[SCHOOL PROFILE] 2020 - 2021
IGBIS VISION To provide an innovative international education that inspires learners to make a positive impact on the world.
SCHOOL MISSION To provide an inclusive learning community, embracing diversity by offering a challenging IB education which empowers its members to be caring, global citizens.
IGBIS AT A GLANCE STUDENT ACTIVITIES FACULTY • Founded in 2014 • 60 extracurricular activities • 63 full time faculty • Students from Early Years to offered throughout the • 19 nationalities Grade 12, ages 2 to 18 school year • 56% of secondary faculty have • Independent, private, • 35 sporting teams competing Masters degrees day school throughout Malaysia • 90% of secondary faculty have • Established digital platform • Instrumental Music Academy multiple qualifications • State-of-the-art facilities on • Visual and performing 10-acre campus arts programme STUDENT POPULATION • 205 secondary students ACADEMICS COLLEGE ADMISSIONS • Inclusive school community • 42 DP subjects, including • Limit of 10 applications with secondary students higher and standard worldwide regularly collaborating with level subjects • Schools who receive applications elementary students • One-to-one laptop programme from IGBIS can be assured • 41 nationalities • 180 teacher-student contact student is a serious applicant days within two semesters • Confidential recommendations • 63% of students entered college NATIONALITIES OF STUDENTS AT IGBIS ACCREDITATION directly after graduation UK Other 3.17% 34.6% • IB World School authorised • 4% of students taking a gap year USA 4.30% for IB PYP, MYP, DP and CP, • 33% awaiting admissions India 4.52% making it the first and only decisions worldwide Malaysia Japan 34.39% school in Malaysia to offer the 8.82% full IB Continuum China • CIS and NEASC accredited 8.82%
Korea 15.61%
COVID-19 Campus Closure March 18-June 9, 2020 Online learning program was implemented to meet the needs of student learning and well-being. Classes were conducted synchronously and academic reporting remained unchanged. The IGBIS Counselling team conducted regular wellness and academic check-ins to support student learning.
HEAD OF SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL IB DP AND CP COORDINATOR SCHOOL COUNSELLOR Anne Fowles PRINCIPAL Magnus Drechsler Timothy Howe [email protected] Sandy van Nooten [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CEEB CODE: 686471 . UCAS # 46901 ACADEMIC PATHWAYS AT IGBIS IGBIS AND WORLD IBDP EXAM SCORES (Averaged)
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• 6 subject groups • At least 2-4 DP courses 25 29.87 29.78 30 29.92 • External assessment (examinations) • CP Core that includes Service Learning, 20 • Teacher assessment externally monitored Personal and Professional Skills, Language 15 • International mindedness Development, and a Reflective Project
• Intercultural skills • Business from ICAEW (Accountancy score IBDP average 10 stream) 5 The IB Diploma Programme is the basis of • University level credits from Savannah study for the final two years at IGBIS. Students 0 College of Art and Design (Art and Design 2017 2018 2019 2020 must take 6 subjects. One subject must be stream) IGB International School World selected from each of the following groups: IB Career-related students undertaking the INTERPRETING IB GRADES AND • Group 1 Language A Accounting stream are expected to undertake TRANSCRIPTS • Group 2 Language B Business Management, Mathematics SL or A student’s examination performance in • Group 3 Individuals and Societies Mathematical Studies, English A or English individual subjects is scored on a scale • Group 4 Experimental Sciences B and may choose to do one other subject. of 1-7 points with 7 as the highest, and a • Group 5 Mathematics Students undertaking the Art and Design further 3 points available based on a matrix • Group 6 Electives + Arts stream are expected to do Mathematics SL or of performance in Theory of Knowledge Mathematical Studies, English A or English B (ToK) and the Extended Essay components. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS and may choose to do two other subjects. Students who meet all assesment • Successfully achieve 24 credits over 4 years requirements and achieve a minimum of 24 of study (1 subject = 1 credit per year) points (out of a possible 45) are awarded the • Complete all credit requirements To find out more about the IBDP and IB Diploma. IB grades and courses are not • Satisfy the school attendance policy IBCP, visit www.ibo.org/. weighted. IGBIS does not rank its students or • Satisfy the school HSD core requirements provide percentile or decile information. (CAS, Reflective Project & Extended Essay)
