2017-2018School Profile

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF TIANJINNo.22 Weishan South Road, Shuanggang, Jinnan District,

Tianjin 300350, P.R. ChinaTel: +86 (22) 2859 2001/2/3 Fax: +86 (22) 2859 2007Website: www.istianjin.org Email: info@istianjin.net

IST is... fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS)IST is... fully authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School (IB)

IST is... fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)IST is... a full member of the following China- and Asia-wide international school associations:

ACAMIS, ACMIBS, ISAC, ISCOT and EARCOS

IST IS proud To maInTaIn a 96% paSS raTe In The IB dIploma wITh IB dIploma ScoreS aver

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2017-2018School Profile

IST is... fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS)IST is... fully authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School (IB)

IST is... fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)IST is... a full member of the following China- and Asia-wide international school associations:

ACAMIS, ACMIBS, ISAC, ISCOT and EARCOS

Steve Moody: Director | Michael Conway: Secondary Principal | Darryl Davies: IB Diploma Coordinator

International School Of Tianjin Is A Fully Authorized International Baccalaureate World School

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of TIANJIN

Our CommunityThe International School of Tianjin (IST) is a not-for-profit, college-preparatory day school for Nursery to 12th grade students of the international community in Tianjin. Tianjin is a major industrial and commercial city just 30 minutes south of Beijing, China, with a metropolitan population of over 10 million. Founded in 1994, IST currently has approximately 420 students from 33 different countries and regions, with American, Danish, French, German and Korean students making up the largest percentages.

band, yearbook, chess, translation services, community and service, Model United Nations, and leadership conferences. Through the Student Council and other student-initiated activities, students have the opportunity to assume and develop leadership roles. IST is a competitive member of the Beijing-Tianjin ISAC Sports League, as well as a participant in the China-wide ACAMIS Sports, Culture, and Arts Leagues. Students also participate in ‘Week Without Walls’, a program that offers our students genuine and meaningful exposure to, engagement and interaction with, and appreciation of, our host country China.

Our CurriculumThe minimum expectations for an an IST Diploma are: Language A, 4 credits; Language B, 4 credits; Humanities, 4 credits; Science, 4 credits; Mathematics, 4 credits; Physical Education, 2 credits; Arts 2.5 credits; Technology, 2 credits; and Electives, 2 credits. We also give one credit each to TOK, CAS, Personal Project and Extended Essay (these are all required credits for IST graduates).

In total 32.5 credits are required by all students, with 17.5 required from studies in grades 9 and 10 and 15 credits required from grades 11 and 12. Each credit is a full year course.

The IB Middle Years Program curriculum provides a set schedule for all 6th-10th grade students with a full course of eight subjects per semester. English is the language of instruction, with French, German, Danish, Chinese and Korean also offered as mother-tongue courses. The majority of the students study Chinese as a second language. All students are expected to commence the full IB Diploma at the beginning of Grade 11 (viz. 6 academic subjects of which 3 are SL and 3 are HL, Extended Essay, TOK and CAS). However, in certain circumstances individual needs may dictate that students would be better suited to the ‘IB Certificate IST

Diploma’ (viz. 4/5 SL courses and 2/1 HL courses, along with participation in TOK, CAS and a modified Extended Essay. All three IB Core components are internally assessed.) Note: At the end of Grade 11, students in either stream may be placed in a purely IST Diploma stream (i.e. no formal IB certificates and therefore no externally moderated examinations,) or in an IST/IB-Certificates Hybrid stream.

Grades 9 to 12Grade Descriptor

7 Excellent performance6 Very good performance5 Good performance4 Satisfactory performance3 Remediation Required2 Incomplete1 Incomplete

Our Faculty There are 68 full-time and 2 part-time faculty members. All teachers have bachelor degrees and appropriate certification, with 33 of the faculty having advanced degrees. Teachers are supported by 27 Chinese teaching assistants, all of whom have university degrees. The faculty has previously taught at 163 different international schools around the world and has an average of 13 years teaching experience.

Co-Curricular IST offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities, including drama, choir, strings,

Our SchoolThe school is an IB World School authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (Grades 11-12), the Middle Years Programme (Grades 6-10), and the Primary Years Programme (Grades NPK-5). IST is fully accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in the USA and the Council of International Schools (CIS) in Europe. IST graduated its first class in 2005. The school year begins on August 13 and ends on June 7, with 180 student contact days. The school year is divided into two semesters. There are eight, 40-minute class periods per day with double periods in most academic subject areas.

Grading & RankingIST High School maintains a 1-7 grading system throughout, including the final two years of the MYP and the two year Diploma Programme. IST High School maintains a 1-7 grading system throughout, including the final two years of the MYP and the two year Diploma Programme.

