Abitur

Abitur (Latin: "one goes away", "a journey away is made", present impersonal passive of abire) is a designation used in Germany, Finland, Lithuania, and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after twelve or thirteen years of schooling (see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years). Abitur is a matriculation examination and can be compared to GCSE, Matura or International Baccalaureate Diploma.