The PRIGO IB World School is part of PRIGO Language and Humanities Grammar School and it is member of PRIGO Global School. We offer day study and boarding school in Ostrava for students from all over the world. It is a beautiful city surrounded by mountains in the heart of Europe. It is located in the Czech Republic, near the borders with Poland and Slovakia. All these countries are members of the European Union and the Schengen Area. The capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, is within 3 hours by train. There is an international airport in Ostrava with regular connections to, for example, London.
PRIGO IB World School is in the TOP 10 IB schools in the European Union and its average result for 2024 is 35.3 points and thirty percent of students have more than 41 points out of 45 possible points. The average result of students in the world is around 30 points. The breakthrough result is 38 points, which is enough for admission to the world’s best universities.
The PRIGO IB World School has acquired the status of an IB World School. Thereby, we have joined the ranks of more than 5,000 World Schools, which have been providing an internationally recognized secondary education with an international school leaving exam since 1968. The IB is recognized and, more importantly, needed at most foreign universities. The IB World Schools share a common philosophy: a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education with a powerful vision to all students irrespective of their backgrounds.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year secondary school study programme taught in the English language upon the successful completion of which the candidates receive the prestigious school leaving certificate, the International Baccalaureate (IB). This internationally accepted qualification is a prerequisite for studying at high-ranking foreign universities. If the appropriate structure for the International Baccalaureate is chosen and a corresponding score is achieved, the result will likely lead to admission to the best universities in the world, including the TOP 10. Information regarding the specific mean of acceptance of the IB International Baccalaureate by individual universities can be found here. You can read more about the IB mission here.
This study programme has been validated by the internationally operating institution International Baccalaureate Organization, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland. All evaluation processes connected to it are then carried out in the United Kingdom.
The minimum condition for passing the International Baccalaureate is the achievement of 24 points out of a total of 45.
The IBDP study and the International Baccalaureate comprises of 6 subjects, an Extended Essay, and a Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course. It is also necessary to meet the criteria in the field of Creativity, Activity, Service. i.e. CAS.
Regarding the study subjects, it is necessary to choose these so that the student completes 3 subjects at a higher level (High Level – HL) and 3 subjects at a lower level (Standard Level – SL). The student also chooses the level according to his / her focus, interests and with regard to the field of study which he / she intends to study at the university level. The HL subjects include 320 teaching hours for the entire study, i.e. an average of 4 teaching hours per week, while the SL subjects include 200 teaching hours for the entire study. The accumulated hourly intensity of IB the study (including TOK, CAS and Extended Essay) is approximately 1700 hours in two years, which translates into an average of approximately 20 hours per week.
The individual subjects are classified in 6 subject groups out of each the student must choose one subject offered by our school. An exception is subject group number 6, in which the given subject can be replaced by a subject from the subject group number 3-5.
The list of subjects can be found here.
The deadline for applications for the 1st round is set for May 25, 2025.
Online application form can be filled out here.
An obligatory part of the application is an essay reflecting the motivation for studying the IBDP and the professional focus of the applicant. The recommended extent is 10 standard pages. The structure of the essay is not prescribed and its content is subject to the candidate’s free creation. The essay must be submitted no later than May 25, 2025 via the online application attachment.
The application further includes a letter of recommendation. The letter is not mandatory, but only a recommended annex to the application. It could be a statement of a teacher from the current secondary school, preferably of a subject related to the applicant’s preferred field of interest. The date and method of delivery remain the same as for the essay.
The date of the entrance examination for the 1st round of the admission procedure is set for May 30, 2025.
The entrance examination is conducted in English in front of a board of commissioners and includes only a motivation interview which concerns the applicant’s motivation for the IB DP and a discussion on the topic of the submitted essay (it does not include an entrance test nor a professional subject exam).
On the day of the entrance examination, it is necessary to provide a certified copy of the last three secondary school certificates (or the last three certificates from the period before the end of compulsory schooling if the student is no longer studying secondary school) and language certificates (if any), in person.
The usual age of a student admitted to study is 17-19 years. The condition for admission is the completion of compulsory schooling. The condition for admission is not the current study at a secondary school.
The tuition fee represents the amount that is paid for the study of IBDP. In addition, fees are paid for some administrative procedures, such as processing an application or enrolling in a study.
Other fees represent the amount paid directly to the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) that provides the certification. These are fees for passing basic exams, specialized textbooks or passing the international baccalaureate. These fees are determined according to the number of subjects and the rate of use of technical textbooks according to the valid NOZ price list and should not exceed EUR 1,000. More information about tuition and other fees can be found here.
More information about tuition and other fees can be found here.
PRIGO IB World School OSTRAVA
Mojmírovců 1002/42
709 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic
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