The International Baccalaureate® (IB) offers a continuum of international education through four challenging, high quality educational programs to students aged 16 to 19.
Our programmes encourage both personal development and academic achievement challenging students to think critically, to ask the right questions and think across disciplines. An IB education also fosters diversity, curiosity and a healthy appetite for learning.
Schools must be authorized to teach our IB programes. Every school authorized to offer IB programmes is known as an IB World School.
The CP’s flexible educational framework allows schools to meet the needs, backgrounds and contexts of students. CP students engage with a rigorous study programme that genuinely interests them while gaining transferable and lifelong skills.
Find out how to become an IB World School in order to implement the programme, and read about the benefits and objectives of the CP below.
The CP provides a comprehensive educational framework that combines highly regarded and internationally recognized courses, from the IB Diploma Programme (DP), with a unique CP core and an approved career-related study.
The CP develops students to be:
The CP helps students to prepare for effective participation in life, fostering attitudes and habits of mind that allow them to become lifelong learners and to get involved in learning that develops their capacity and will to make a positive difference.The programme aids schools’ retention of students, promotes development of skills, and encourages students to take responsibility for their own actions, encouraging high levels of self-esteem through meaningful achievements.A key feature of the CP is that it provides flexibility to allow for local differences. Each school creates its own distinctive version of the CP to meet the needs, backgrounds and contexts of its students.
Find out how to become an IB World School, in order to implement the DP, and read about the benefits and objectives of the DP curriculum below.
Through the DP, schools are able to develop students who:
International research shows that there are many benefits to choosing the DP over other 16-19 curricula. For example:
You can read more key facts about the DP on our website.
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