Life in the 21st century, in an interconnected, globalized world, requires critical-thinking skills and a sense of international-mindedness, something that International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme students come to know and understand.

The IB Diploma Programme is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, normally aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond. The programme is normally taught over two years and has gained recognition and respect from the world's leading universities.

HIS was authorized to offer the IBDP in December 2008, the programme commenced the following year and our first IB Diploma class graduated in 2011. For more information on the IBDP please visit www.ibo.org/diploma

Curriculum Model
The diploma model incorporates the best elements of several national systems, without being based on any one.

The grading system is criterion-referenced: each student’s performance is measured against well-defined levels of achievement. Top grades reflect attainment of knowledge and skills relative to set standards applied equally to all schools. Responsibility for all academic judgments about the quality of candidates’ work rests with examiners worldwide, led by chief examiners with international authority in their fields.

The curriculum contains six subject groups together with a core made up of three separate parts. This is illustrated by a hexagon with the three parts of the core at its centre.