The school is one of the DFG / LFA established in the 1963 Élysée Treaty between France and West Germany; the school was established in 1961 (1961) as a cooperation between a French and a German school and later became one school.[1]
The school's operation is detailed in the Schwerin Agreement signed by France and Germany in 2002. For instance, the students enter the school into a French or a German branch. They are integrated for the last three years before graduation, during which they are co-taught in both French and German. Students receive marks on a scale from 1 to 10, which differs both from the German and French school marks system.[9]
^Administrator (2009-09-02). "Leitung & Verwaltung". Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
^"Schülerzeitung "C'est la vie"". Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken (in German). 2009-09-02. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2021-10-30.