H.I.S. is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School that has been serving the needs of the international community within the Rhine-Neckar region since September 2002. It is a not-for-profit, independent, co-educational day school for students from Early Primary 1 (age 4) to Grade 12. The curriculum is international and the language of instruction is English.

We are recognised within the German education system as an "Ergänzungsschule".

H.I.S. is an IB World School, one of only about 200 schools worldwide authorised to offer the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Diploma Programme (DP).

H.I.S. is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS), as well as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).