Admissions Procedure
Interested applicants are required to complete our Online Application/Enquiry Form. Applications may be made at any time during the year.
If you have any questions or if you are interested in visiting the school (in person or virtually via Zoom), please contact or call us at +49 9131 94039 – 0.
Fee Schedule
Below, you will find the fee schedule for the current school year 2024/2025.
Application Checklist
Here is an overview of the online application procedure. During this process, we will ask you for some information.
Forms
- Application for Admission
- Parent/Guardian Recommendation
- School Recommendation
Copy of Birth Certificate
with English translation
Copies of School Reports
from the last three school years, if applicable. These must be in English or German. For applicants as of Grade 5 coming from the German school system, a copy of the Übertrittszeugnis is mandatory. Please submit copies only as these will not be returned.
Copies of Work Samples
only for Grade 6 to Grade 12 applicants. Please submit a recent sample of creative writing (can be in native language, with the exception of applications as of Grade 9, which must be in English).
Registration fee
of 340 € which must be submitted with the application.
Application and Enquiry
Please send your application or enquiry using the online form linked below. By clicking the button you will be redirected to openapply.com
Placement | Admissions Testing
As an international school, we welcome students from different school systems. When admitting students, we decide their grade level placement with care. We take into consideration previous schooling and very importantly their age. This is so that students will belong to a grade where they are able to learn alongside peers not only academically, but also socially and emotionally – not just at the time of enrolment, but in the years to come. Information on our grade level placement is available through the online application process.
Personal interviews may be scheduled with each family and student before a decision on acceptance into the FIS is made. The decision on acceptance is a FIS management decision.
Admission and/or placement assessments may be required to confirm acceptance and/or grade placement.
Any non-native English speaking student applying for a place in Grades 9 to 11 will need to send current scores from a TOEFL or IELTS English Language Assessment with their application. Testing locations and dates can be found on the websites: http://www.ets.org/toefl and http://www.ielts.org
Confirmation of Admission
Before the end of June you will be informed that:
- Admission has been granted
- Admission has been denied
- Admission has been granted but, due to class size restrictions, your child has been placed in a waiting pool.
Mid-year entry is possible on a space available basis. Families wishing to enroll their children mid-year should follow the process as outlined above, and will be contacted directly once a decision on admission has been made.
In general, any student coming from a southern hemisphere school and joining the FIS at the beginning of spring term or later shall finish the remaining school year at the same grade level they have just finished.
Trial | Probationary Period
All students admitted into the school are accepted on a six month probationary period during which the FIS has the right to revoke admission should a student not be meeting the academic and behavioral requirements of the school.