Nyborg Gymnasium is a public upper secondary school in Nyborg on Funen that runs seven programmes under one roof: STX, HF, HHX, EUX, EUD, 10th grade and the IB Diploma Programme, plus its own boarding school. The town turned the local student course into a gymnasium in 1945-1946, HF was added in 1970, since 2007 it has been a self-governing public institution, and in 2016 the Nyborg branch of a business school merged into it. The international department consists of the one-year Pre-IB and the two-year IB Diploma Programme, both taught in English; the school states that apart from language classes all tuition in the IB department is in English, while Danish remains the host country language and is used at some school-wide events. The Danish programmes STX, HF and HHX follow the Danish national curriculum in Danish; their pages are in Danish only. The school says IB students come from more than 40 countries, and nearly half of the Pre-IB and IB students live at the boarding school. In 2025/2026 the school has about 1375 students, including about 280 IB and about 113 Pre-IB full-time equivalents. The Ministry has approved an IB department in Odense, which the school plans to open in August 2027.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · DP · National programme
Languages of instruction
Danish, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish
About the fees Tuition is free: the school states that as a public school in Denmark it has no tuition fee. The boarding fee for the school year is paid in ten instalments: students over 18 pay 50000 DKK (10 instalments of 5000 DKK); students under 18 pay 27000 DKK (10 instalments of 2700 DKK) plus 4.5% of the parents' pre-tax income above 100000 DKK, up to a maximum of 50000 DKK a year, reached at an income of about 610000 DKK. The boarding price list carries no year; the school says fees are adjusted every year from August. Boarders over 18 can apply for the Danish state education grant if they qualify.
Admissions The school states that it welcomes students from all over the world into its IB Diploma Programme and accepts both high-ability and average applicants with the right attitude. Pre-IB applicants come after Danish grade 9 or 10 with an average of at least 5 on the Danish scale and normally 7 in English and Mathematics; foreign applicants send grades, a motivational statement and a reference, and should be no more than one year short of IB Diploma eligibility in their home country. Direct entry to the IB Diploma follows Pre-IB, the first year of the Danish gymnasium or an equivalent year abroad. The IB Coordinator may hold a face-to-face or online interview or set a standardised entrance test in English and Mathematics. Direct entry requires English at Language B HL level, Pre-IB at least Language B SL. Non-Danish citizens are accepted if they can obtain an EU residence permit in Denmark. The deadline for Pre-IB, the IB Diploma and the boarding school is 1 February. Boarding admission is by application with a motivational letter, mainly based on commuting time; every boarder must have a contact person in Denmark.
Stages and year groups International department: the one-year Pre-IB (equivalent to the first year of the Danish gymnasium and year 11) and the two-year IB Diploma Programme (years 12 and 13). After Pre-IB students obtain Danish C-level certificates in chemistry, physics and visual arts and may transfer to the second year of Danish STX. In the IB Diploma students take 6 subjects (3 HL and 3 SL), with 4 HL or 7 subjects possible; at least 24 points are required for the diploma. The school's other programmes are Danish STX and HF leading to the studentereksamen, HHX, EUX and EUD, and 10th grade; these are described on the website in Danish only.
Address Skolebakken 13, 5800 Nyborg
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.
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
31.2 (world average 30.88)
Exam results According to the school's annual report the average IB Diploma score was 31.2 in 2025 and 32.2 in 2024, with the best of the decade 33.1 in 2021. The STX average in 2025 was 7.1 on the Danish scale. In June 2025 the school graduated 389 students, including 116 with the IB Diploma, 151 STX, 53 HF, 56 HHX and 13 EUX.
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 and the boarding school share one site on Skolebakken in Nyborg; the boarding house is at Skolebakken 19. More than 190 students live there, each in an individual room, with a bath and toilet shared by three or four rooms, corridor kitchenettes for snacks and main meals in the dining hall, with a focus on organic food. Boarders have a study room, TV room, sports hall, fitness room, activity room, piano room and a music room with instruments. The school has a library and a study centre for independent work.
Clubs and activities: Astronomy/Physics Club · Basketball · Climbing Club · Dance Club · D&D Club · Film Club · Friluftsliv (outdoor hiking) · Frivillig billedkunst (visual arts elective) · Grønne Bønner/Green Beans · Gymnasiefodbold (football) · Gymnasiehåndbold (handball) · Keramik (ceramics) · Luciakor/Lucia Choir · MakerSpace · Math Competition Club · MUN and Debate Club · Rytmisk kor/Rhythmic Choir · Røde Kors/Red Cross · Skat Mat/Chess Math · Styrketræning (strength training) · Svømning (swimming) · Teaterkoncert/Theater Concert · Volleyball
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 school states that all IB teachers are competent English users and develops them through training, peer supervision and mentoring. According to the 2025 annual report there are 9.1 teaching full-time equivalents per 100 students. The IB page names the coordinator, deputy, secretary and a number of teachers; the website gives no full list of teacher qualifications.
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 policy
The study and order rules contain a section on preventing offensive behaviour, including bullying and sexual harassment; the school says it does not accept behaviour that violates others. Every four weeks the deputy IB coordinators, IB study counsellors and IB secretary review the academic standing and well-being of each Pre-IB and IB student together with the Head of Boarding School. The school runs a mentor scheme. At the boarding school adult staff are present around the clock, seven days a week; bullying, violence and threats, including online, can lead to expulsion from the boarding school, and smoking is banned on the whole site.
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 data65 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.
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Nyborg, Denmark · est. 1946 · State