aufnahmeantrag) for the Deutsche Schule Budapest. The form gathers the child's personal data and the parents' contact information and must be fully completed to be considered. An overview of the required documents is provided on the Aufnahmeantrag itself.
2. Along with the completed Aufnahmeantrag, provide copies of the last two school reports, a copy of the birth certificate, proof of nationality (passport or ID), and a copy of the vaccination pass. The Aufnahmeantrag contains the details of all documents that must be submitted.
3. Admission decisions are made by the school administration (Schulleitung).
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The Deutsche Schule Budapest Foundation offers a scholarship for the 2025/2026 school year for a future Grade 5 student as part of the gifted education program. The Foundation enables the admission of a pupil from a German-Hungarian national school or a German-Hungarian bilingual primary school into Grade 5, and the scholarship covers the costs of schooling from 5th to 12th grade. The Foundation covers eight school years of education; parents do not pay any foundation contributions or school fees, and textbooks are provided free. Parents bear the costs for field trips, meals, and other incidental expenses. Applications must include a recommendation from the current school, copies of the end-of-year reports for grades 1–3, and parental consent (see page 3). Applications must be sent by 7 February 2025 to beauftragte@deutscheschule.hu. Selected candidates will be invited on 25 February 2025 at 14:00 to the school for a written and oral German test and an informal interview; the applicant must bring the assessment sheet from the central written exam. Scholarship recipients must participate in the German preparation course starting 25 March 2025, at no cost. The final decision on the scholarship award is made by the Foundation's board together with the school leadership, and there is no right of appeal against rejection. Further information about the application process is available on Deutsche Schule Budapest materials.
Deutsche Schule Budapest is a German‑Hungarian bilingual school for ages 5 to 18. The campus sits in Budapest's XII district on a 3.6‑hectare forested site, with a modern building expanded in 2023 offering multimedia classrooms and specialist facilities. The school operates Grundschule (0. Klasse to 4. Klasse) and Gymnasium, with two language streams: Deutscher Zweig (German track) and Ungarischer Zweig (Hungarian track). Deutschunterricht is delivered as Deutsch als Fremdsprache or Deutsch als Muttersprache, with separate curricula for DaF (1–9) and DaM (5–12). The German‑language stream is taught mainly by native German‑speaking teachers, and KMK guidelines shape the curriculum. The Gymnasium includes Studienberatung, Orientierungsstufe, Mittelstufe and Oberstufe. Founded in 1990 as a German‑Hungarian encounter school, it is part of the international network of German Auslandsschulen and is sponsored by the Deutsche Schule Budapest Foundation, representing Germany, Hungary, Baden‑Württemberg and the City of Budapest. The campus features a well‑stocked library, an on‑site theatre, an in‑house kitchen, a gymnasium, outdoor sports grounds and a forest learning trail.
