The city offers a wide range of alternatives for education and training.

The City of Dresden - Academic Year 2014/2015:

133 municipal schools:

• 69 primary schools
• 26 secondary schools
• 16 grammar schools
• 13 special schools
• 10 vocational school centres, comprising:
  • 10 vocational schools
  • 5 vocational grammar schools
  • 6 college upper schools
  • 5 colleges
  • 2 vocational colleges
  • 6 centres for vocational preparation
  • 4 centres for basic vocational preparation
  • 2 vocational special school
• 1 medical training college
• 2 schools for adult education
  (evening secondary school and evening grammar school)

3 state-run schools:

• 1 secondary school (Dresden Palucca School)
• 1 grammar school (Carl Maria von Weber School)
• 1 medical training college

Next to municipal schools there are 33 independent schools.