Entry requirements for CIS Students entering the Diploma Programme from Grade 10

Please note that students who have attended CIS must obtain 40 points from eight subjects, (not including the Interdisciplinary Unit/s), and a 3 in their Personal Project, in order to be eligible to enter the IB Diploma Programme. Students who obtain 36 – 39 points and pass their Personal Project (3) may enter Grade 11 on Diploma ‘Probation’. Students with less than 36 points, or who fail the Personal Project are unlikely to be granted entry to the full Diploma Programme but may be permitted to take a number of Diploma Programme Courses, or to work towards the CIS High School Diploma.

Entry requirements for External Applicants

All external applicants, regardless of the educational programme they have followed, or the results they have achieved, must take a series of tests in English, Mathematics and possibly one or more language papers. As we wish to make sure that all applicants can cope with the academic challenge of the Diploma Programme, all external applicants should be tested no later than the beginning of May, allowing parents to make alternative arrangements, if these prove necessary. Please contact us in good time to make individual arrangements for testing. For applicants living outside Denmark at the time of applying, testing will be arranged at their present school. Please provide the name and email address of the appropriate person to contact in this respect.

Higher Level Subject Entry Requirements: A General Overview

Where students from CIS have followed the MYP Programme, they should generally have achieved a 5 in any subject which they plan to study in the Diploma Programme at Higher Level. Particular attention should be paid to marks received for Criterion A in MYP subjects - if students are receiving 6 or above (out of 8), this indicates that they can study this subject in the DP at Higher Level.

If students have taken I/GCSE examinations, they would be expected to have achieved at least a B/7 grade in order to study a subject at HL. For HL Mathematics, an A/A* at I/GCSE (8/9 at GCSE) would be the most appropriate entry requirement. Entry requirements for students who present with different national qualifications, or who have not taken any formal examinations at the age of 15/16 will be dependent on the grades noted on their school report. All external students will be required to take entrance assessments. Internal students need to abide by CIS’s own entrance requirements