International Baccalaureate
A global feeling in a Danish environment
Are you an international student looking to study in Denmark? Or are you a Danish student looking to study in an international environment? Then the IB Diploma Programme may be just right for you.
Birkerød Gymnasium (BG) offers the IB programme as an upper-secondary education for students aged 15 to 20 years. The programme has an academic nature and is designed to prepare you for university, just like the Danish equivalent of the STX programme.
The IB programme is offered at more than 3,500 schools in about 150 countries and is recognized and appreciated by universities all over the world. It is very common for Danish students to choose the IB programme to prepare themselves for studying abroad. If you are a Danish student, The IB programme is a great opportunity to meet international friends, gain excellent language skills and broaden your horizons.
If you are an international student, the IB programme at BG offers you a great environment for your international experience. As a Danish state school, we also offer the Danish upper-secondary programmes STX and HF. That means the school is a wonderful mix of national and international students, and you will meet friends from the neighbourhood as well as from abroad.
We have offered the IB Diploma Programme and pre-IB since 1991 and therefore have a great experience with running the programmes. The school has a strong profile in Science, Arts, and sports, and we are known for delivering high results as well as a welcoming community where students from all over the world feel at home.
IB
IB Diploma Programme
For students who have attended 10-11 years of school - see application information
Our aim is to develop the student's academic and social skills, preparing them for university and life by focusing on responsibility, community, and commitment.
When attending BG, we expect you to take your studies seriously, but BG is not just a place where you come and receive teaching and then go home again. There are plenty of extracurricular activities, both academic, creative, sports and service activities, which we hope that you cannot help but engage in.
Our dedicated teachers all have a Master’s degree from university and teacher training, and several are IB examiners.
Our experienced IB student counselors help the students apply for further studies. After the IB, the vast majority of our students apply to universities abroad, and the IB Diploma program is recognized and appreciated by universities all over the world.
You are always welcome to visit if you consider applying for our school!
The school is situated in beautiful nature surroundings only 30 minutes train ride from Copenhagen.
Meet students from Denmark and all over the world
1100+ students in total
We have more than 1100 students across our Danish and international programmes.
300+ IB students
More than 300+ students attend the Pre-IB and IB Diploma Programme
50+ nationalities
The students in the IB programme represent 50-60 nationalities in different ways.
70+ students at the Boarding School
Around 70 of the pre-IB and IB students reside at the Boarding School and live together in a community where they share their international experiences.
What is special about BG?
Benjamin, IB
I’m Danish, but I chose the IB program because I liked the idea of being in an international environment and still be part of a Danish school. You have Danish traditions and Danish youth culture side by side with the international - that is very unique.
The IB Programmes
The Pre-IB programme is equivalent to the Danish 1.g while the IB Diploma Programme is equivalent to the Danish 2.g and 3.g.
Pre-IB
You must have turned 15 when you start in August, and you must have completed 9-10 years of school, depending on your school background.
The IB Diploma Programme
You must have turned 16 years old when starting in August and have finished 10-11 years of school, depending on your school background.
BG Cookbook 2025
What is an international school without its very own cookbook? As international students at an international school, we have had the opportunity to experience new cultures through our fellow students. From the global culture fair to going to a friend's house, eating food is a cultural experience in itself that we have had the privilege of. Food is at every social gathering and tells stories as each family in each culture has their own variation of a certain dish.
We therefore got the idea to create a cookbook that could incorporate all of these different cultures, stories and recipes into one. We managed to get 18 recipes from 16 different countries ranging from Hungary to South Africa to Thailand. We've tried our best to find the most authentic recipes while also providing some background to each dish.
This book is supposed to let students have the opportunity to share their culture with others as well as educate others about other cultures around the world through food. After almost a year of hard work, we, Oliver Hallin, Birk Foss and Sienna Noon, collected recipes, formatted them and compiled them into our now, very own BG international cookbook 2025.
We hope that people will use this as an opportunity to create authentic recipes that have been chosen and compiled by students from all over the world. Make the food, eat the food, enjoy the food, and most importantly, appreciate the culture that created the food.
Thank you so much for supporting our project,
Oliver, Birk and Sienna.
BG International Cookbook 2025
Looking for a place to live?
You can reside at our Boarding School while you study at BG. At the boarding school, you will live together with 70 other students in a strong community. We live, eat, laugh, cry, celebrate and socialize together, and you will get a shared international experience for life. You willl have a private room and access to several modern facilities.
Questions?
Feel free to contact our IB Office Administrator, Stephanie Lund.
IB Office Administrator