Ilimi a Jamus shine aikin da ke faruwa na kasashen Jamusawa gaba daya, tare da gwamnatin tarayya tana taka rawa kadan. Zabi na yara na kindergarten (makarantar fara'a) ana ba da ilimi ga dukkan yara tsakanin shekara daya zuwa shida, bayan wannan halartar makaranta wajibi ne. Tsarin ya bambanta a duk fadin Jamus saboda kowace kasa tana yanke hukunchi game fa manufofin ilimi. Ywancin yara, koyaya, sun fara zuwa Grundchule (ma'ana ma'anar 'Ground School') na shekaru 4 daga 6 zuwa 9. An raba ilimin sakandare na Jamus zuwa sassa biyu, kananan da babba. Ilimin sakandare a cikin Jamus an yi shi ne don koyar da mutane manya-manyan makarantun gaba-gaba kuma ya basu damar shiga karatun sakandare. A matakin sakandare na Jamus yana da dimbin shirye-shirye na koyarwa. Ilimin sakandare na Jamusawa ya haɗa da nau'ikan makarantu guda biyar. Gymnasium an tsara shi don shirya ɗalibai don babban ilimi kuma yana gamawa tare da kammalawa ta ƙarshe Abitur, bayan aji 13. Daga 2015 zuwa 2018 sake fasalin makaranta wanda aka fi sani da G8 yana samar da Abitur a cikin shekaru 8 na makaranta.