Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Germany – a role model? - German Education Server

The brochure, published by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, informs about the system of dual vocation and training that is well established in Germany, combining company-based training with vocational education at school.

This brochure informs immigrant parents about vocational education and training in Germany, and particular support for young people from immigrant families. It is published by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and available in many languages.

document from: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

The site offers information on the German VET system – on its success factors, its structure and components as well as on challenges and future topics for the further development of the system. It links up to sites  informing about continuing education and re-training.

Basic information about (dual) VET in Germany, legal framework

The website by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy informs about the system of vocational training aand recognition of skills in Germany,  with a  special focus on migrants, refugees,  disabled trainees.

document from: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz

This overview of vocational education and training in Germany was compiled by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) in cooperation with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP). With its description of the most important aspects of the German system, this publication provides an overview of vocational education and training in Germany.

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training edited this comprehensive publication on the structure and legal framework of vocational and continuing education and training in Germany. It names actors (policy and administration bodies, types of vocational school and the federal system) and new developments. The dual system of vocational education and training is characterised, and definitions are [...]

This website by the Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Training and the Federal Ministry  of Education and Research offers guidance  on the system of  VET in Germany, with a special FAQ  section in several  languages for immigrants.

Practical information

The film “Vocational Education and Training in Germany - Assuring the Future“ presents the basic elements of the German VET system such as collaboration with government and industry, the ´two learning venues´ principle, and qualifications that are recognized nation-wide. The film is available for download in several languages.

Reports, analyses

This brochure provides information on a unique procedure for the development of training regulations. The arrangements form the basis for initial training in the dual system, in which many young people in Germany begin their vocational qualification. This procedure has the great advantage that its results are fully accepted by training practice. It involves those affected – employers organisations for the [...]

This report examines vocational education and training programs in Germany including how they are changing, how they are funded, how they are linked to academic and university programmes and how employers and unions can be engaged. Strengths, weaknesses and challenges are addressed. (DIPF/Orig.)

The report for 2020 takes stock  of education and training in 2020, the  situation of  VET with respect to structure and development, professions outside the dual VET  system, training  in the  field of healthcare and  social care, public service, integration of immigrants, transition to the labour market, upscaling qualifications.

document from: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)

The website presents downloadable facts and Analyses accompanying the Federal Report on Vocational Education and Training - selected findings, from the Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Training(BIBB).

This report on European Patterns of Successful Practice in Vocational Education and Training (VET) was developed as a result of a coherent and comprehensive analysis of 28 VET practices, examined in the course of the Vocational Education and Training: Policy and Practice in the field of Special Needs Education project. The report identifies similarities and differences in successful VET examples and provides [...]

This report on the situation of vocational education and training as well as continuing education in Germany was produced by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), on behalf of the European Centre for Development in VET. Drawing on official statistics and indicators, it presents a contemporary account of VET in Germany and its role in economic crisis.

Dual vocational education and training is regarded internationally as an extremely successful training model. Just what makes the system so attractive and how can it be further fostered? The papers in the “Vocational Training in Research and Practice” (BWP) address this question from a range of different angles.

Migrants in Germany experience particular difficulties in progressing from school to vocational education and training. Their chances of obtaining a training place within the dual system of vocational education and training are significantly worse than those of young people not from a migrant background. The report undertakes   a differentiated comparison of the transition to dual VET by young people [...]