Specialised, Business and IT School Exam Preparation

for the entrance exams to specialised (FMS), business (HMS) and IT school (IMS)

We offer high quality prep courses specifically for specialised (FMS), business (HMS) and IT school (IMS). We build on the foundational material for the 3rd year of secondary school and work on what that is important for the exam.

Important: the entrance exams for specialised, IT and business school are all exactly the same. Students therefore should attend the same prep course, regardless of which school they hope to attend.

The entrance exam for vocational school (BMS) is different from the others.  We also offer a prep course for this exam.

  • Quaterly/Holiday Courses
  • Vocational School in Kt. AG
  • Video BMS
  • About the Course
  • Entry without exam

Registration for Kantonsschule / FMS prep

Course Details Available
BMS Vorbereitungskurs

Exam Information


The exam for vocational school (BMS) 1 will take place on Friday, June 20, 2020.

The exam for vocational school (BMS) 2 will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020.*

(*We recommend that those who are interested in a course and would like to attend vocational school 2 take a holiday course or a course in the Canton of Zurichbecause the quarterly course in the Canton of Aargau is scheduled around the vocational school 1 exam date.)

Official Information from the Department of Education:

Vocational School Entrance Requirements
Vocational School General Information

  • In the Canton of Aargau, there is only a single entrance exam for vocational school (BMS).
     
  • There is no difference between the acceptance procedures for the various disciplines within vocational school (business, social, technical, commercial). Students interested in attending IT (IMS) or business (HMS) school complete the exact same exam as vocational school candidates.
     
  • The assessment and acceptance procedures were adjusted in 2013 and have not been changed since. They are valid for 2014 as well.
     
  • The entrance exams to vocational school 1 (accompanying an apprenticeship) and vocational school 2 (after completion of an apprenticeship) are only slightly different. Vocational school 2 only requires an essay for the German portion of the exam – all other subjects are similar.

Examination free to the secondary school 

The revision of the transfer procedure offers secondary school pupils a new opportunity to continue their education after the sec. at a middle school:

  • Pupils in the final year of secondary school with a grade point average of 5.3 will now have the opportunity to enter the computer science, business and technical secondary school and the vocational school with vocational baccalaureate without an examination. A corresponding grade point average in the interim report entitles them to provisional transfer; the definitive transfer takes place via the annual report at the end of the school year. Admission to vocational schools with a vocational baccalaureate is definitive in both cases (achievement of the grade point average in the interim report or in the annual report). 
  • In order to transfer without an examination, secondary school pupils must have a grade of at least 4.0 in mathematics and German in the report relevant to the transfer. In addition, these two subjects count twice for the calculation of the grade point average relevant for transfer. 
  • The following subjects are taken into account for an examination-free transfer from secondary school to a middle school: Mathematics, German, French, English, History, Geography, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Creative Arts/Music/Movement and Sports. In the subject group "Creative Design/Music/Movement and Sport", the two subjects with the best grades are counted as one.

Entrance exam

Secondary students who do not achieve the necessary marks to enter these schools directly may take an entrance exam for specialised, business, IT or vocational school. Note that there is a separate registration for the exam. Registering for the school itself does not count as registering for the exam!

FMS/IMS/WMS

  • The entrance exams for specialised, IT and business school are all the same.
  • The entrance exam for specialised, IT and business school cannot be taken until one year after finishing secondary school. This means that students who do not achieve the necessary marks to enter without the exam must wait an additional year before beginning school.

BMS

  • The vocational schools have a separate entrance exam. This exam is not the same as the one for FMS/IMS/WMS.
  • The entrance exam for vocational school can be taken during the last year of secondary school, i.e. without the one-year waiting period.
Available spots, course locations, course dates

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Available spots, course locations, course dates

The material for the FMS / WMS / IMS entrance exam is based on the 3rd year of secondary school.
Small groups of no more than 8 students.