✈️ Academic route

FROM🇩🇪 GermanyTO🇯🇵 Japan

Germany school-leaving stage to Japan: education route

Compare school-leaving stage in Germany with the corresponding school stage in Japan, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

Germany describes this point as Gymnasiale Oberstufe / Abitur and vocational pathways. Japan describes the receiving stage as Upper secondary · Grades 10–12. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGEGymnasiale Oberstufe / Abitur and vocational pathwaysARRIVING STAGEUpper secondary · Grades 10–12

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇩🇪 Germany🇯🇵 Japan
Current stageGymnasiale Oberstufe / Abitur and vocational pathwaysUpper secondary · Grades 10–12
Education authorityThe 16 Länder govern schools; the KMK coordinates shared standards and qualification comparability.MEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

🎓 Practice the route

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Independent study tools sit beside the route while the official requirements remain above.

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🔎 Also described as

moving from Germany to Japan for school-leaving stageGermany school-leaving stage in JapanGermany to Japan school transfer requirements