Deutsche Schule Lissabon (Portuguese: Escola Alemã de Lisboa, EAL; German School of Lisbon) is a private German international school situated in the Lumiar district of Lisbon, Portugal.
Founded in 1848, the Deutsche Schule Lissabon is the oldest German school in the Iberian Peninsula.
Beginning with the fifth grade, each year has four classes, two with German as the main language and two further in Portuguese; thus it is able to call itself a "Begegnungsschule" ("school of encounters").
Whilst the two lines are separated at first, the pupils are mixed again in the seventh grade, whereafter more and more subjects are taught to mixed German/Portuguese classes, beginning in the seventh grade with subjects such as English, French, music, arts etc.
In the tenth grade the classes are mixed again according to the subjects that pupils choose (biology, chemistry, French, art, music, etc.).
Those students tend to stay for around two to three years; once their parents' jobs move, they leave EAL.
[2] The School has a small dependency in Estoril/Cascais some 30 km outside Lisbon called Deutsche Schule Estoril/Escola Alemã do Estoril.