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Klosterneuburg, Austria · est. 1902 · State
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BG/BRG Klosterneuburg (Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Klosterneuburg, or Gymnasium Klosterneuburg) is a public grammar school in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, founded in 1902. About 1250 students aged 10-18 and 130 teachers, according to the school's own figures for the 2021-2022 school year. Two branches: a language branch (Gymnasium) and a science branch (Realgymnasium); the language branch has run a Bilingual Programme for about 20 years, with 50 places per year group. Since 2010 the school has been an IB World School and, in its own words, one of six public grammar schools in Austria offering the IB Diploma ("one of only six public schools in Austria"). Bilingual Programme students take both the Austrian Reifeprüfung (Matura) and the IB Diploma in their last two years. The school names the language of instruction directly: the school as a whole teaches in German to the Austrian curriculum, bilingual classes introduce English step by step, and the IB programme is taught entirely in English ("The IB Diploma Programme is taught exclusively in English"). A phone-free school (handy FREIE SCHULE), with partner schools in Bulgaria, Germany, Great Britain and the United States.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
German, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
About the fees Tuition is free: the school notes that the IB at private international schools is expensive, whereas here "Da das IB am Gymnasium Klosterneuburg vom Land Niederösterreich gefördert wird, fallen für SchülerInnen des IB nur der freiwillige monatliche Vereinsbeitrag von 50 EUR und einmalige Prüfungsgebühren (zurzeit 534 EUR) an" (since the IB is funded by the state of Lower Austria, IB students pay only a voluntary monthly association fee of 50 EUR and a one-time examination fee, currently 534 EUR).
Admissions The school admits foreign students: for the IB programme "knowledge of German is not required for non-Austrian pupils". The main legal condition is residence in the school's catchment area: central Klosterneuburg and the surrounding cadastral districts (Höflein, Kierling, Kritzendorf, Maria Gugging, Weidling, Weidlingbach/Scheiblingstein, St Andrä Wördern); for the IB it says "Pupils must be resident in Klosterneuburg with a legal guardian". The IB also requires the ability to study exclusively in English, a very good previous academic record and a written entrance assessment; Austrian pupils must also meet the Austrian curriculum requirements. Priority goes to pupils who completed the Bilingual Programme in the lower school; external applicants are accepted subject to places. Applications for the IB branch (Grades 11-12, ages 16-18) or Pre-IB (Grades 9-10, ages 14-16) go to the Bilingual Programme office by the end of December before entry. For Year 1 (age 10): online pre-registration in January, an interview with the head or teachers in February and a consultation procedure for the bilingual class.
Stages and year groups Grades 5-12. Eight years of Gymnasium: Years 1-8 in Austrian numbering (Grades 5-12), ages 10-18. Lower school (1-4) and upper school (5-8). A language branch (Gymnasium) with the Bilingual Programme and a science branch (Realgymnasium). In the Bilingual Programme English is introduced from Year 1, and after Year 4 students can follow lessons taught entirely in English. In December of Year 6 (Grade 10) students in the bilingual upper school decide whether to take the IB. Years 5-6 are Pre-IB (ages 14-16), Years 7-8 the IB Diploma Programme (ages 16-18) in English, alongside the Austrian Reifeprüfung (Matura): graduates receive both qualifications. The written Matura in mathematics and German is taken in January of the final year, and foreign languages are credited from the IB exams in May. Austrian pupils may take individual IB Certificates without the full diploma.
Address Buchberggasse 31, 3400 Klosterneuburg
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe IB register lists the Diploma Programme at the school; it is recorded there as Bundesgymnasium und Bundesrealgymnasium Klosterneuburg. The IB runs in the bilingual stream of this state grammar school, in parallel with the Austrian Matura.
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.
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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
Average IB score
34.5 (world average 30.88)
Exam results Class of 2026: an average IB score of 34.5 against a global 31 ("The mean number of points is 34,5 (Global mean is 31)").
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: A town-centre building: computer and science labs, 3 gyms, a library, an event hall, a canteen, after-school care.
Clubs and activities: Global Politics (bilingual elective) · Basketball · Floor and apparatus gymnastics and acrobatics · Choir · Drama · Dungeons & Dragons · Film · Football · Creative arts and design · Athletics · Peer mediation · Multimedia · Musicals · Orienteering · Physics and chemistry experiments · Learning to code through play · Chess · Dance and gymnastics · Table tennis · Ultimate Frisbee · Volleyball
Teaching staff from the school's official website
✓Teachers listed by name25 names
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers130
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Bilingual Programme teachers usually hold, besides their subject qualification, a university degree in English, have taught in English-speaking countries or were educated bilingually themselves; the school emphasises professional development in CLIL; Native English-Speaking Teachers team-teach in several subjects ("Native English-Speaking Teachers").
About 130 teachers for the whole school, according to the school's figures for the 2021-2022 school year. The IB Teaching Staff page lists 25 IB teachers by name with their subjects. The school has a university counsellor for applications to the UK and the USA (Heewon Park, MA).
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 room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Two school doctors hold surgery at the school four days a week, in a room on the 2nd floor of the newer building. A counsellor (X-Point) for students' social, emotional and psychological welfare is on site twice a week, and appointments can be requested at any time. The school offers mediation and school psychology, has a code of conduct (Hausordnung/Verhaltensvereinbarung) and is phone-free; the IB team includes an IB Wellbeing-Officer.
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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data90 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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