Application forms

New IB DP students are only accepted in June each year (for the autumn term), the deadline is in May/June. New Pre-IB students are accepted in June and if places are available, applicants could be accepted into the  Pre-IB for the spring term.

Please read the admission policy and the language policy before applying.

The IBDP/Pre-IB deadline for the autumn term 2026 is June 10th for students born in 2010 (both for IB application forms and application on the education portal ). Students born in 2009 or earlier: The deadline is May 26th. The deadline for applications for pre-IB study in the spring term 2027 is November 20th. 

The general rule is that students who are completing 10th grade (or equivalent) in the spring 2026 (born 2010) apply for the preparation year and older students (17-18 years old) apply for the IB DP if they have completed one year in an upper secondary school and fulfill the acceptance requirements (see below).

It is recommended that applicants meet the IB DP coordinator before they apply.

In some cases, placement tests are required or recommended. Placement tests are available in English, various languages ​​​​(eg French, Spanish, German, Danish) and Math (applicants graduating from 10th grade in Iceland do not take any placement tests).

Information regarding the Pre-IB.

Further questions? Contact Alda, the IB DP Coordinator: ibstallari(at)mh.is.

To apply for the Pre-IB or the IB Diploma Programme:

1) Apply on island.is (secondary school application). Only for students with Icelandic ID numbers. 

2) Complete Pre-IB/IB DP application forms online and upload attachments/send by post. Applicants without an Icelandic ID number: Please enter date of birth instead.

• IB DP Application form
• Pre-IB Application form

Applications are not valid without transcript(s)/school reports. Transcript/school report from previous school year is required but transcripts/school reports from two previous school years are highly desirable. Comments/references from teachers are much appreciated. Information regarding the grading scale in previous schools is necessary and ranking is appreciated, if published by the school. All documents should be legally translated to English. The Diploma programme is very demanding and suits mostly hard-working and highly motivated students with good academical skills and excellent English skills. To apply for the IB study, students should preferably have minimum B+ in English and B in Math, History and Natural sciences or equivalent from schools in other countries. See further details in the links below. 

For older applicants (student that have already completed some credits in an upper secondary school/high school), they must fulfill our progress rules and have the minimum grade of 5 (of 10) in all subjects and the average grade 6 or higher. Preferably, students should have at least the grade 7 in English, Math, History and Natural Sciences.

Admission policy

Íslenska 

Einungis er tekið inn á IB-brautina að hausti. Ekki er hægt að hefja nám á IB-braut í janúar. Tekið er inn á Pre-IB að hausti en í einstaka tilvikum er hægt að taka við Pre-IB nemum í byrjun janúar. Sjá umsóknarfrest á Menntagátt.

Umsóknarfrestur fyrir haustönn 2026 er til 10. júní fyrir umsækjendur fædda 2010 og 26. maí fyrir umsækjendur sem fæddir eru 2009 eða fyrr. Athugið að umsókn telst ekki gild nema einnig sé sótt um á Menntagátt.

Umsóknarfrestur fyrir vorönn 2027 er til 20. nóvember. Eingöngu er hægt að sækja um undirbúningsárið og er það háð því að laus pláss séu á vorönn.

Almenna reglan er að nemendur sem eru að ljúka 10. bekk að vori sækja um á undirbúningsárinu en eldri nemendur sækja um IB-brautina (en þurfa að hafa lokið einu ári í framhaldsskóla og uppfylla einkunnaskilyrði til að komast beint inn á IB DP).

Innritunargjöld í MH eru 11000 kr. fyrir hverja önn. Að auki borga IB-nemendur IB-skólagjöld, 100.000 kr. Greiðslu er dreift á þrjár til fimm annir, sjá hér. Nánari upplýsingar veitir Alda IB-stallari í síma 595-5233 eða með tölvupósti, ibstallari(at)mh.is.

Mælt er með að umsækjendur með bakgrunn í ensku og öðrum tungumálum (og jafnvel stærðfræði) athugi með stöðumat í viðkomandi fögum. Það er gert hjá námstjóra í viðkomandi fögum. Þetta á við um umsækjendur sem hafa verið við nám erlendis og sækja um að komast beint á IB-brautina. Grunnskólanemendur fara ekki í stöðumat.

To apply for Pre-IB/IB, students must both submit an electronic application on  the Education Portal  and fill out an application form ( preparatory year  or IB course ) online. Supporting documents can be uploaded with IB/Pre-IB applications or sent by post (do not upload to the Education Portal). It is important to prepare applications carefully. Teacher references are not mandatory but are preferred. It is desirable to include academic records for at least the last two school years and grades from standardized exams in grade 9. If applicants come from abroad, all documents must be in English and the school's grading scale must be included. It is also good to get information about how applicants perform in comparison with other students (ranking). Remember that the IB program is a very demanding and academic program. It is best suited to ambitious, disciplined and hardworking students and is an excellent preparation for university studies.  The same admission requirements apply to applicants for the Pre-IB program as apply to other applicants to the school. However, it is desirable that Pre-IB students have a minimum of B+ in English and B in history and science (and Icelandic if applicable). Students applying for direct entry to the IB program must have completed one year of upper secondary school (approximately 60 credits) and must meet the IB program progression requirements (have achieved a minimum grade of 5 in all courses and an average grade of 6 or higher). 

Note: Icelandic A is a compulsory subject for Icelandic students. MH strongly emphasizes that all Icelanders who are able to do so should take Icelandic as a mother tongue at MH, even if they have lived abroad for a short or long time. Icelanders take ÍSLE2AA05 and ÍSLE2BB05 during the preparatory year. Exceptions are only granted on academic grounds and each case is assessed by MH's Icelandic teachers.

Applications for school placement in MH - general (in Icelandic) .

Admission requirements in Icelandic and English, generally for MH (also applies to the IB program).