EUC Syd is a public vocational education centre in Southern Jutland with sites in Sønderborg, Aabenraa, Haderslev and Tønder. It includes the technical upper secondary school Teknisk Gymnasium Sønderjylland (HTX), which runs the IB Diploma on the central Sønderborg campus; according to the school it is the only technical upper secondary school in Denmark offering the IB. This is regular full-time day education for upper secondary students following a school calendar: the 2026-2027 school year runs from 10 August 2026 to 25 June 2027. The IB track is entirely in English: most students first take a Pre-IB year at the level of the first year of Danish upper secondary school, then two Diploma years (1.IB and 2.IB). HTX students are taught in Danish. IB students are part of the HTX community and join parties, sports events and the student council. Vocational programmes (EUD, EUX) and adult courses run on the same campus. Tuition is free for Nordic, EU and EEA students and for foreign students with a Danish residence permit; books are lent free of charge. The school has a college hostel.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
English, Danish
Languages taught
German, Spanish
About the fees IB tuition is free for students from Nordic, EU and EEA countries and for students from outside Europe with a valid Danish residence permit; books are lent free of charge. Danish students over 18 can receive the SU state grant, and foreign students on the same terms if granted equal rights. The Søndre Landevej hostel, 2026 prices: free for students under 18; for older students without a training agreement and SU recipients, 641 kroner per week and 235 kroner per weekend.
Admissions Students apply to Pre-IB after 10 years of school, and directly to the first IB Diploma year after 11 years with strong English or after a first year of upper secondary elsewhere. Students from the Danish school system apply via optagelse.dk, others via the school's online Pre-IB or Diploma forms; hostel places are requested separately. The school expects confident reading, writing and speaking in English, interest in other cultures and readiness to work hard, and may invite applicants to talk with a student counsellor before admission. The school welcomes international students: a valid Danish residence permit is required; non-EU applicants must include a permit covering both years, applications without one are not reviewed, and the school cannot help obtain it. Information meetings are held every January.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-IB, 1.IB-2.IB; HTX 1-3. Pre-IB is a preparatory year in English meeting the level and requirements of the first year of Danish upper secondary school (mathematics, physics, Danish, English, technology, chemistry, biology, social sciences, communication and IT, visual arts); afterwards students continue to the IB Diploma or move to the second year of HTX or another upper secondary school. The IB Diploma takes 2 years (1.IB and 2.IB). DP subjects: Danish A, German A, Czech A and Slovak A (online), English A, English B, Danish ab initio, Spanish ab initio, History, Psychology, Business Management, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Mathematics Analysis and Approaches at two levels, Visual Arts. The Danish track is the three-year technical HTX; vocational EUD and EUX programmes also run on campus.
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 within the technical gymnasium Teknisk Gymnasium Sønderjylland (HTX).
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 hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers19
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The IB team page lists the IB coordinator (English and TOK), the Pre-IB coordinator who also heads EUX and HTX, a planner and 19 teachers: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, history, business, Danish, Spanish, English, visual arts, design and technology, philosophy, TOK and CAS. Teacher qualifications are not listed.
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 common study and conduct rules for all EUD, EUX, HTX and IB students, aimed at a safe, fair and inclusive environment. Students agree to follow school policies on values, language, honesty and assessment. Study and career counsellors and special needs support (SPS) are available.
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 data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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