Registration
Registration for the IBC stream takes place annually with the semester notification. The registration deadline is three weeks after receipt of the semester notification.
Requirements for prospective applicants
Austrian national prospective applicants
The programme requires the usual accreditation to attend an Austrian academic secondary school. No special language skills in English are necessary when applying to the programme in the first year of secondary school; however, a keen interest and motivation to learn English is an important asset. Our teaching incorporates international perspectives, so a curiosity about the traditions and lifestyles of the English-speaking world are beneficial. Newcomers are welcome to join the bilingual stream in all years of secondary education, providing there are places available, and the required scholastic standards are met. If you wish to enrol your child in the programme in subsequent years please contact us to inquire about English language competency requirements to ensure that your child can fully engage in, and benefit from, the programme.
All prospective applicants must register and take part in an application process. Further information is available here.
International prospective applicants
Our classes are taught bilingually, so if your child cannot speak German, or only has a basic grasp of the language, please be aware that there is a requirement for your child to learn German. Our school offers supplementary German teaching for international students, please contact us for further information. It is important to emphasise that we deliver the Austrian national curriculum; this means that in the final year every student (irrespective of nationality) will be required to pass the written German language component of the Austrian Matura examinations. Many international students who join us in the first year(s) of the programme and who are novices in German are able to achieve success in this examination; however, if your child is in a later stage of secondary education and is wishing to join the programme as an English native speaker, additional resources and a willingness to learn German to a high standard will be necessary. Newcomers are welcome to join the bilingual stream in all years of secondary education, providing there are places available, please contact us to discuss this matter further.
Prospective international applicants must register and those wishing to join us in the first year take part in an informal interview in March.
Admission procedure
The admission procedure comprises a German task, a mathematics test and an interview.
For the German part, spelling and grammar skills at the level of third form primary school are required. In addition, a short text on an impulse has to be written. This impulse can be a picture story, a text or the beginning of a narration.
The tasks for mathematics consist of basic calculations based on the third form primary school curriculum and the second form “Känguru der Mathematik”.
As for the interview, pupils receive two impulse pictures containing suitable topics. They choose one picture and talk about it for three to four minutes.
Please note that the marks of the semester notification will not be used for the ranking of the candidates.
For candidates coming directly from an English speaking country, tasks are available in English.
