Countries with gymnasium Gymnasium (school)

albania: gjimnazi 3 years, after 9 years (4 years primary school , 5 years lower high school) of education, ends matura shtetërore @ age of 18.
argentina: colegio nacional de buenos aires, 6 years; rafael hernández national college of la plata, 5 years (formerly 6 years), after 7 years of primary school; , gymnasium unt 8 years, ends @ age of 18.
austria 8 years, after 4 years of primary school, or 4 years, after primary school , 4 years of hauptschule, ends matura @ age of 18.
belarus 7 years, after 4 years of primary school.
belgium 6 years, starting @ age 11/13, after 6 years of primary school, ends @ age of 18 students progress university.
brazil humboldt schule of são paulo german school in são paulo. there more gymnasiums in country , of them receive recurses german government.
bosnia , herzegovina (4 years, starting @ age 14/15 after 9 years in elementary school, ends matura)
bulgaria 5 years, after 7 years of primary school. graduation after passing @ least 2 maturas.
canada called private school.
colombia gimnasio campestre (all-male, traditional , conservative pre-k 11th grade private school located in bogotá, colombia).
croatia (4 years, starting @ age 14/15 after 8 years in elementary school, 5 different educational tracks: opća gimnazija (general education), klasična gimnazija (focused on latin , ancient greek), jezična gimnazija (focused on modern languages), prirodoslovna gimnazija (biology, chemistry, physics) , prirodoslovno-matematička gimnazija (mathematics, physics , computer science), ends matura). students of tracks have compulsory classes in latin , english in @ least 1 additional foreign language (most commonly german, italian, spanish , french).
cyprus 3 years, starting @ age 12 , following 6 years of elementary school. compulsory students. followed non-mandatory lyceum (ages 15–18) students academic aspirations or tel students prefer vocational training.
czech republic (4 years starting @ age 15/16; 6 years starting @ age 13/14(not usual); 8 years starting @ age 11/12; of them end maturita)
denmark 3 years (4 years athletes part of team danmark elite sports program, or musicians have chosen mgk ( musical elementary course )), starting after 10 or 11 years of primary school). more prep school or first years of college high school. eligible go high school, have deemed competent gymnasium. (for more information, see gymnasium (denmark).) gymnasium available in intensive 2-year program leading højere forberedelseseksamen ( higher preparatory exam ).
estonia (3 years, after 9 years of primary school)
faroe islands 3 years, starting after 9 or 10 years of primary school. system similar danish system. gymnasium level education available in intensive 2-year programme leading hægri fyrireikingarpróvtøka ( higher preparatory exam ).
finland: lukio (educational language finnish) or gymnasium (educational language swedish) takes 2–5 years (most students spend 3 years), after 9 years of primary school (peruskoulu in finnish, grundskola in swedish); lukio starts in autumn of year when student turns 16 , ends abitur after passing matriculation examination; lukio not compulsory , entrance competitive.
in france:, called lycée (3 years, after 4 years of primary school , 4 years of secondary school, age 15/18). last year (terminale), pass baccalauréat enter université (also called faculté)
germany (formerly 8–9 years depending on bundesland – being changed 8 years nationwide, starting @ 5th (at age 11), abitur in 12th or 13th grade); more information, see gymnasium (germany).
greece 3 years, starting @ age 12 after 6 years of elementary school. compulsory children, followed non-mandatory lyceum (ages 15–18) students academic aspirations, or technical vocational educational school (tel) students prefer vocational training.
hungary (4/6/8 years, starting after 8/6 /4 years of primary school, ends matura), see education in hungary
iceland 3-4 years, starting @ age 15 or 16 after 10 years of elementary school.
israel, 5 schools termed gymnasium located in tel aviv, rishon lezion, jerusalem , haifa.
italy, ginasio name of 2 first years of liceo classico
kyrgyzstan (7 years, after 5 years of primary school)
latvia (3 years, after 9 years of primary school)
liechtenstein (ends matura)
lithuania (gimnazija - 4 years: 2 years of basic school after 4 years of basic school , 2 years of secondary school, 8 years: 6 of basic school , 2 of secondary school, 12 years in rural areas or in art/music gymnasiums)
luxembourg (usually 7 years, starting @ age 12-13 after 6 years of primary school)
republic of macedonia (4 years, starting @ age 14 after 8 years in elementary school, ends matura)
montenegro (4 years, starting @ age 14/15 after 8 years in elementary school, 3 years went in elementary 9 years, ends matura)
netherlands (6 years, starting @ age 11-13, after 8 years of primary school. prepares admission university. gymnasia in netherlands have compulsory classes in ancient greek , latin; same high level secondary school without classical languages called vwo (atheneum))
norway – traditional discontinued gymnasium led completion of examen artium. has been succeeded 2, 3, or 4-year program ( videregående skole ), depending on course path taken, starting @ age of 15/16, culminating exam qualifies university matriculation ( studiekompetanse )
poland – gimnazjum name of polish compulsory middle school lasting 3 years, starting @ age of 12/13, , following 6 years of primary school. gimnazjum ends standardized test. further education encouraged, optional , consists of either 3 years liceum, 4 years technikum, or 2 3 years vocational school (which may followed supplementary liceum or technikum).
romania – 4 years, starting @ age 10 ends diploma de capacitate @ age of 14. primary education lasts 4 years. secondary education consists in: 1) lower secondary school education organized in gymnasium grades 5 8 , lower cycle of highschool or arts , trades schools (vocational) grades 9 , 10. 2) upper secondary school education organized in ciclul superior al liceului grades 11, 12 , 13 followed, if necessary, additional high school year want move vocational training (grade 10) upper secondary school education. high school education (lower cycle of high school , upper secondary school education) offers 3 different orientations (academic, technological, specialization).
russia

