NTI Gymnasiet Skövde is a small independent upper secondary school (friskola) in central Skövde with about 160 students. It was founded in 2001 as Itgymnasiet i Skövde and has been authorised by the IB since 2004. It runs three Swedish technical programmes (Technology, Electricity and Energy, the fourth-year upper secondary engineer) in Swedish and the IB Diploma Programme, where all subjects are taught in English: a PreDP preparatory year following the Swedish curriculum in English, then two years of the DP. DP subjects include some rare in Sweden: Computer Science, Visual Arts, Mathematics at Higher Level and Japanese ab initio; students with another mother tongue can study it self-taught within the diploma. The school's students and teachers come from all over the world. It has modern premises on four floors, its own restaurant, gym and a Makerspace.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Swedish, English
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a Swedish independent upper secondary school (friskola), and students are admitted through the common Swedish upper secondary admissions system; the site does not mention any tuition fee. The school gives every student a laptop and a locker.
Admissions IB admission is national: students from all over Sweden and from abroad may apply, and Swedish is not a requirement for international students. Swedish year 9 students apply through the common upper secondary admissions system (Skaraborg admissions office), and in spring the school invites them to an admissions day: written tests in English and mathematics (mathematics in Swedish or English) and an interview about motivation and interests; the IB team and school leadership decide. Students outside the Swedish system contact the IB coordinator or deputy head. Entry directly to IB1 requires the same as for PreDP plus grades from grade 10 or equivalent; transfer to IB2 requires successful completion of IB1 and an agreed study plan. The school also welcomes transfers from other IB schools.
Stages and year groups Grades 10-12. Swedish national programmes in Swedish: Technology (Information and Media Technology, Design and Product Development), Electricity and Energy (Computer and Communication Technology), the fourth upper secondary engineer year (Software Design). IB Diploma Programme since 2004: a PreDP preparatory year (900 points of the Swedish curriculum taught in English: English, Swedish, mathematics, natural science, history, social studies, visual arts), then two DP years: TOK, Extended Essay, CAS; Swedish A, English A, self-taught Literature A; English B, Japanese ab initio; History, Business Management, Psychology, ITGS; Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science; Mathematics; Visual Arts or an extra subject from groups 1-4.
Address John G. Grönvalls Plats 2, 541 36 Skövde
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Diploma Programme. The IB track runs inside a Swedish upper-secondary school, alongside the Swedish national programmes.
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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
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Makerspace
Campus: The school is in central Skövde, a few minutes' walk from the travel centre: four floors, all newly built for a modern upper secondary school. Its own restaurant serves students and teachers every day, with a vegetarian option, special diets and a salad buffet. Its own sports hall and gym, a staffed library on the ground floor with books in several languages, a Makerspace with 3D printers, a laser cutter, robots and VR, and art workshops. Every student gets their own laptop and a personal locker. Weekly homework help in mathematics, Swedish and English. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Creative Workshop · School Halloween Event · IB CAS Hike · Ung Företagsamhet (student enterprises, game development)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The site publishes a list of teachers by name with subjects, including IB subject teachers (English, visual arts, mathematics and chemistry, Japanese, business management, psychology); the IB coordinator is an English teacher. New IB teachers are assigned a mentor from the IB team; teachers work in learning teams and study together regularly. The school says its teachers come from all over the world and have broad expertise in programming and design.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
Student health team: principal, special needs teacher, school nurse, counsellor and careers counsellor, with access to a school doctor and psychologist; the team meets every week. Weekly language support sessions of 1 hour and help in mathematics and English.
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data70 "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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Skovde, Sweden · est. 2001 · Private