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Nuremberg, Germany · est. 1966 · State
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The Greek state schools in Nürnberg are two primary schools, a lower secondary school and the general lyceum 'Nikos Kazantzakis'. The city's Greek school opened in 1966: first six primary grades, from 1974 a lower secondary school, from 1976 a lyceum. The lyceum, the lower secondary school and the 1st primary school share a rented building on Striegauer Straße in the Langwasser district. The primary and lower secondary schools are bilingual: in the Gymnasio about 60% of lessons are in German and 40% in Greek, there has been a grade 10 since 2009, and students sit the Bavarian QUALI and MSA exams and obtain the Mittlere Reife. The lyceum follows the Greek curriculum and leads to the Greek lyceum leaving certificate (Apolytirio); graduates take the Panhellenic exams for Greeks abroad and enter Greek universities: 22 graduates were admitted in 2025 and 20 in 2024. All costs are borne by the Greek state, and teachers are seconded by the Greek Ministry of Education. The sites do not list foreign languages taught as subjects.
Key facts
Programmes
Greek programme
Languages of instruction
Greek, German
About the fees Tuition is free: the lyceum is run by the Consulate General of Greece in München, and 'all costs are borne by the Greek state, that is, the Ministry of Education'.
Admissions Enrolment in the lyceum takes place in July: students who have completed grade 9 or 10 at the Greek Gymnasio in Nürnberg, another Greek Gymnasio abroad or a German school submit an application signed by both parents with their leaving certificate in Greek and German. Required are the parent's and student's ID card or passport, a birth certificate, a medical certificate for PE and a residence registration (Anmeldebescheinigung). Former lyceum students who did not obtain the certificate may re-enrol at the start of the school year; adults sign their own forms. Students in lyceum years 1 and 2 renew their enrolment at the end of the year.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-12. The two primary schools (Dimotiko; under Bavarian law Private Volksschule, where grades 1-9 count as one school) and the lower secondary school (Gymnasio, grades 7-10; grade 10 added in 2009) follow a bilingual programme: in the Gymnasio about 60% of lessons are in German and 40% in Greek, and students sit the Bavarian QUALI and MSA exams, the latter giving the Mittlere Reife. The general lyceum (Geniko Lykeio, grades 10-12) follows the Greek curriculum entirely, leading to the Greek lyceum leaving certificate (Apolytirio). In Germany this certificate counts as the Abitur only if the student has taken the Panhellenic exams and scored at least 10 out of 20 in every subject. There are no international programmes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
YPAITHAGreece's education ministry lists the schools among Greek-language schools abroad within the formal education system (Law 4415/2016): the curriculum and leaving certificate are Greek, and Greece funds the schools.
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YPAITHAGreece's Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports (YPAITHA)
A Greek school abroad: the Greek curriculum taught in Greek, and the school belongs to the formal Greek education system under the ministry's supervision. Every such school is named on the list of Greece's education ministry.
What the badge means for this school. This is a Greek school abroad, and that can be checked on the list of Greece's education ministry. The entry is not a quality inspection: a school is on the list as part of the Greek education system, not as the outcome of an assessment. The curriculum and the certificate are Greek. Whom the school admits and what it charges are on its own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The Greek school curriculum taught in Greek, with Greek qualifications: the gymnasium certificate and the lyceum certificate.
What this means for this school. The curriculum is set by Greece's education ministry, which also names the school on its list of Greek-language schools abroad that belong to the formal Greek education system. A lyceum leaver receives the Greek school-leaving certificate used for entry to Greek universities; for children of Greeks living abroad Greece has a separate quota in the university entrance examinations.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · National Technical University of Athens · University of Macedonia · University of Thessaly · University of Ioannina · University of Crete · Democritus University of Thrace · International Hellenic University · Harokopio University · Panteion University
Through the Panhellenic exams for Greeks abroad, 22 lyceum graduates entered Greek universities in 2025: medicine in Athens, Larissa and Heraklion, computer science, pharmacy, mechanical engineering, dentistry, economics and other faculties; in 2024, 20 graduates.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Vouli ton Efivon (Greek Youth Parliament) · Evropaika Programmata (European programmes) · Athlitismos (sports) · Ekdromes (school trips)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: teachers from Greek state secondary schools seconded by the Greek Ministry of Education
The lyceum's history says that from its first years the Greek Ministry of Education has seconded teachers from Greek state secondary schools to the lyceum, as it still does. The lyceum website names 8 teachers with their subjects (philology, mathematics, German, physics, economics).
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The lyceum has a 'school life counsellor' (Symvoulos Scholikis Zois), a teacher appointed for the school year; there are internal school rules and attendance rules.
Reviews
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