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: 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. External students may be required to take Maths and language placement assessments. Internal students need to abide by CIS’s own entrance requirements