THE INTERNATONAL BACCALAUREATE - a pre-university course with world-wide recognition

The International Baccalaureate (IB) course is a stimulating two-year course of studies for students between the ages 16-19, which is recognised as a university entrance qualification throughout the world. The IB is currently taught in over 90 countries.

Intellectually rigorous, it stimulates independent thought and academic initiative while retaining a prescribed breadth of study. All IB Diploma students must select one subject from each of the six subject groups, three at Higher Level and three at Standard Level.

It also requires each student to produce a 4000 word Extended Essay based on original research, which acts as a preparation for the kind of personal investigative skills required at university.

In England the IB is strongly favoured by Oxford and Cambridge and all the older as well as the newer universities. In the USA it finds favour with the Ivy League Universities and colleges.