Editing Schleswig-Holstein (section)

==Education==

=== General Education ===
In Schleswig-Holstein, the [[School education|school education system]] begins with a four-year primary school, called ''[[Grundschule]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grundschule |url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/fachinhalte/S/schulsystem/grundschulen.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=schleswig-holstein.de |language=de}}</ref> [[Compulsory education]] applies to all children who turn six years old by June 30th of the current calendar year.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to the four-year primary school, the secondary level (grades 5 to 10), equivalent to middle school, consists of a two-tier school system comprising ''[[Comprehensive school|Gemeinschaftsschulen]]'' and ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasium]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Gemeinschaftsschule |url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/fachinhalte/S/schulsystem/gemeinschaftsschule.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=schleswig-holstein.de |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Gymnasium |url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/fachinhalte/S/schulsystem/gymnasium.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=schleswig-holstein.de |language=de}}</ref> At all ''[[Comprehensive school|Gemeinschaftsschulen]]'', [[Mittlere Reife]] can be obtained. Currently, 44 comprehensive schools also offer three additional years of [[Secondary school|highschool]]-education, where students can complete the [[Abitur]] (higher education entrance qualification) after a total of 13 school years.<ref name=":1" />

Most ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasium]]'' in Schleswig-Holstein offer a nine-year educational track, with only one ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasium]]'' leading to the [[Abitur]] in eight years. Three of the [[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasien]] offer both three-year and two-year pathways for the [[Abitur]].<ref name=":2" />

The third option to obtain the [[Abitur]] is through the `''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Berufliches Gymnasium]]''<nowiki/>' (vocational gymnasium).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Wege zum Abitur |url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/fachinhalte/S/schulsystem/abitur.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=schleswig-holstein.de |language=de}}</ref> At the 28 ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|berufliches Gymnasium]]'' in Schleswig-Holstein, students – unlike in the profile upper stage of regular ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|Gymnasium]]'' and ''[[Gesamtschule|Gemeinschaftsschulen]]'' – have the opportunity to choose a specific subject area. The offered disciplines include [[agricultural economics]], nutrition, technology, economics, as well as [[Health science|health and social care]].<ref name=":3" /> Admission requirements for the ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|berufliches Gymnasium]]'' include above-average completion of the ''[[Mittlere Reife]]''.Currently, around one fifth of the high school graduates in Schleswig-Holstein graduate from ''[[Gymnasium (Germany)|berufliches Gymnasium]]''.<ref name=":3" />

=== Academic Education ===
There are three universities in [[University of Kiel|Kiel]] (classical, budget 167.1 M€), [[University of Lübeck|Lübeck]] (medicine, budget 80.8 M€) and [[University of Flensburg|Flensburg]] (pedagogical, 37.4 M€).<ref name="EducationSH2">{{cite web|title=Institutions of Higher Education in Schleswig-Holstein|url=http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Portal/EN/Education/InstitutionsHigherEducation/InstitutionsHigherEducation_node.html|publisher=State of Schleswig-Holstein|access-date=14 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930041114/http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Portal/EN/Education/InstitutionsHigherEducation/InstitutionsHigherEducation_node.html|archive-date=30 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Six public Universities of Applied Sciences exist in [[Wedel]], [[Altenholz]], [[Flensburg University of Applied Sciences|Flensburg]], [[Heide]], [[Kiel University of Applied Sciences|Kiel]], and [[Technical University of Applied Sciences Lübeck|Lübeck]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hochschulen in Schleswig-Holstein |url=http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Fachinhalte/H/hochschule_allgemein/Wrapping/hochschulen_wrapping.html?nn=80cfdf51-1a24-4512-a0d7-d9cd524787ae |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein |language=de |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425223631/https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Fachinhalte/H/hochschule_allgemein/Wrapping/hochschulen_wrapping.html |url-status=live }}</ref> There is the Conservatory in Lübeck and the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel. There are also three private institutions of higher learning.<ref name="EducationSH2"/>

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File:Koenigstrasse45.JPG|[[University of Lübeck]]
File:Campus Kupferbau Flensburg 2015.jpg|[[University of Flensburg|Europa-University Flensburg]]
File:Luftaufnahme Christian-Albrechts-Platz.jpg|[[University of Kiel|Christians-Albrechts-University of Kiel]]
File:FH Luebeck Atrium.jpg|[[University of Applied Sciences]] [[Lübeck]]
File:Campus-Flensburg-Fachhochschule.jpg|[[Flensburg University of Applied Sciences|University of Applied Sciences Flensburg]]
File:FH Kiel Campus Kiel Dietrichsdorf Schwentine 02.jpg|[[Kiel University of Applied Sciences|University of Applied Sciences Kiel]]
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