1. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a stimulating and demanding two-year pre-university course of study.

Originally developed in 1968 to provide a common curriculum and a university entry credential for geographically mobile students, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is now taught world-wide. Widely recognized as the finest education a student can receive in the final two years of schooling, its enviable reputation for rigorous assessment gives IBDP students access to the world’s leading universities.

The IBDP works with 2,727 schools in 138 countries to offer its three programmes (Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme) to approximately 750,000 students.

2. The International Baccalaureate’s mission:

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organisations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

3. The IB Learner Prolife:

The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

IB learners strive to be:

4. The curriculum for the IB Diploma Programme:

IBDP students study three subjects at ‘Higher Level’ (HL) and three at ‘Standard Level’ (SL). They study HL subjects for a greater number of hours (240 teaching hours) and in greater depth than SL subjects (150 teaching hours); thus, the IBDP student combines a broad education with detailed study.

The IBDP 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.

Following are the IBDP subjects currently taught at Dhirubhai Ambani International School.

Group 1: Language A1
English HL/SL - A study of Literature, including works translated into English

Group 2: Second Language
French ab initio SL, French B SL, Spanish ab initio SL, Hindi B SL, Hindi B HL

Group 3: Individuals and Societies HL/SL
History, Economics, Business and Management, Geography, Psychology, Environmental Systems and Societies SL only

Group 4: Experimental Sciences HL/SL
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Systems and Societies SL only

Group 5: Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics HL, Mathematics SL, Mathematical Studies SL, Computer Science HL/SL

Group 6: The Arts
Visual Arts HL/SL

Students choose a total of six subjects from the above ‘Subject Groups’, subject to the following conditions:

a. All students are required to do Language A1 English (Group 1), Language B or a Language ab initio course (Group 2), and Mathematics (Group 5). (Group 5).

c. In exceptional circumstances, application may be made for candidates to study for a ‘Non-Regular’ Diploma, and choose three Sciences – Physics, Chemistry, and Biology – from Group 4, in which case they will not choose any subject from Group 3, or study Computer Science from Group 5 or Visual Arts from Group 6.

In addition, all IBDP students will:

5. IBDP Results:

For the sixth year in a row, the Dhirubhai Ambani International School's students have achieved excellent results in the IB Diploma Examinations held in May 2010. Commenting on the results achieved by the students, Smt Nita M. Ambani, Chairperson, said:

“We are very delighted that our children have once again brought laurels to our school with a performance that is par excellence. The outstanding results achieved by them are a tribute to our constant endeavor to foster a culture of excellence and bring out the best in every child. Heartiest congratulations to each one of them and their parents! These luminous accomplishments are also a testament of the extraordinary devotion and caliber of our teachers. We look forward to continuously benchmarking with the best in the world as we work towards improving the paradigm of education in consonance with the needs of the 21st century.”

The school's average Diploma score is 37 whereas the world average is around 29.8 points. Of the 87 students of the Class of 2010, 85 received the Diploma, and two finished with Certificates. Candidates can opt for either the IB Diploma or the IB Certificate. Worldwide, typically 78% of the students are awarded the Diploma, and the rest of them the IB Certificate.

• 2 students earned the perfect score of 45 points, a score that was only achieved by 86 students worldwide last year
  
  
• 3 students gained 44 points
  
  
• 3 students gained 43 points
  
  
• 23 students earned 40 points or above
  
  
• 55 students achieved scores of 36 or above
  
  
• 69% of Higher Level papers were graded 7 or 6 (7 being the highest possible grade per subject)
  
  
• 74% of Standard Level papers were graded 7 or 6
  
  
• The average grade obtained per student was 6.01 as compared to a world average of 4.6 typically.
  
  
• The school's average Diploma points score is 37 (out of 45)
  
  
• 23 students earned 40 (out of 45) points or above which constitutes 26% of our candidates as compared to typically 5% students worldwide.
  
  
• 55 students achieved scores of 36 or above which constitutes 63% of our candidates as compared to typically 15% worldwide.

Of the 30 subjects for which the candidates entered, the school is way ahead of the world average in 29 subjects. Highlights of our school’s performance in some of the subjects are as below:

Subjects	DAIS Average	World Average
English A1 HL	5.69	4.71
French B	6.05	4.69
Hindi SL	6.73	6.05
Business and Management HL	6.10	4.62
Business and Management SL	6.50	4.64
Economics SL	6.15	5.03
Economics HL	6.02	5.06
Psychology HL	5.85	4.69
Psychology SL	6.67	4.28
Biology HL	5.81	4.18
Chemistry HL	5.81	4.36
Chemistry SL	6.11	3.92
Physics HL	5.31	4.50
Physics SL	6.33	4.07
Mathematics SL	6.45	4.48
Mathematics HL	6.28	4.37
Mathematics Studies	6.35	4.75
IT in a Global Society (ITGS) HL	5.50	4.10

By achieving an average score of 37 points, the IBD Class of 2010 has successfully built on the performance of our previous batches. Our Class of 2005 had earned an average of 36 points (world average 30.09); the Class of 2006 had achieved 36.6 points (world average 29.89); the Class of 2007 had earned 35 points (world average 29.56); the Class of 2008 had received 36.26 points (world average 29.57); the Class of 2009 had received 37 points (world average 29.51)

6. College placements:

The first five batches of IBDP students of Dhirubhai Ambani International School have gained admissions to prestigious universities in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, U Penn-Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, New York University-Stern, Swarthmore, Wellesley, University of California-Los Angeles, Duke, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Warwick, the London School of Economics, McGill, University of Chicago, Parsons, University of Toronto, University of Melbourne, University of Hong Kong and Nanyang Technological University, among others. Several leading universities have also offered scholarships to our students, which include Stanford, Brown, Princeton, Yale, U-Penn, NYU-Stern, LSE, University of British Columbia, McGill, University of Alberta and University of Hong Kong. Our graduates from the Class of 2009 have earned admission offers from 32 of the world's top 50 universities (World University Ranking 2008 by the 'Times Higher Education Supplement'). Our students have also joined leading colleges in India.

The school's college counselling centre helps students make informed educational and career choices, by providing guidance on admissions requirements, university expectations and admissions tests. Admissions Committee members from prestigious universities overseas visit the school to familiarize students with their admissions requirements, subject offerings, co-curricular opportunities, and campus life.