The IB Diploma Program is a rigorous and balanced program for teenagers between 16 and 19 years of age, which is generally given in a two-year period that ends with graduation evaluations.   It represents an excellent preparation for university studies and adulthood; and it is widely recognized by leading universities of the world.

The Diploma Program of the IB

This program was created at the end of the 1960’s and since then:

• It offers a balanced education that combines extent and depth, and explores the nature of knowledge in different subjects through the Theory of knowledge class, which is exclusive of the IB.
• It promotes a sense of international-mindedness in students, based in their own language and culture.
• It helps students have a positive attitude towards learning, which prepares them for university education.
• It has an excellent reputation because of its strict external evaluation methods, based on worldwide standards that guarantee its recognition by universities around the world.
• It emphasizes on the student’s comprehensive development: physical, intellectual, emotional and ethical areas.

In order to live in the interconnected and globalized world of the 21st. century, it is required to have critical thinking skills and an international mentality. The education given in de Diploma Program of the International Baccalaureate (IB) prepares students to learn how to recognize and understand this requirement.

 Our curriculum

The students of the IB Diploma Program take six different subjects at higher or standard levels. They must choose a subject from each of groups 1 to 5. This way, a wide experience in languages, social studies, experimental sciences and mathematics is guaranteed.

The sixth subject can be chosen from Group 6 (Arts), or from any of the groups 1 to 5. Students must take three or four higher level subjects (240 school hours recommended). The subjects can be taken and evaluated in Spanish, French or English.

During the program, students will understand and become familiarized with the profile of the IB learning community. The 10 attributes of the program inspire and encourage the teachers’, students’ and schools’ work, providing them a statement of the IB’s objectives and values, and a definition of what “international-mindedness” means. The members of the IB learning community make an effort to be investigators, thinkers, good communicators, courageous, informed and educated, upright, open-minded, supportive, balanced and thoughtful.