Editing Student (section)

===Germany===
[[File:Europa-Institut graduation.jpg|thumb|The new graduates of the [[Europa-Institut]] in Germany gather to throw their mortar boards in the air as part of a graduation ceremony.]]

In [[Germany]], the German cognate term ''Student'' (male) or "Studentin" (female) is reserved for those attending a university. University students in their first year are called ''Erstsemester'' or colloquially ''Ersties'' ("firsties"). Different terms for school students exist, depending on which kind of school is attended by the student. The general term for a person going to school is ''Schüler'' or ''Schülerin''. They begin their first four (in some federal estates six) years in primary school or ''Grundschule''. They then graduate to a secondary school called ''[[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]]'', which is a university preparatory school. Students attending this school are called ''Gymnasiasten'', while those attending other schools are called ''Hauptschüler'' or ''Realschüler''. Students who graduate with the [[Abitur]] are called ''Abiturienten''.