IST graduates who have successfully completed the full IB Diploma have received final scores ranging from 24-45. IST has achieved an average 96% pass rate in the IB Diploma with and average score of 34 since our first graduating cohort in 2005. The world average is approximately 30.

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Group 4 — SciencesBiology

Chemistry Physics

Design Technology

United StatesAmerican UniversityArizona State UniversityBates CollegeBeloit CollegeBrigham Young University Boston UniversityBowdoin CollegeBrown UniversityCalifornia College of the ArtsCalifornia State University, ChicoCalifornia State University, Long BeachCalifornia State University, SacramentoCalifornia State University, San JoseCarnegie Mellon UniversityClarkson UniversityCornell UniversityDelaware College of Art and DesignDrexel UniversityEastern Michigan UniversityEmory UniversityFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityFurman UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGolf Academy of AmericaGrinnell CollegeIndiana State UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityKansas State UniversityLehigh UniversityMarquette UniversityMaryland Institute Art and DesignMichigan State UniversityMount Holyoke CollegeNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthern Virginia Community College (NOVA)Oberlin CollegeOhio State University ColumbusOhio Wesleyan UniversityOtis College of Art and DesignParsons The New School for DesignPennsylvania State UniversityPratt Institute Purdue UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island School of DesignRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRutgers, CamdenRutgers, New BrunswickRutgers, NewarkSarah Lawrence CollegeSchool of the Art Institute in Chicago (SAIC)Spelman College

State University of New York at BinghamtonState University of New York at BuffaloSchool of the Visual ArtsSyracuse UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, RiversideUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Colorado, BoulderUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of HawaiiUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Iowa University of KansasUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Michigan Ann ArborUniversity of Minnesota, CrookstonUniversity of Minnesota, MorrisUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillUniversity of North Texas University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of TulsaUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of Washington University of Washington, BothellUniversity of WisconsinUtah State UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Tech UniversityWayne State UniversityWentworth Institute of TechnologyWestern Michigan UniversityWilliam Jewell, Boston University

AustraliaUniversity of MelbourneUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of Sydney

CanadaCarleton UniversityMcGill UniversityMcMaster UniversityTrent UniversityUniversity of British ColumbiaUniversity of TorontoUniversity of Waterloo

ChinaNankai UniversityNew York University ShanghaiXi’an Jiaotong Liverpool UniversityZhejiang University

FranceInstitut National dés Sciences AppliqueesLa Rochelle Business SchoolStudium UniversityUniversité Paris VI - Pierre & Marie CurieUniversité Paris VII - Denis DiderotUniversité Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

GermanyFreie Universität BerlinTechnische Universität MunichUniversity of KasselUniversity of OldenburgWirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein Kiel

Hong KongCity University of Hong KongChinese University of Hong KongHong Kong Institute of EducationHong Kong Polytechnic UniversitySavannah College of Art and Design, Hong KongThe Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of Hong Kong

JapanKeio UniversityKwansei UniversityKyoto UniversityKyushu UniversityRitsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityTamagawa UniversityUniversity of SapporoUniversity of Tokyo - PEAK Honors ProgramUniversity of TsukubaWaseda University

KoreaChungnam National UniversityEwha Women’s UniversityHankuk University of Foreign StudiesKAISTKonkuk UniversityKorea UniversityKyung Hee UniversityKyungbuk National UniversityPohang University of Science and TechnologySeoul National UniversitySogang University

Sung Kyun Kwan UniversityYonsei University

New ZealandUniversity of AucklandUniversity of Otago

SingaporeNational University of SingaporeSingapore Management University

SwitzerlandEcole Hoteliere de LausanneGlion Institute of Higher Education

United KingdomAnglia Ruskin UniversityBrunel University LondonCoventry UniversityDurham UniversityHeriot-Watt UniversityKing’s College LondonLancaster UniversityLondon Metropolitan UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityQueen Mary University LondonRoyal Holloway, University of LondonSchool of Oriental & African Studies LondonSwansea UniversityUniversity College of LondonUniversity of AberdeenUniversity of BirminghamUniversity of BradfordUniversity of BrightonUniversity of BristolUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of East AngliaUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of ExeterUniversity of GreenwichUniversity of Hertfordshire University of KentUniversity of LancashireUniversity of LeedsUniversity of LiverpoonUniversity of LoughboroughUniversity of ManchesterUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of ReadingUniversity of St. AndrewsUniversity of SurreyUniversity of Warwick

NetherlandsLeiden University

College Acceptances Classes of 2005 - 2017

Group 3 — Individuals and Societies

Economics Geography

History

Group 2 — Language Acquisition

EnglishChinese

Chinese ab initio

Group 5 — Mathematics Math Higher Level

Standard Level Studies

Group 6 —The ArtsVisual Arts

MusicTheatre Arts

Group 1 — Studies in Language and Literature

Chinese English French German

Korean