German International School Doha belongs to the network of 140 German Schools Abroad (DAS), funded by the Federal Office of Administration on behalf of the Foreign Office and the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA). From Kuala Lumpur to Kyiv, from Toronto to Tokyo German Schools Abroad value the individual support and multilingualism of their students as well as meeting of cultures. Funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and equipped with qualified teachers, the pupils of German schools receive a bilingual education abroad.
With its educational, academic quality, and bicultural profile German International School Doha is one of the outstanding schools in the country. The school currently has about 300 pupils in school and Kindergarten. The class size at the school is a maximum of 25 students, the average is a comfortable 16 students.
The school offers from grade 1 in addition to German also Arabic and English classes, French starts from grade 5. In kindergarten and pre-school all children whose mother tongue is not German, learn German playfully. This offer will be supplemented in the grade 1 to 10 by additional German language lessons. From the school year 2016/17 the school starts with the Mixed Language International Diploma program. This allows our students to acquire a university entrance qualification by the end of grade 12. This opens the opportunities to study in Germany.
The German International School Doha aims to be an open-minded, communicating, inquiring, and caring school. The German International School Doha and its teaching staff promote mutual understanding and open- and broad-mindedness among its students as well as respect and esteem for the different cultural backgrounds of their classmates and our host country, Qatar.
The German International School Doha provides students with the skills needed to communicate internationally through instructions in a foreign language and cultural competencies. The German International School Doha aims to support the intellectual curiosity and natural inquisitiveness of its students. The methods of teaching and learning shall promote self-reliance and self-responsibility. The German International School Doha will work to support the formation of social skills and the consciousness for social justice and the environment in general.
