Status & Recognition
International schools offer recognized degrees such as the IB Diploma, the IB Career-related Programme or the Middle Years Programme. Depending on the choice of subject, the IB Diploma is equivalent to the Abitur in Germany, and the Middle Years Programme is equivalent to the secondary school leaving certificate.
IB programs and their recognition in Germany
Agreement on recognition of the “Middle Years Program”
(KMK resolution dated 08.12.2011 as a rule dated 24.03.2022)
Agreement on the Recognition of the “Middle Years Programme”
(Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education of 08 December 2011, as amended on 24 March 2022)
Unofficial translation
Agreement on the recognition of the “International Baccalaureate Diploma/Diplôme du Baccalauréat International”
(KMK resolution dated 10.03.1986 as a rule dated 24.03.2022)
Agreement on the Recognition of the “International Baccalaureate Diploma/Diplôme du Baccalauréat International”
(Resolution of the Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of 10/03/1986, as amended on 24/03/2022)
Unofficial translation
Recognition of Cambridge IGCSE in Germany