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An international education for academic students looking for a challenge. All our programmes are taught in English to prepare our students for university, in Sweden and abroad.

International Baccalaureate IB

International Baccalaureate IB

The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond. It has been designed to address the intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being of students. The programme has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.

After grade 9 students apply into the PreIB, which is a year of courses which prepares all students in the best possible way for the two-year Diploma Programme.

Entrance to the PreIB is based upon student grades and the result of the entrance exam.

The final date for the entrance exam for school start in August 2019 is May 15th, starting at 13:00.

Please bring a pen and a calculator with you to the exam

Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet SA - Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet, Särskild variant, språk (spetsutbildning)

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Social Science Programme with Advanced Courses in English

Samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet inriktning samhällsvetenskap med engelsk spets

This Spetsprogram will offer an accelerated pace of learning during the courses of English 5 and 6 along with an array of extra classes in rhetorical skills, academic writing, literature and linguistics. In addition, in collaboration with The University of Gothenburg, two 7.5 point courses will be offered during year 2 and 3 of the programme.

Students who want to study the Social Science Programme with Advanced Courses in English (PACE) will be asked to take an entrance exam during the spring which tests your level of English vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing skills. Your exam result will then be combined with your previous grades and evaluated. Please note that applicants must meet the general requirements for entry into the Swedish Gymnasieskolan in order to be accepted into the programme. This course of studies will focus heavily on language and Social Science subjects in an integrated way and build on IHGR’s tradition of offering high quality educational opportunities in English in the Gothenburg Region.

An example of courses which will be on offer[i] in English is as follows:

• SPAXXX01a Speech

• SPAXXX0 Writing

• SVELIT0 Literature

• MÄKMÄK01 Human Language

• EN1113 English Linguistics, 7.5 university points

• EN1114 Academic Written and Spoken English, 7.5 university points

• EN1115 English Literary Studies, 7.5 university points

• EN1116 Cultural Studies in English, 7.5 university points

For more information about the programme please contact Principal Maria Laasonen at maria.laasonen@educ.goteborg.se.

[i] Choice of courses will depend on the term in question