The German School Shanghai (DSSH) (german: Deutsche Schule Shanghai) is a

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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, with locations in Hongqiao (DSSH) and Yangpu (DSSY). It was established in 1995 for expatriate German pupils. With approximately 1,250 pupils the school is the largest German School in China one of and the largest of its kind worldwide. Academics are based on

education in Germany Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states (), with the federal government playing a minor role. Optional Kindergarden (nursery school) education is provided for all children between one and six years o ...

, finishing with the

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

. The school contains: *

Kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

*one-year

preschool A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school ...

*four-year elementary school (Grundschule) *eight-year secondary school (

Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

and Gymnasium) The German School Shanghai and the

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(LFS) built a new combined Eurocampus for their students in Hongqiao, completed in 2005. In September 2007 the Pudong Campus was opened, which is a branch of the DSS. In January 2020 the Pudong school community moved to a newbuilt Campus in Yangpu, the second Eurocampus in Shanghai.

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