The International - Academy and Boarding School

The International Academy and Boarding School of Denmark is the international department of Vedersø Idrætsefterskole and is the only 100% English-speaking efterskole in Denmark. Here students aged 14-17 can combine the unique experience of attending a Danish efterskole, with its proven educational and personal development qualities, with an international Cambridge IGCSE education.

At The International - Academy and Boarding School of Denmark, both Danish and international students work towards understanding life in a global context.

The International provides an excellent academic English-speaking learning environment focusing on intercultural competence and awareness, international relations and personal development.

With internationally recognised qualifications through the Cambridge IGCSE system and a choice of Modern Foreign Languages, you can prepare for your future whilst improving your language skills and establishing an international network and friends for life.

The International works closely with its mother school Vedersø Idrætsefterskole to offer students an unrivalled efterskole experience where academic and personal development go hand in hand. We welcome all nationalities and our caring teaching and counselling staff prioritise individual student success and well-being throughout the year.

The International is an international English speaking department of Vedersø Idrætsefterskole which has its own teaching and academic environment with independent student accommodation and central building. The school offers teaching at a high academic level in preparing students for gymnasium/sixth-form college.

An international efterskole with high academic standards
At The International, through our forward thinking and innovative approach, we are setting the bar within the international efterskole domain, as Denmark's first 100% English speaking efterskole.

Our goal is to educate young people to prepare them for their future in the global workplace, where a high level of technical and linguistic skills will be paramount, by developing their intercultural and international competences.

A Danish efterskole with an international outlook
As an efterskole, we will remain true to the values and principles of this Danish educational institution, which many Danish generations have invested in. We will not compromise on the values and knowhow, which have proven results in preparing young people for life’s many challenges.

Our aim is to take the best from both worlds and build upon the Danish efterskole tradition and bring that solid foundation with us into an international learning environment where both academic and personal development are in focus.

• The International is an English-speaking international department at Vedersø Idrætsefterskole which delivers quality international academic education at a high level.
• The International has its own international learning and living environment encompassing student accommodation and a central building.
• The International's values are based on Grundtvig’s thoughts and views on human nature that a person and society have the need for education and understanding.

The school is built upon four core values

• Intercultural competence - Promoting knowledge, awareness and understanding of other cultures and international affairs.
• Excellence in learning - Cambridge IGCSE based teaching in the academic subjects as well as a range of extra-curricular activities.
• Personal development - Philosophy and general education through storytelling and dialogue as well as students’ personal development through coaching and daily tasks with responsibility and duties.
• Friends for life - Meeting new friends from all over the world and build life-long friendships.