Metropolitan Kokusai High School School Profile 2021-2022

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. Yumiko Murakami (IS Course) In May 2015, Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School was authorized [email protected] as an International Baccalaureate World School. The school is the first Yuko Kajihara (IS Course) public high school in Japan offering the Diploma Programme. [email protected] The school currently offers two courses: International Studies (IS) Jill Cohen (IB Course) Course and International Baccalaureate (IB) Course. [email protected] The IS and IB Courses satisfy the Japanese National Curriculum (JNC). Aside from the JNC, the IB Course follows the Diploma Programme. Yoshinao Okura (IB Course) [email protected] Admissions: The admissions into both IS and IB courses are highly Address: 2-19-59 Komaba, -ku, Tokyo, selective. The school offers entrance exams twice per year; April 153-0041, Japan enrollment session (held in January) and September enrollment Phone: + 81 3 3468 6811 session (held in July). Fax: + 81 3 3466 0080

Web: http://www.kokusai-h.metro.tokyo.jp/

Grading systems & Ranking : Kokusai High School uses a CEEB Code: 680783 grading scale of 1-5 scale (with 5 being the highest) for 1st ‒3rd year students. The school does not calculate a cumulative GPA. Grades are IB School Code: 050669 not weighted. School Membership: International Association for College

In addition to the Kokusai 1-5 scale grades, IB predicted grades (1-7 Admission Counseling (IACAC) grades, with 7 being the highest) will be given to the IB students in August during the DP 2nd Year. The final IB results will be issued from INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) Course the International Baccalaureate Organization in December 2021. Subject Offerings and Graduation Requirements : 1st Year Credits 2nd and 3rd year Credits INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (IS) Course (Foundation Year) (Diploma Programme) *Comprehensive Group 1 Subject Offerings: The 1st year students study mostly compulsory English Japanese A: Literature SL: 7 7 General Subject Areas, while in the 2nd and the 3rd year students have *English for Academic *English A: Language and HL:12 a wider choice of elective subjects in Specialized as well as General Purposes Literature Subject Areas. Integrated Japanese Group 2 SL: 7 5 Foreign language courses such as (Chinese, French, German, Korean, Language *English B, Japanese B HL:12 Group 3 and Spanish) are offered aside from English and Cross Cultural Un- Japanese History B SL: 7 derstanding Courses that focus on international understanding. *World History B 4 *History *Economics *Geography HL:12 *Basic Biology Group 4 SL: 7 *Basic Chemistry *Biology *Chemistry 6 HL:12 Graduation Requirements for the IS Course: *Basic Physics *Physics Group 5 *Mathematics: Analysis SUBJECT AREAS CREDITS SL: 7 *Mathematics Ⅰ 3 and Approaches HL:12 Critical Reading in Japanese Language 12 *Mathematics: Applica- Geography and History 4 tions and Interpretation 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 rd 2 Community Service (3 year) Theme Study 2 Information Study Ⅰ rd 2 Elective Courses 15 (3 Year) TOTAL Graduation Credits 87 TOTAL Graduation Credits 117 *subjects taught in English Students’ Country of Origin Japan 84% Student Body Korea 4% Entire School (Grades 10-12): China 3% US 2% 712 students, 19 nationalities Philippines 1%

Class of 2022: 244 students Others: Bangladesh Brazil Class of 2022 for the IB course: Bulgaria Canada France Iran 18 students Italy Kenya Mexico Mongolia North Korea Peru Russia Taiwan United Kingdom Vietnam

University Acceptance List (Class of 2021)

Griffith University Korea University Adelphi University University of Melbourne Yonsei University Bates College University of Technology Sydney Brandeis University Brown University Eindhoven University of Technology Carleton College McGill University Erasmus University Case Western Reserve University University of Alberta Leiden University Emory University University of British Columbia Maastricht University Fordham University University of Calgary University College Roosevelt Georgia Institute of Technology University of Saskatchewan University of Amsterdam Haverford College University of Toronto Utrecht University Middlebury College University of Waterloo Wageningen University & Research Minnesota State University Mankato Muhlenberg College Northeastern University Chinese University of Hong Kong Auckland University of Technology Pomona College City University of Hong Kong University of Canterbury Purdue University Peking University Saint Louis University SUNY Binghamton University Lund University SUNY University at Buffalo Swarthmore College Temple University Ehime University National Taiwan University Tufts University University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis Hokkaido University Cardiff University University of California - Irvine Durham University University of California - Riverside International Christian University Imperial College London University of California - San Diego Juntendo University King's College London University of California - Santa Barbara SOAS University of London University of California - Los Angeles University College London University of Colorado Boulder University of Bath University of Connecticut Ritsumeikan University University of Bristol University of Detroit Mercy University of Edinburgh University of Maryland College Park University of Exeter University of Miami Tokyo Institute of Technology University of Glasgow University of Minnesota Morris Tokyo Metropolitan University University of Kent University of Minnesota Rochester Tokyo University of Foreign Studies University of Leeds University of Minnesota Twin Cities Tokyo University of Science University of Warwick University of Wisconsin Madison Tokyo University of the Arts University of Manchester Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University City University Williams College and others