IB Diploma Programme Application
The IB Diploma Programme
To apply for the IB Diploma Programme, please fill in the online application form. The deadline for applications is 1st March 2025 at 12.00. If you wish to apply for a space on the boarding school Stenhus Housing please indicate this on the IB application form and by filling in the Stenhus Housing application form.
Students applying to the IB Diploma Programme must fill in in two application forms. Firstly, students should fill in the online IB Diploma Programme application form (please see above) and attach all the requested documents. Before filling in the application form, please read about the IB Diploma Programme and the subject information on the IB Diploma Programme page of the website in order to be able to make qualified subject choices.
Secondly, students should apply through Optagelse.dk between 15th January 2025 and 1st March 2025. As this online application system is currently in Danish only, Danish IB schools have put together an English guide. We have also provided an (unofficial) translation of the parental consent form that needs to be uploaded if digital signature is not possible with the Danish NemID/MitID. Please find both below.
Please note that the admissions process gives priority to applicants who have indicated in Optagelse.dk that IB Diploma Programme at Stenhus Gymnasium is their first choice/priority school. In accordance with guidelines from the Ministry of Children and Education, applicants will be advised of admissions decisions no later than May 2025.
Direct admission to the two-year IB Diploma Programme is possible if the applicant has completed 11 years of schooling. So, for example, if a student completes the first year of the Danish Upper Secondary School Leaving Examination (STX, HHX, HTX), the student can apply for direct entrance to the IB Diploma Programme. The exception to the above is students who have come from an American style school system, i.e., grades 1-12. These students may be accepted directly into the IB Diploma Programme from grade 10, though please note that the entrance requirements for Danish universities is that students have completed 13 years of school (students with an American high school diploma or its equivalent are required to take an extra year before university entrance).
Similarly, students with international qualifications, such as minimum five Cambridge iGCSE subjects, can also apply for direct entrance to the IB Diploma Programme. In this case, we require that the following subjects be included in the five subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, and either History or Global Perspectives.
Although all iGCSE grades above F represent a pass, students need to achieve a minimum of a grade C (grade 5) in subjects that they wish to study at Standard Level. Students are expected to have achieved at least a B (grade 7-8) grade in order to study a subject at Higher Level. Moreover, as the results of these examinations are not issued until August, i.e. after the beginning of term in IB1, Stenhus Gymnasium retains the right to transfer iGCSE graduates from IB1 to Pre-IB if their exam results prove to be unsatisfactory.
Applicants applying from a Danish school system with a Pre-IB (or a Danish “1.g,”) need to achieve equivalent grades to students with international qualifications. So, although a 02 is considered a passing grade in the Danish grade system, IB applicants need to achieve a grade 7 average, as well as a grade 7 or above in subjects the applicant wishes to study at Standard Level and grade 10 or 12 in subjects the student wishes to study at Higher Level.
In the admissions process the school will always look at each applicant individually. To enter the IB Diploma Programme, applicants are expected not only to have a high proficiency in English and a solid foundation in Mathematics and Sciences, but also to possess the personal qualities that demonstrate a willingness to work dedicatedly.
Applicants are asked to write a short personal statement as part of the application process and to provide an academic reference from a teacher or school counsellor.
In some cases, admission to the IB Diploma Programme will be based on an admissions interview and/or an admission test in English and/or Mathematics and/or Science.
If the entrance requirements for the IB Diploma Programme cannot be met, applicants may instead be offered a place in the Pre-IB programme, a one-year preparatory course, also with English as the teaching language. Please see he relevant webpage about the Pre-IB programme.
