← Back to the rankingIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni
Gdynia, Poland · est. 1950 · State
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III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP, Gdyńska Trójka, is a state liceum in Gdynia founded in 1950; classes taught in English first appeared here in 1963. In 1993 it was one of the first two schools in Poland to open an IB Diploma class, and in 1995 it held the first international school-leaving exams in the history of the Polish education system. Today the IB track runs four years: IB MYP in grades 1-2 and IB DP in grades 3-4; in the DP all subjects except Polish, the second foreign language and Polish history and geography are taught in English. The other classes, bilingual and profile classes, follow the Polish curriculum. The school has long been near the top of the Perspektywy ranking and olympiad tables. Since 1963 it has run a boarding house for students from other regions of Poland. In 2026, 44 IB graduates averaged 38.43 points out of 45, two scored the maximum 45; 31 graduates of that year went to universities abroad, five of them to Trinity College Dublin.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · MYP, DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Polish, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees It is a public school run by the Municipality of Gdynia; tuition is free, including in the IB classes; the school itself pays IB exam registration fees to the IBO. The boarding house is paid; see the fees section.
Admissions Grade 1 admits through the Gdynia electronic admissions system by points for the egzamin ósmoklasisty and grades; all candidates take an English test that places them in bilingual or standard groups, and it is compulsory for bilingual classes. The IB MYP runs in grades 1-2. For class III ib (IB DP) a school committee selects students from the school's own grade 2 by points: grades in Polish, mathematics and English for grade 1 and the first semester of grade 2, average, conduct, research projects and competitions, the Personal Project in the MYP class, scholarships and olympiads; high English grades are expected. IB students must keep attendance of at least 85% a month or be moved to a parallel class. For MYP and DP students without Polish citizenship the school teaches Polish as a foreign language; foreigners with good Polish may study it as a mother tongue. The boarding house admits by application in September and in a summer round (in 2026 lists were posted on 21 July).
Stages and year groups Grades 1-4 (liceum). A four-year liceum ogólnokształcące with the Polish curriculum and matura; bilingual classes and groups, where at least two subjects (from biology, chemistry, physics, geography, world history, mathematics) are taught in Polish and English. The international track, IB School 0704: IB MYP in grades 1-2 (per the language policy the main language of MYP lessons is Polish), IB Diploma Programme in grades 3-4 in English. DP subjects: Polish (Language A), English, French, German (Language B, ab initio); history, geography, philosophy; biology, chemistry, physics; Environmental Systems and Societies; Mathematics AA; Visual Arts; TOK, Extended Essay, CAS. Second languages in the liceum are French, German or Spanish; Latin and Ancient Greek are offered as extracurricular classes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · MYP, DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Middle Years and Diploma programmes. The IB track runs in the international classes of a Polish liceum: the Diploma in grades 3-4, alongside the Polish curriculum leading to the 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: MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. 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
38.43 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: 44 graduates, average 38.43 out of 45 (85.4%), two scored 45 and one 44. In 2024 the school average was 38 against a world average of 30.32, in 2023 37 against 30.24, in 2022 41 against 32. Subject averages in May 2024 exceed world averages, for example English B HL 6.57 against 5.67, Physics HL 6.29 against 4.86.
Where leavers go: University of Edinburgh · Medical University of Gdańsk · University College London · University of Warsaw · University of Warwick · Medical University of Warsaw · University of Gdańsk · SGH Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) · New York University Abu Dhabi · Oxford University · King's College London · University of Manchester
and others, 19 universities in the school's list in allThe list shows universities most often chosen by more than 270 IB graduates in 2015-2020 (most went to the UK; in Poland mainly Gdańsk and Warsaw), plus Trinity College, which five 2026 graduates entered; in total 31 graduates of 2026 began studies abroad, 15 of them in the Netherlands.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Also on site: Makerspace
Campus: The school is close to the sea, the beach, the boulevard and a park. Since 1963 it has had its own boarding house at ul. Tetmajera 22, part of the school complex, with full board in the school canteen: it houses gifted students from other regions of Poland. There is a unique innovation workshop, 3LAB, for projects using satellite, technical and biomedical technologies (a stratospheric drone, a patented bionic thread), an assembly hall, a gym, a fitness room, a library with an online catalogue and an interactive virtual school tour.
Clubs and activities: Music Bands · Oxford Debate Club · Film Club · Computer Science Research Club · Neurobiology Science Club · Chemistry Club · German Olympiad Club · Philosophy Olympiad Club · Spanish and French Language Club · Student Astronomy Club · Student Climbing Club · Student Japanese Language Club · Competitive Bridge Club · Volleyball · Badminton · Table Tennis · TriMUN · 3LAB Innovation Workshop · Wyrypiarze Hiking Club · Brotherhood of Pearl Seekers · W Ogólności School Newspaper
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: The school says many teachers use their own programmes with academic content and write textbooks; five of its teachers have received the honorary title of profesor oświaty.
The staff page lists by name the leadership, teachers with subjects and email addresses, two IB DP coordinators, the IB MYP coordinator, the psychologist, the pedagogue and the librarians.
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
The school has a psychologist and a pedagogue (special education pedagogue); the boarding house runs an educational and prevention programme with them and the school nurse, and has crisis procedures. The school has adopted child protection standards and academic integrity rules.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)88 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 data55 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.
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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