imperial russia: since 1726, 8 years since 1871. women gymnasiums since 1862; 7 years + optional 8th specialisation in pedagogy. progymnasiums: equivalent 4 first years of gymnasium.
russian federation: full 11 or 6–7 years after primary school. nowadays there few schools in russia, in teaching principles , curriculum resemble prerevolutionalry tradition of classical gymnasium. notable exception st petersburg classical gymnasium latin, ancient greek , mathematics 3 core subjects. in majority of other cases russian gymnasiums schools specialised in subject (or several subjects) in humanities (example).


serbia (4 years, starting @ age 14/15 after 8 years in elementary/primary school. there 3 common types of gymnasiums: 1) general gymnasium (општа гимназија) offers broad education in sciences 2) natural sciences (природно-математички смер) or 3) social studies (друштвени смер), available on serbia, , few specialised ones, i.e. science , mathematics (природно-математичка гимназија) -- 1 in of serbia, in belgrade; sports (спортска гиманзија) -- 2 in serbia; , language gymnasiums (филолошка гимназија) -- total of 4 in serbia. in end, has final exam –a matura. completion of gymnasium prerequisite enrollment university. english , foreign language (from selection of german, french, russian (most common languages), italian or spanish (less common, few schools in larger cities have these languages on offer)) (in addition mother tongue, , in case of minorities serbian) compulsory throughout.
slovakia (4 years starting @ age 15 after completing 9 years of elementary school (more common); 8 years starting @ age 11 after completing 5 years of elementary school; both end maturita)
slovenia (4 years, starting @ age 14/15, ends matura).
south africa (paul roos gymnasium well-known gymnasium boys in town called stellenbosch. school boarding school, based on classic british boarding schools, more influenced protestant faith, hence german gymnasium. foreign languages such french, german, mandarin , latin studied, afrikaans , english compulsory. school in south africa: 5 years, starting @ age 13/14, @ secondary institution, after 7 years of primary school, ends matric).
sweden upper secondary school in sweden lasts 3 years (formerly 4 years on programmes). gymnasium word used describe stage of education system in sweden. national agency of education has decided gymnasium equivalent international upper secondary school. gymnasium optional , follows after 9 years in elementary school. however, swedish term högskola (translated high school ) may cause confusion. in swedish used synonymously university , difference being universities have right issue doctoral examinations. in case of technical universities, these called högskola when have right issue doctoral examinations (e.g. chalmers tekniska högskola, lunds tekniska högskola, kungliga tekniska högskolan). högskola located in cities lower population, except technical ones can found in largest cities.
switzerland (usually 4 years after 9 years of compulsory schooling (primary , secondary i); possible attend so-called langzeitgymnasium lasts 6 years, following six-year primary schooling; gymnasium ends matura @ age of 18/19).
ukraine (8 years, starting after 4 years of primary school).
united kingdom: historically, grammar schools have been english equivalent of gymnasium, selecting pupils on basis of academic ability (usually through 11+ test in year 6) , educating them assumption go on study @ university; such schools largely phased out under wilson , heath governments, less 5% of pupils attending grammar schools, , uk has no widespread equivalent of gymnasium. exception northern ireland , parts of england including counties of buckinghamshire, lincolnshire , kent retained system. many private, fee-paying independent schools, including commonly referred public schools, seek fulfill similar role state grammar school if scholar has ability (and gymnasium in other countries).
united states

public school: school districts continue experiment educational styles, magnet school has become popular type of high school. boston latin school , central high school (philadelphia) both oldest public schools in country, , oldest magnet schools. concept has not become entrenched in various american educational systems, due partly federal—rather unitary—style of education in us, term may vary among states.
private school: equivalent among private schools preparatory school.






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