Prerequisites for carrying through the IB-Course are the ability and willingness necessary to meet the considerable demands of the subject matter. It is therefore important that the applicant is clear in his or her own mind, why he or she is interested in this precise course and has a realistic evaluation of his or her capacity to complete an international curriculum in English and to be examined in that language.
The Pre-IB Class
Danish and foreign students with 9 or 10 years schooling can be accepted for this class if they are adjudged suitable for the Danish Gymnasium. A course in Danish is given to foreigners.
Students who have completed the Pre-IB class with satisfactory results can be accepted into the two-year International Baccalaureate Diploma Course. Students, who are not accepted into the Diploma Course, or who have changed their minds about the IB, can continue directly in the Danish gymnasium after the foundation course under the condition that the line of studies (studieretning), they have applied for, is not full. Furthermore, students wishing to change are responsible for catching up with any new subjects which they have not studied as a part of their pre-IB foundation course.
The IB-Diploma Course
As stated above, students who have satisfactorily completed the Pre-IB Course will be accepted for the Diploma Course.
In addition, the Diploma Course will also be open to students who have completed 11 years of schooling. This could apply to young Danes who return home after a year or several years at schools abroad and who wish to resume their education in Denmark; or to young foreigners resident in Denmark; or to students in the 1st year of the normal gymnasium who wish to change to the IB.
Pre-IB: Concerning evaluation of education readiness and obligatory admissions test.
An applicant for pre-IB, applying directly from the 9th, or 10th grade of the Danish ’Folkeskole’, who is not considered ready for upper secondary education by the UU, will have the possibility of getting a new evaluation of his/her readiness for education. This happens at the school which the applicant has marked as his/her first priority.
In such a case Nyborg Gymnasium must evaluate the student’s academic, personal and social qualifications for completing an upper secondary education – and more specifically the pre-IB year and the IB Diploma.
As a rule Nyborg Gymnasium will invite the applicant to a written entrance test in English and Mathematics, followed by an interview.
The level of the entrance test corresponds to the level of the school-leaving tests in the Danish ’Folkeskole’.
The following interview with the IB Coordinator, and IB Student counsellor is meant to evaluate the personal and social qualifications of the applicant.
When the result of the test and the interview is available, Nyborg Gymnasium will send the evaluation to UU explaining the results.
The evaluation of the readiness for education will take place in the period between the 1th of March and the 8th of April.
Obligatory admissions test
Applicants, who apply on the basis of 9 or 10 years of schooling, but who have not completed the school leaving exams of the Danish ’ Folkeskole’, must take an entrance test at the school to which they apply as their first priority.
In such a case Nyborg Gymnasium will invite the applicant to the obligatory admissions test.
As a rule Nyborg Gymnasium will invite the applicant to a written entrance test in English and Mathematics, followed by an interview.
The level of the admissions test corresponds to the level of the school-leaving tests in the Danish ’Folkeskole’.
Obligatory admissions tests will take place before the summer holiday.
International applicants
Applicants, who apply on the basis of school leaving exams which are not Danish, are admitted according to an individual evaluation. In cases where the qualifications of the applicant are not fully documented, the applicant may be subject to entrance tests and/or a personal interview with the IB Coordinator.
How to apply for admission to the Pre-IB Course and the IB Course
Application forms are available at the Gymnasium or here.
The application should be accompanied by an evaluation from the previous school attended as to the pupil’s suitability for continuing at Gymnasium level. Also attached should be a copy of the pupil’s latest School Report and Marks, and a detailed statement by the applicant of his or her reasons for wishing to study for an international baccalaureate and thus to be admitted to the Pre-IB Course or directly to the IB-Diploma Course.
The applicant will be informed of the results of his or her application in April. A personal interview or a test may be required for some applicants.
Applicants with especially good reasons for commencing or continuing an international course will be given preference.
Closing date for applications is March 1th
(Applications after this date will be accepted if possible)
Tuition is free. It is expected, however, that to some extent students will provide themselves with dictionaries and a pocket calculator.
You can live at the Boarding School
Attached to Nyborg Gymnasium is a boarding school with good amenities. You can live here while taking the international course - if, for example, your parents live abroad or far from Nyborg, or you wish to live independently of your family but in secure surroundings. Further information about the boarding school is available from the Gymnasium Office.