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES FOR IGBIS GRADUATES (Data applies to graduates up to 2020)
USA • University of North Carolina • University of Cambridge • International College of Music* • Arizona State University* at Chapel Hill (Magdalene College)* • Management and Science University • Boston University* • University of Oregon • Penang Medical College • California Institute of the Arts • University of Puget Sound • University of Cambridge • University of Malaya* • California State University, Long Beach • University of San Francisco (Newnham College) • Citrus College* • University of Washington* • University College Dublin AUSTRALIA • City College of San Francisco* • University of Wisconsin • University College London • JMC Academy Australia • Columbia College Chicago • Virginia Commonwealth University • University for the Creative Arts* • Monash University • Columbia College Hollywood • Washington and Jefferson College • University of Derby* • RMIT* • Cornell University* • Western Washington University* • University of Dundee • University of Adelaide • Davidson College • University of Edinburgh* • University of Newcastle • Emerson College* UNITED KINGDOM • University of Essex • University of New South Wales* • Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts • Aberystwyth University • University of Exeter* • Florida International University • Arts University Bournemouth • University of Leeds* NETHERLANDS • Fordham University* • Birmingham City University • University of Leicester • Erasmus University College* • Georgetown University • Bournemouth University • University of Liverpool • Maastricht University* School of Foreign Service* • BPP University • University of Manchester • University of Amsterdam* • Global College at Long Island University • Cardiff University • University of Nottingham • Universiteit Leiden* • Indiana University • City University of London* • University of Plymouth* • University College Utrecht • Loyola Marymount University • Durham University* • University of Reading • Utrecht University • Minerva Schools at KGI* • Goldsmiths, University of London* • University of Sheffield • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam • New York University • Hult International Business School • University of Surrey • Northeastern University* in San Francisco & London • University of Southampton JAPAN • Oklahoma State University • Imperial College London* • University of St Andrews* • Keio University Mita* • Pace University New York • Keele University • University of Surrey • Musashino University* • Parson’s School of Design • King’s College London* • University of Warwick* • Osaka University* • Pennsylvania State University • Kingston University • University of York • Waseda University* • Pratt Institute • Lancaster University • Purdue University • Leeds Arts University CANADA SINGAPORE • Savannah College of Art & Design • Liverpool John Moores University • Carleton University • Nanyang Technological University* • Temple University • London South Bank University • Concordia University • Yale-NUS College* • The New School Eugene • Loughborough University* • Dalhousie University* College of Liberal Arts • Manchester Metropolitan University • Langara College* HONG KONG • The New School Parsons • Newcastle University • McGill University* • Hong Kong University of Science & College of Art & Design • Northumbria University* • Quest University* Technology* • University of Arizona* • Nottingham Trent University • University of Alberta • University of California, Davis • Queen Mary University of London • University of Art & Design OTHER • University of California, Los Angeles • Queen’s University Belfast • University of British Columbia* • IE University, Spain* • University of California, San Diego • Royal Holloway, University of London* • University of British Columbia, • Jacobs University, Germany* • University of California, Santa Barbara • Suffolk University Kelowna* • Korea University • University of California, Santa Cruz • Swansea University • University of Calgary • New York University, Shanghai, China • University of Illinois at Chicago • Teesside University • University of Toronto* • Seoul National University, Korea* • University of Kansas • University College London* • University of Waterloo • Universite de Nantes, France • University of Massachusetts, Boston • University of Bath • University College Cork, Ireland • University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth • University of Birmingham MALAYSIA • Yonsei University • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities* • University of Brighton • Advance Tertiary College • • University of Bristol* • Brickfields Asia College *Denotes matriculation of IGBIS students.
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