Application and admission

IB at NØRRE G is an offer to internationally mobile students, notably foreign students living in Denmark and Danes returning after several years in schools abroad, as well as Danish students who have finished 1g.

Being a state school, Nørre G does not charge tuition or examination fees.

Admission to the two year IB Diploma Programme requires completion of grade 11 in Anglo-American types of secondary school programmes or the equivalent of the Danish 1g with excellent academic results. Since both teaching and examinations are conducted in English, applicants must be proficient in English and preferably also have some knowledge of Danish as IB students are encouraged to join the Danish students in extracurricular activities.

Admission criteria: See below

Applicants must use the special application form which is available from the school or from the Nørre G web page. Forms must be returned by mail or fax before 01 March (arrival date) along with the following material:

copies of the latest grades (report card)
a comprehensive statement from the present school about the applicant's accademic and social standing
a text in English, handwritten (!) by the applicant presenting him/herself and their expectations of the IB programme
a copy of the student's "sygesikringsbevis" or documentation of valid residence permit with CPR-no.
documentaion of potential special needs

Applicants for the IB Diploma course must fill in subject choices - one subject from each of the six subject groups:

either three at higher level (HL) and three at standard level (SL)
or four at higher level and two at standard level

The school may ask applicants to change their subject choices either because a subject/level cannot be established because too few applicants have chosen it, or because of conflicts in the timetable.

The selection of candidates for admission is based on the latest grades and the statement from the previous school which should focus on the applicant’s ability to meet the very rigorous academic demands of the IB programme.
All applicants will be informed about the outcome of their application by the end of April.

Please note: It is the applicants' own responsibility to ensure the validity of their legal status in Denmark by contacting the official authorities.

Successful candidates will receive information about the introduction programme well in advance of the beginning of the new academic year in August. Relevant information will also be published on this homepage.

Further information is available from IB coordinator Jutta Rüdiger (e-mail) or direct telephone +45 4454 4727). More information (in Danish) about life at Nørre G can be found on the school’s website.

Admission criteria

The school’s criteria for admission to the 1i (“pre-IB”) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP) are as follows:

Students with a foreign background

– in DK due to their parents’ job

– that come to DK to obtain an IB Diploma

Students with a mixed (=Danish/foreign) background

– who have completed (part of) their primary schooling abroad

– who have completed (part of) their primary schooling in DK

Students with a Danish background

– who due to their parents’ job have completed part of their education abroad and thus do not meet the admission demands of Danish education systems

– who have completed their primary schooling in DK

Students with an international orientation aiming at continuing thier education/job training abroad.

CPR number or valid residence permit (see application forms)
Very good knowledge of English both in reading and writing
Good academic potential with grades above average from previous school
International-mindedness, openness and tolerance (see IB Learners’ Profile)