Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the Goethe-Institut is bringing soccer into the classroom and German onto the field — with soccer camps, creative contests, and hands-on activities for students across North America, plus specialized training and teaching resources for educators.

TOP is a leading provider of curriculum and study tours relevant to contemporary Germany for social studies educators, STEM educators, and decision makers.

Since 1972 GAPP has been supporting teachers and schools in establishing successful bilateral student exchange programs.

PASCH (Schulen: Partner der Zukunft) is a network of excellence of over 2000 schools globally.
14 PASCH-schools are supported by the Goethe-Institut in the US. 

SPARK for GERMAN provides professional development for future German instructors and enables students across the United States to start learning German at an early age.

The Summer Academy recruits students interested in becoming German teachers through comprehensive professional development and factilitates the start of their teaching careers.

GATE offers U.S. high school German teachers a two-week school observation experience in Germany focused on professional exchange, intercultural learning, and pedagogical development.

The SCHULWÄRTS! project offers teaching degree students and prospective teachers scholarship-funded internships at schools abroad that are supported by the Goethe-Institut.
We are currently looking for host schools in the United States and Canada!

The Study Bridge program is a multiyear educational pipeline designed to prepare U.S. students with strong STEM interests to embark directly on a course of study in Germany. 

Music, soccer, videos, podcasts, competitions, charts: Everything you need to know about contemporary modern-day Germany. 

Did you study in Germany? Stay in touch and network with thousand of alumni students around the globe. 

Three Digital Wanderbusses open up 3D-worlds to visit with your students and explore modern day Germany, career aspects, and sustainability, in a fun and playful way. 

The Junioruni is a digital platform for high school students, their parents, and teachers that combines German and STEM. 

The Kinderuni is a digital platform for elementary and middle school students that combines German and STEM in a playful way.

Take your students on a field trip (regardless whether you have a German program or not) to the Goethe-Institut, learn more about our work and attend workshops on the German language and current topics from Germany. 

A portal for administrators, teachers, parents, and everyone else involved in establishing or running German immersion programs.

Reserve a German-for-hire ambassador to visit your German class-- whether remote or on-site. 

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