The school mainly focuses on languages, offering German, English, Russian, Latin, French and Spanish.

The rest of the team is made up of language assistants, trainee teachers and other administrative staff.

The level of education is similar to the normal equivalent of the Austrian school system, but allows room for further study in the individual's field of interest through the upper school course system and the optional International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.

The main building to which the school relocated in 2010 was built in 1964 after the designs of Günther Domenig and Eilfried Huth.

Furthermore, the Northern Wing offers after-school facilities and the cafeteria for those participating in ACE, additionally to the main office and storage rooms.

The new wing, built in 2010, is home to the classrooms of the graduating class, the chemistry and physics labs and the visual arts room.

The school building houses a large in-door gym in which the students can partake in various forms of physical activity.

Once a year, the students may participate in the Antenne-Schulskitag, a skiing trip organized by the radio network Antenne Steiermark.

Apart from this, lower grades also go to a multiple day long ski-trip excursion in a nearby ski resort.

The students can choose courses from the following subject pools: In 2017, GIBS became an IB Diploma Program (IBDP) school.

The introduction of the IBDP at the school made it possible for students to attain two different certificates: the Austrian Matura (Standardisierte Reifeprüfung) and the IB diploma.

[4] To receive the diploma, a student needs to achieve a minimum of 24 points (45 are possible) and meet the core requirements outlined above.

DELE - Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera DELF - Diplôme d`études de langue français EBCL - European Business Competence Licence ECDL - European Computer Driving Licence IELTS – International English Language Testing System Pädagogischer Panther 2000 Europäisches Siegel für innovativen Sprachunterricht 2000 AK Schulpreis 2003/2004 für Kurssystem Euroscola Strasbourg 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2020 European Youth Parliament 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 School Award 2004 "Auf den Spuren des steirischen Panthers" von Roland Berger, 2009 Eurolingua, 3xGold, 3xSilber, 2xBronze, 2010 Eurolingua 2011 Schulhomepage Award 2007 UNESCO ASPnet School since 2007 SPIN Seal of Excellence 2006 Ranked best School in Austria in the Oesterreich Schulwahl 2006[5] ACE- After School Care & Education DaF/DaZ- German as a Foreign Language (Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced) Choir English Drama European Youth Parliament Prix des lycéens autrichiens Eurolingua German