School profile
Deutsche Schule Belgrad
Two-year Qualifikationsphase in Grades 11-12, 36 half-year courses, five final exams. DIA holders are treated as Bildungsinländer for German university admission.
Updated August 2026 · schools' own pages read 24 August 2026
Deutsche Schule Belgrad teaches German curriculum, Deutsches Internationales Abitur, Mittlerer Schulabschluss in German to ages 3-18, in Senjak. It publishes a full fee schedule by year group. It was founded in 1854. The full detail below is sourced and dated.
The facts
| Curriculum | German curriculum, Deutsches Internationales Abitur, Mittlerer Schulabschluss |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | German |
| Ages | 3-18 |
| Year groups | Kindergarten, Vorschule, Grades 1-12 |
| Neighbourhood | Senjak |
| Founded | 1854 |
| Students | over 250 |
| Nationalities | more than 20 |
| Website | www.dsbelgrad.com |
First lesson taught 22 May 1854. Kindergarten added 1856.
Where it is
- School — Petra Čajkovskog 4, Senjak
- Kindergarten — Sanje Živanovića 15, Senjak
No transport service is described anywhere public.
What the fee covers
DSB publishes a full fee schedule by year group. We are asking every school to confirm its current figures and agree to publication before we reproduce them, so what follows is the structure of the cost rather than the amounts.
Inside the fee. Textbooks and materials.
Billed on top. Lunch (invoiced separately by the caterer); Field trips and excursions; Optional summer care.
One-off charges. Registration, Kindergarten / Vorschule; Registration, Grundschule; Registration, Gymnasium.
Discounts. Sibling: 10% for the second child, 20% for the third and each further child.
Payment plans. Three instalments: 15 September, 1 November, 15 January; Ten monthly instalments September to June, at an extra EUR 100 per year.
Not addressed anywhere public: School bus, Exam fees.
The school's own fee page: www.dsbelgrad.com, checked 24 August 2026.
Getting in
Conditional — entry depends on language competence as well as age.
Testing. German native speakers sit a school aptitude test around March/April. Non-native German speakers additionally sit a language assessment (Sprachfeststellung).
Age cut-off. Vorschule: fifth birthday by 31 July. Grundschule Grade 1: sixth birthday by 31 July.
Language conditions. Vorschule requires non-native German speakers to have completed at least one year of kindergarten. Grade 1 requires at least two years of pre-school (one kindergarten plus one Vorschule). Transfer students take a language test.
Documents. Interessentenbogen, birth certificate, prior school reports. Kindergarten children must be toilet-trained.
Nationality. No nationality bar. The gate is German language competence, not passport.
Accreditation
| Body | Status | How we treat it |
|---|---|---|
| German Bund-Länder-Inspektion | Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule, awarded 2013, reconfirmed by BLI 03 in 2023 | confirmed |
- confirmed — Stated by the school and consistent with the accrediting body.
What stands out
- Founded 1854 — by a wide margin the oldest school in this guide, and one of the oldest German schools abroad anywhere
- Entry is gated on German language competence rather than nationality
- Serbian taught from Grade 1
- Holds the Exzellente Deutsche Auslandsschule seal, reconfirmed in 2023
What we are still checking
Open questions we could not settle from the school's own published pages. We have not yet put these questions to the schools. When we do, the answers will appear here with the date we asked.
- Whether any transport service exists
- Whether examination fees are charged separately
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