There are five French-German secondary schools known in German as Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium (DFG) and in French as lycée franco-allemand (LFA).

Mixing students, teachers and teaching methods of both countries,[3] DFG/LFAs are highly selective schools of excellence.

[6][7] In the spirit of post-war friendship and two years before the signing of the conciliatory Éysée Treaty between West Germany and France, the first DFG/LFA was established in Saarbrücken in 1961 as a cooperation between a French and a German school.

In 1972, an agreement signed between the two states formalised the DFG/LFA as a unified school form and introduced the French-German Baccalaureate.

[13] Students at DFG/LFA schools complete their education with the bilingual French-German Baccalaureate (deutsch-französisches Abitur / baccalauréat franco-allemand).

[7] The French-German Baccalaureate is different from and sometimes[20] confused with the AbiBac, a programme offered at regular French and German schools.

[21][22] The DFG/LFA Buc also offers the British track of the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI, formerly called OIB), in its Section Internationale Anglophone.

[25][26] In Strasbourg, the DFG/LFA was previously the German-speaking Section Internationale of the Lycée Vauban, leading to a French Baccalauréat with OIB German.

Regular French schools require their students to sit the Brevet diploma in 3e (troisième) (year 9) in order to finish collège.