Theme vocabulary 1: Education

adult education centre

apprenticeship training

basic education

boarding school

comprehensive school

elementary school / primary school

folk high school

general upper secondary school

open university

preschool

public school / private school

secondary school / middle school / junior high school

university / college

university of applied sciences

vocational college / institute / school

absence

advanced (studies)

admission

A-levels

attend lessons / classes

assessment

assignment

break / recess

cheat

compulsory

cram course

curriculum

detention

discipline

distance learning

drop out

e-learning

expel

extracurricular activities

fail / flunk

form / grade

free period

graduate from

lesson / class

mark / grade

matriculation examination

optional

pass

skip a lesson / cut class

study unit

suspend

syllabus

term / semester

timetable / schedule

class teacher

form teacher / homeroom teacher

guidance counsellor / student counselor

head teacher / principal

school social worker

special education teacher

subject teacher

alumni

application for admission

dissertation

hall of residence / dormitory

enrol on / enroll in

faculty

get a degree (in)

get into university

lecture

major

minor

personal statement / motivation letter

scholarship

student loan

study credit

study grant

take an entrance exam

thesis / theses

tuition fee