Aarhus Gymnasium, Tilst is one of the three sites of the Danish upper secondary school AARHUS GYMNASIUM. Tilst runs three tracks: the Danish STX (3 years) and HF (2 years) leading to studentereksamen and HF-eksamen, and the international IB track, a one-year Pre-IB and the two-year IB Diploma Programme. The school says it is the only upper secondary school in Aarhus offering the IB; it has also recently opened HF International, HF taught in English and the only one of its kind in Denmark. IB lessons are in English, STX and HF lessons in Danish. Students include Danes, students with international backgrounds and newcomers from international schools abroad; the school works with partners through eTwinning, Nordplus and Erasmus+. The school says its IB completion rates are very high and its exam results consistently above the world average and among the best in Denmark, but publishes no figures. In the second IB year the class goes on a study trip to Lisbon.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German
About the fees According to the school, the IB programme is tuition free for all students who meet the admission criteria. There is no boarding; accommodation is paid separately and found by the family.
Admissions Applications for Pre-IB and IB are due by 1 March via Open Apply; students in Denmark and all Pre-IB applicants also apply through the Danish portal Optagelse.dk, while IB applicants from abroad apply via Open Apply only. International applicants without MitID log in to Optagelse.dk by SMS code, and parents sign for applicants under 18. Pre-IB entry from the Danish folkeskole requires an average grade of 7, at least 7 in maths and at least 10 in English; from international schools, IGCSE or GCSE grades of 4 and above or American grades of C and above; other applications are assessed individually. Applicants who apply on time but do not meet the requirements sit a maths and English test and have a short interview with the IB team. Late applications are accepted if places are available, but without an admissions test. STX and HF admission follows Danish rules via Optagelse.dk (an average of at least 5 for STX and at least 4 for HF), with admission tests in Danish, English, maths and physics and chemistry where needed. The school is not a boarding school and does not help with accommodation, which students rent through student housing services or privately.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-IB, IB1-IB2; STX 1.g-3.g; HF 1-2; HF International. IB track: a one-year Pre-IB, equivalent under Danish rules to the first year of STX (1.g) and giving C-level qualifications in several subjects, followed by the two-year IB Diploma Programme: six subjects, three at Higher and three at Standard Level, plus Theory of Knowledge, Creativity, Activity and Service and the Extended Essay. Students taking two Group 1 languages receive a Bilingual IB Diploma. Pre-IB set subjects are English, History, Social Science, Maths, Physics, PE, General Linguistics and General Science; electives are Danish at three levels, a third language (French, German or Spanish), Biology or Chemistry, and Music or Visual Arts. The Danish STX and HF and the English-language HF International run on the same site.
Address Kileparken 25, 8381 Tilst
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it is taught in English after a preparatory pre-IB year, alongside the Danish STX programme and the studentereksamen exam.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: DP (ages 16-19). DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school is in Tilst, a few minutes by bus from central Aarhus. According to the school it has a large gym hall, an auditorium with theatre lighting and a greenhouse where students test green technology solutions; the latest extension was designed with student input. As part of AARHUS TECH the school uses the group's workshops. There is no boarding, and the school does not arrange accommodation.
Clubs and activities: soccer · Basketball · Chess · baking · Model United Nations, MUN · book club · knitting club
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: all teachers hold at least a university Master's degree, several are IB examiners
The school says all its teachers are subject specialists with at least a Master's degree, several are IB examiners and others have published subject-specific works. The IB team includes the IB Coordinator, the Pre-IB Coordinator (also Head of IB Admissions), separate student counsellors for Pre-IB and for the first and second IB years, and two CAS coordinators.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
·Counsellornot stated on the website
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has rules of conduct (ordensreglement) and a Code of Conduct for students; each year of the IB track has its own student counsellor who monitors progress and wellbeing and meets students about personal issues. Special educational support (SPS) is available for students with additional needs.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)82 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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