The Gymnasium Ulricianum Aurich was founded in 1646. The school has about 2000 students in grades 7 - 13 and about 150 teachers, including student teachers.
The following subjects are offered:
- History
- Geography
- Politics
- Religion
- Ethics
- Music
- Art
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Physics
- Information Science
- German
- English
- French
- Latin
- Greek
- Spanish
Students may choose to study foreign language according to the language curriculum:
- English: 1st foreign language
- French or Latin: 2nd foreign language starting in the 7th grade
- 3rd Elective-language possible starting in the 9th grade: French, Latin, Spanish and Greek
- Spanish starting in the 11th grade; with sufficient demand Latin und French starting in the 11th grade may also be offered
- Russian, Italian, French and Hebrew are offered as extra-curriculars. In addition to language courses, Bilingual Classes (in English) are offered in History, Geography, and Politics starting in the 7th grade.
10 international Partner Schools
as of 1996: coordinator school for the Comenius-Projekt