Deutsche Schule Helsinki

Deutsche Schule Helsinki (DSH)
Location
Kamppi, Helsinki Finland
Information
Type	Private
Established	1881
Principal	Thomas Dietrich [1]
Grades	1–12
Enrollment	600 [2]
Website	www.dsh.fi

Deutsche Schule Helsinki (DSH; Finnish: Helsingin Saksalainen koulu, German for "German school Helsinki") is a partly bilingual, German and Finnish-speaking school located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. DSH is a member of the German Schools Abroad Network DAS.

The school was founded in 1881 through funding from the German consul Freiherr von Lanazan, wealthy German families and the Protestant Church of Germany.^[3] The school was originally held in various private apartments but now has its own facilities in Kamppi.

The school is open for everyone with an interest in the German language. In the past most of the students have been children of German families living in Finland. Meanwhile, a shift has taken place resulting in an 80% share of students with citizenship of Finland.^[4]

The language studies include compulsory German and English, and voluntary Swedish, French, Latin and Russian. Students may choose in the 7th grade, if they want to take Swedish or French. Latin is available from the 8th grade.

DSH offers two paths of education from 1st till 9th grade using either Finnish or German as language of instruction. Additionally, senior high school education (10th-12th grade Oberstufe) is offered with German as language of instruction culminating with the Reifeprüfung. The "Reifeprüfung der Deutschen Schule Helsinki" entitles a student to enroll at a university both in Finland and Germany.^[5][6]

References

External links

• Official site (in German and Finnish)

Coordinates: 60°10′02″N 24°55′55″E / 60.16722°N 24.93194°E / 60.16722; 24.93194

International schools in Finland
Helsinki	International School of Helsinki Espoo International School Lycée franco-finlandais d'Helsinki(*) École française Jules-Verne Deutsche Schule Helsinki
Rauma	École Areva - Mlf de Rauma
(*) - Not recognized as a French school by the AEFE

German international schools in Europe
This includes schools in Turkey and partly schools in the former Soviet Union. See also schools in the former Soviet Union
Belgium	International German School of Brussels European School of Brussels^ European School, Mol^ Königliches Athenäum Eupen (Eupen)(*) Königliches Athenäum St. Vith (St. Vith)(*)
Bulgaria	Deutsche Schule Sofia Galabov-Gymnasium Sofia(*) Goethe-Gymnasium Burgas(*)
Croatia	Deutsche Internationale Schule in Zagreb
Czech Republic	Deutsche Schule Prag
Denmark	Sankt Petri Schule (Copenhagen) Deutsches Gymnasium für Nordschleswig (Aabenraa)(*)
Estonia	Deutsches Gymnasium Tallinn(*)
Finland	Deutsche Schule Helsinki
France	Internationale Deutsche Schule Paris DFG / LFA Buc(*) Deutsche Schule Toulouse
Georgia	Deutsche Internationale Schule Tiflis
Greece	Deutsche Schule Athen Deutsche Schule Thessaloniki
Hungary	Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Budapest) Audi Hungaria Schule Györ Ungarndeutsches Bildungszentrum, Baja
Ireland	St. Kilian's German School
Italy	Deutsche Schule Genua Deutsche Schule Mailand Deutsche Schule Rom European School, Varese^
Latvia	Deutsche Schule Riga Staatliches Deutsches Gymnasium Riga(*)
Lithuania	Hermann Sudermann Gymnasium Klaipeda(*)
Luxembourg	European School of Luxembourg^
Netherlands	German International School of The Hague
Norway	German School of Oslo
Poland	Willy-Brandt-Schule Bilinguales Gymnasium Nr. 42 (Warsaw)(*)
Portugal	German School of Lisbon Deutsche Schule zu Porto Deutsche Schule Algarve(*)
Romania	Deutsche Schule Bukarest Deutsches Goethe-Kolleg Bukarest(*) Brukenthal High School (Sibiu)(*) Stephan Ludwig Roth High-School (Mediaș)(*) Nikolaus Lenau High School (Timişoara)(*)
Russia	German School Moscow Deutsche Schule Sankt Petersburg
Spain	Template:German schools in Spain
Sweden	Deutsche Schule Stockholm
Switzerland	Deutsche Schule Genf
Turkey	Botschaftsschule Ankara, Zweigstelle Izmir Deutsche Schule Ankara, GS Istanbul Deutsche Schule Istanbul Istanbul High School Privatschule der Deutschen Botschaft Ankara
Ukraine	Deutsche Schule Kiew
United Kingdom	German School London
Closed schools	Istituto Nostra Signora (Rome) Istituto Giulia (Milan) Deutsche Schule Rotterdam Deutsche Schule Vigo
Schools marked with asterisks (*) are unrecognised by the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (ZfA), not appearing in its list of German schools in Europe. ^ European schools formerly recognized as German schools by West Germany (see p. 10 and 12) There are also German sections of various French schools.