Our pre-university program is open to all talented and motivated upper secondary school students.
As pre-university program attendee at JGU, you attend regular university courses during the lecture period in addition to your regular school schedule. This gives you the opportunity to explore your desired field of study or gain further orientation, get to know the subject and student life more closely, and even earn academic credits that can later be recognized in a regular degree program in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Economics is a fundamental part of both private and public life. The positive and negative effects of the global economy are felt not only in the workplace and public sphere but also in everyday personal life. The methods used in economics help us better understand and evaluate global events and their interconnections. They also enable us to make data-based forecasts and develop alternative courses of action. Moreover, economic tools can be valuable in understanding human behavior and in making and analyzing well-informed decisions, both in public policy and in our personal lives.
There are extensive and good career prospects in the field of business and economics:
Marketing, market research, management, consulting, management accounting, banking, financial services, auditing, human resources, politics, associations, think tanks, non-profit sector, etc.
Pre-University Programs means:
- Study without pressure
- Find the study program that’s right for you
- Get to know how university works
- No costs for the pre-university program
- Use your early credits later
- Finish your degree faster
A successful pre-university program (for school pupils) requires an appropriate amount of time:
- Missed school content usually has to be made up independently
- The scope and timing of school assignments/exams is usually not reduced
- No recognition of university credits at school
- Usually one day of school missed per week
- Intensive studies at the university
- Studying for university exams
The pre-university program at JGU is not limited to business and economics. In principle, you can start a pre-university program in any department at the university. You’ll find more general and cross-disciplinary information under the university’s study orientation offerings.
- At 14 years old in a lecture hall (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 17, 2020)
- Higher IQ than Stephen Hawking – Law student at 14 (SWR Landesschau, February 7, 2020)
- Talented pupils at Johannes Gutenberg University have the opportunity to attend lectures alongside their regular school classes (Allgemeine Zeitung, October 15, 2014)
- Off to university before the Abitur (Rüsselsheimer Echo, November 1, 2014)
- Pupils in the lecture hall (Darmstädter Echo, August 23, 2013)
- Top grades aren’t a must (Allgemeine Zeitung, June 13, 2012)
- Experience freedom, gain direction (Allgemeine Zeitung, April 21, 2012)
- The early bird catches the knowledge worm (Allgemeine Zeitung, June 23, 2011)
- Studying for university alongside school (Echo Online, June 19, 2009)
- Studying as a hobby (STUZ, June 2009)
- Getting a taste of university before the Abitur through early studies (Wiesbadener Tagblatt, May 11, 2009)
- University exam today, test at school tomorrow (FAZ, April 28, 2009)
- In the lecture hall at 16 (Allgemeine Zeitung, March 26, 2009)
- All rights, but no obligations (Mainzer Rhein Zeitung online, March 25, 2009) (PDF – 296 KB)
- Access to valuable know-how (JoGu, July 2005)
First, take advantage of a consultation with the academic advisory office or the Central Student Advisory Center (ZSB)!
The application for the pre-university program (for school pupils) is made online.
Your application is valid for one semester. You can find the required documents and further details on the central pre-university program (for school pupils) page.
