An outstanding education geared towards the world of tomorrow is the basis for a successful and happy future for young people. With elementary school, boarding school and IB World School, Louisenlund covers the entire school career and offers every opportunity to lay this foundation with personalized education, individual growth and the chance of lifelong friendships. The exceptional educational campus in Louisenlund picturesquely situated on the banks of the Schlei, a fjord of the Baltic Sea, is the basis for an international community of young people. It is 600 acres in size and comprises more than 35 buildings. Around 300 boarding school students and 100 day students attend school in Louisenlund, and over 200 employees ensure that the school runs smoothly and that the conditions on campus are ideal every day.

Innovative education for more than 75 years

After the Second World War, Friedrich Herzog zu Schleswig-Holstein took heart in 1949 and founded the Louisenlund Foundation, a state-recognized, independent grammar school with a boarding school, based on the reformist educational principles of his friend and co-founder Kurt Hahn. His vision of a holistic educational institution was forward-looking from the outset and is now regarded as a beacon of education beyond Germany's borders.At Louisenlund, the international oriented IB program begins with MYP4 and continues through MYP5, DP1, and DP2, culminating in the International Baccalaureate diploma. In the form offered at Louisenlund, this diploma grants access to all universities in Germany and most other European countries. The school language is English.

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Individual, personalized and collaborative - pedagogy at Louisenlund

The Louisenlund pedagogy is an innovative and successful lighthouse project in the German educational landscape. It is based on three pillars: academic education, personal development and community.Experiential education emphasizes direct experience and hands-on learning. It emphasizes first-hand learning and personal discovery rather than focusing solely on theoretical knowledge. Important social and personal skills such as teamwork, self-confidence, initiative and problem-solving skills are encouraged.Louisenlund has abolished school classes and replaced them with personalized education. With the help of carefully curated digitalized learning modules, young people work through their learning material independently and the role of the teacher changes from knowledge mediator to coach. At Louisenlund, we do not think of school in terms of teaching, but consistently in terms of learning. This turns many processes and habits upside down because the focus is on the topics of “diversity” and “people”. Every student is unique and learns in their own individual way. That is why we tailor the learning content to the personal needs, experiences and interests of each student. Architecture plays an important role in this concept at Louisenlund. With the new Learning and Research Center and the Acacia Ring, our pupils experience modern learning and living environments. The bright rooms are tailor-made for the new Louisenlund pedagogy. Open learning spaces, flexible seminar rooms and modern laboratories characterize the learning and research center. With a biotechnological S1 laboratory, an observatory and a research ship, we make theoretical learning content tangible in reality. These different learning spaces are the interior design counterparts for the elements of the new Louisenlund pedagogy. With this new form of learning at Louisenlund, the traditional classroom and conventional school lessons have given way to learning in modules, studio times, seminars and laboratory times.In addition to subject teaching, there is a strong focus on developing 21st century skills such as creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. “Learning by doing” characterizes the way we work in seminars, in Studio Times, in the guilds and in the residential areas of the boarding school. Strengthening the co-construction of knowledge and the students' ability to work in a team is the central aim of our learning opportunities. Cooperative learning takes place in seminars. During the Studio Times in the open learning areas, in the specialist areas and in the guilds, students work on problem-based tasks and joint projects. In the living areas, we develop common foundations for living together. In this way, we make learning visible in all dimensions. Students are accompanied on this individual learning path by mentors, house parents and level leaders.

International educational campus with many opportunities

In an interconnected world, cosmopolitanism and intercultural competence are important factors for personal progress and social success. We value the diversity on our boarding school campus. With students and teachers from over 20 nations, we give everyone at Louisenlund the opportunity for international exchange and consciously promote intercultural understanding.As members of various international associations such as Round Square, the young people have regular contact with other cultures. We also convey an understanding of other cultures and their languages through our Rwanda Coffee Guild, other social projects and the newly founded sister school Ntare Louisenlund School in Rwanda.Since its foundation, Louisenlund has been a place where personalities can develop who have the courage to take on responsibility and volunteer to serve the community and act as shapers of the future.

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