Ikast-Brande Gymnasium is a Danish upper secondary school in Ikast with 683 students and three tracks: STX (3 years, studentereksamen), HF (2 years) and the international IB track, a one-year Pre-IB and the two-year IB Diploma Programme (according to the class table on the website, three Pre-IB classes and one class in each IB year). On the IB track all subjects except the mother tongue are taught in English; STX and HF are taught in Danish. The school belongs to Danske Science Gymnasier, has long prepared students for science olympiads and is an elite sports school: morning training three times a week without missing lessons. According to the school it is the only IB school in Denmark approved by the World Academy of Sport as an athlete friendly education centre; the IB Sport programme offers training in handball, football, basketball, golf, badminton and volleyball. IB students go on exchanges to a partner school in Germany and to Mexico, attend Model United Nations conferences in Northern Europe and a student conference in Dar es Salaam. For IB students whose parents live outside Denmark the school has its own supervised residences. International School Ikast-Brande stands next door, and the two schools work in partnership.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
German, Spanish, French
Class size
an average of 25.3 students per class across the school
About the fees The school website does not state tuition for the IB track. Students pay for excursions, about 1000-1500 kroner for the whole programme, and study trips, about 4500-5500 kroner. A room in the IBG Dorm under the current price list costs from 2124 to 3780 kroner per month plus 1031 kroner utilities, with a deposit of 7150 to 12700 kroner; in the Green Student Apartments, 3450 or 3645 kroner per month including utilities, deposit 10350 or 10935 kroner. A room reservation costs 4000 kroner, of which 3500 is credited and 500 is non-refundable.
Admissions Entry to the IB Diploma from the Danish system requires a completed Pre-IB or first year of STX, HHX or HTX: at least 4 in English, maths and Danish (if Danish is chosen) with at least one written grade of 7, and a passed Danish-History exam with at least 4. From other systems, including international schools in Denmark, completed IGCSEs, or 10-11 years of school, or the MYP with at least 28 points, plus a reference from the previous school. Pre-IB entry from abroad requires at least 10 years of school with passing grades in English, maths and science and English at B1 or above; folkeskole graduates apply via Optagelse.dk under STX requirements. The decision is holistic, based on records, an online interview and, if needed, a test; not all applicants are interviewed, with housing availability, nationality and gender mix, sports ability and age taken into account. EU citizens obtain an EU residence permit after arrival; according to the school, non-EU citizens can only study on the IB if their parents are moving to Denmark. For 2026-2027 the IB intake and the residences are full, with a few Pre-IB places left for students who do not need housing.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-IB, IB1-IB2; STX 1.g-3.g; HF 1-2, 24 classes. IB track: Pre-IB with a foundation course from August to November (general linguistics, combined science, physics, music, drama, film, English, history, maths, social science, Danish for beginners and advanced, PE, Spanish and French for beginners, German), followed by the two-year IB Diploma Programme: six subjects, three at Higher and three at Standard Level, plus CAS, Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay. DP subjects: Danish and English as first languages, English B, Danish B, German B, Spanish and Danish ab initio, history, business and management, global politics, psychology, biology, chemistry, physics, sports, exercise and health science, two maths courses and film. The Danish STX (5 classes per year) and two-year HF (2 classes per year) run alongside.
Address Bøgildvej 6, 7430 Ikast
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.
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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
31 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma, 2026: 65 candidates, 56 diplomas (88%), or 92% including passed IB course exams recognised in Denmark; average score of those who passed 31, highest 42. In 2025: 73 candidates, 66 diplomas, average 32, highest 40. In 2022 one graduate scored 45 points.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
✓Boarding
Campus: Since 1975 the school has occupied a building by the architects Friis and Moltke: a three-winged brick and concrete building around a large central courtyard with a spacious common hall. It has classrooms and subject rooms, project rooms, a study centre, a multi-purpose hall, a canteen, a sports hall, band rehearsal rooms, a climbing wall, a fitness room and cross-training facilities; PE uses the nearby Ikast Svømmehal public pool. The building is wheelchair accessible with step-free access inside. For IB students the school rents rooms in its own IBG Dorm, five minutes away by bike (the Frisenborg complex next to the public pool), and in the Green Student Apartments near the station, with adult supervision; athletes live at the partner Sportstar College with full board.
Clubs and activities: Drama Club · Volleyball Club · Basketball Club · Futsal Club · Dance Club · Zumba · Chess Club · Debate Club · Model United Nations, MUN · Art Club · Film Club · Rewilding Club · School newspaper · Psychology Club · Spanish culture Club · Kor (choir) · Skolens bands (school bands) · Skolemusical (school musical)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers65
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school has 65 staff in teaching posts (59.6 full-time equivalents). A separate team of subject teachers works on the IB track, including the IB Coordinator, the CAS Coordinator and the IB student counsellor. After school, homework workshops are staffed by subject teachers.
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 study and conduct rules, IB policies, student counsellors including a dedicated IB counsellor, special educational support (SPS) advisers and a student chaplain available for confidential talks. The school residences have adult supervision, on-site staff and weekly residents' check-ins.
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