🇨🇳 Shenzhen · IB curriculum
Best IB Schools in Shenzhen for International Families
Top IB international schools in Shenzhen include QSI International School of Shenzhen, Shekou International School, Shen Wai International School (SWIS). BrightKey has evaluated 3 schools using verified public data.
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A foreign-passport-only (外籍人员子女学校) member of the global Quality Schools International network, running its distinctive mastery-based American model plus both AP (with AP Capstone) and the full IB Diploma. Operating in Shekou since 2001; MSA-accredited since 2006.
Shenzhen's oldest international school (founded 1988 by four oil companies), a foreign-passport-only, ISS-governed non-profit running the IB PYP and Diploma across three Shekou campuses — it cannot enrol ordinary mainland Chinese nationals. WASC-accredited, with distinctive French-bilingual and Heritage German tracks.
A foreign-passport IB continuum school (深圳外国语学校国际部, founded 2001) offering all three IB programmes — PYP, MYP and DP — with triple IB/CIS/WASC accreditation. Distinct from the public Shenzhen Foreign Languages School it grew from; serves expat and HK/Macau/Taiwan families in Nanshan.
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