Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School School Profile 2020-2021

General School description: Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High Head of School: Tamako Yonemura School is a co-educational public high school established in 1989 and College Counselors: was the first high school in Tokyo in which the whole curriculum was dedicated to international understanding. Head of College Counseling In May 2015, Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School was authorized Yumiko Murakami (IS Course) as an International Baccalaureate World School. The school is the first [email protected] public high school in Japan offering the Diploma Programme. The school currently offers two courses: International Studies (IS) Raita Furukawa (IB Course) Course and International Baccalaureate (IB) Course. [email protected] The IS and IB Courses satisfy the Japanese National Curriculum (JNC). Address: 2-19-59 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Aside from the JNC, the IB Course follows the Diploma Programme. 153-0041, Japan

Phone: + 81 3 3468 6811 Admissions: The admissions into both IS and IB courses are highly selective. The school offers entrance exams twice per year; April Fax: + 81 3 3466 0080 enrollment session (held in January) and September enrollment Web: http://www.kokusai-h.metro.tokyo.jp/ session (held in July). CEEB Code: 680783

IB School Code: 050669 Grading systems & Ranking : Kokusai High School uses a grading scale of 1-5 scale (with 5 being the highest) for 1st ‒3rd year School Membership: International Association for College students. The school does not calculate a cumulative GPA. Grades are Admission Counseling (IACAC) not weighted. In addition to the Kokusai 1-5 scale grades, IB predicted grades (1-7 grades, with 7 being the highest) will be given to the IB students in INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) Course August during the DP 2nd Year. The final IB results will be issued from Subject Offerings and Graduation Requirements : the International Baccalaureate Organization in December 2020. 1st Year Credits 2nd and 3rd year Credits (Foundation Year) (Diploma Programme) *Comprehensive Group 1 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IS) Course English Japanese A: Literature SL: 7 7 *English for Academic *English A: Language and HL:12 Subject Offerings: The 1st year students study mostly compulsory Purposes Literature General Subject Areas, while in the 2nd and the 3rd year students have Group 2 Integrated Japanese SL: 7 a wider choice of elective subjects in Specialized as well as General 5 *English B, Japanese B Language HL:12 Subject Areas. Japanese ab initio (SL) Group 3 Japanese History B SL: 7 Foreign language courses such as (Chinese, French, German, Korean, *World History B 4 *History, *Economics and Spanish) are offered aside from English and Cross Cultural Un- *Geography HL:12 *Basic Biology Group 4 derstanding Courses that focus on international understanding. SL: 7 *Basic Chemistry *Biology, *Chemistry, Graduation Requirements for the IS Course: *Basic Physics 6 *Physics HL:12 Group 5 *Mathematics, (3rd year) SUBJECT AREAS CREDITS SL: 7 *Mathematics Ⅰ 3 *Analysis and Approaches nd HL:12 Critical Reading in Japanese Language 12 (2 year), *Application and nd Geography and History 4 Interpretation(2 year) Group 6 SL: 7 Mathematics 8 Fine Arts Ⅰ 2 *Elective HL:12 Sciences 6 Basic Home Economics 2 *TOK 4 Health and Physical Education 9 People and Society 1 *CAS 7 Art 2 Homeroom Activity 1 Homeroom Activity 2 Home Economics 3 PE and Health 3 PE and Health 6 Foreign Languages 21 *Inquiry-Based Learn- nd 2 *Academic Skills (2 year) 1 Cross Cultural Understanding 4 ing *International Relations 1 2 Community Service (3rd year) Theme Study 2 Information Study by Scien- 2 Elective Courses 15 tific Approach (3rd Year) TOTAL Graduation Credits 87 TOTAL Graduation Credits 117 *subjects taught in English Students’ Country of Origin Japan 87% Student Body Korea 4% China 3% Entire School (Grades 10-12): US 1% Philippines 1% 708 students, 19 nationalities Taiwan 1%

Class of 2021: 239 students Others: Class of 2021 for the IB course: Bangladesh Nepal Brazil North Korea 22 students Australia Egypt Indonesia Vietnam Canada Italy Peru New Zealand Czech Republic

University Acceptance List (Class of 2019 and 2020) International Christian University University of Essex The Australian National University Juntendo University University of Kent The University of Melbourne Keio University University of Leeds The University of Queensland Meiji University University of Leicester The University of Sydney Rikkyo University University of Sheffield University of New South Wales Sophia University University of Sussex University of Technology Sydney Temple University, Japan University of Warrick Victoria University Tokyo Gakugei University Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Medical University Bard College Dalhousie University Tokyo Metropolitan University Danison University McGill University Tokyo University of Agriculture and Depaul University The University of British Columbia Technology DePauw University University of Calgary Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Earlham College University of Toronto Tokyo University of Science Eckerd College University of Victoria Tokyo University of the Arts Fordham University Queen’s University University of Tsukuba Green River College Simon Fraser University Yokohama City University Hawaii Community College Wilfrid Laurier University Waseda University and others Hawaii Pacific University York University Hofstra University Kalamazoo College Ewha Womans University Lake Forest College Masaryk University Hanyang University Lawrence University Sungyunwan University Manhattan College Yonsei University New York University ESSEC Business School Occidental College Orange Coast College Auckland University of Technology Pomona College Jacobs University Princeton University Technical University of Munich Purdue University Ateneo de Manila University Ramapo College Far Eastern University San Diego State University McDaniti College Budapest Mapua University Simmons University Semmelweis University University of the East State University of NY-Geneseo University of Debrecen State University of NY-Plattsburgh University of Pecs State University of NY-Stony Brook University of Szeged National Chengchi University University of California-San Diego National Cheng Kung University University of Colorado - Boulder National Taiwan University University of Delaware Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Illinois at Chicago City University of Hong Kong University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Durham University University of Kentucky University of Hong Kong Goldsmiths, University of London University of Washington Imperial College London Wabash College King's College London Wesleyan University Akita International University Queen’s Mary University of London Aoyama Gakuin University SOAS University of London Chuo University University College London Chiba University University of Bath Doshisha University University of Birmingham Gakushuin University University of Bournemouth Hitotsubashi University University of Brighton Hokkaido University University of Bristol Hosei University University of Edinburgh