International Baccalaureate

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The International Baccalaureate (International Abitur, Internationale Matur [a]) is an internationally recognized Swiss school leaving certificate awarded by the Geneva- based Organization du Baccalauréat International (OBI) . The OBI is a foundation under Swiss law .

Course

The four programs of the International Baccalaureate are:

  • IB Primary Years Program  (PYP) for pupils from three to twelve years of age (pre-school education and elementary level, ISCED  0 + 1)
  • IB Middle Years Program  (MYP) for students aged eleven to 16 years (Mittelstufe, ISCED 2)
  • IB Diploma Program  (DP) for pupils aged 16 to 19 (upper level, ISCED 3a)
  • IB Career-related Program (CP) for students aged 16 to 19.

The two-year curriculum of the IB DP requires that students choose six subjects from at least five different subject areas. In addition, every IB Diploma student must complete a specialist paper ( extended essay ) and the Theory of Knowledge course, which is intended to stimulate critical and international thinking. CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) encourages students to take part in extracurricular social activities. In order to successfully complete the CAS, a group project that covers at least two of the three sub-areas and requires around 50 additional hours in each of the three sub-areas is required.

If a student does not manage to fulfill all components of the IB, he receives an IB Certificate instead of the IB Diploma, which certifies all courses that have been passed.

The IB Diploma (university entrance qualification)

The IB diploma program has been offered since 1968. Originally conceived for the children of diplomats because of its international character , the IB is now offered worldwide in English, Spanish or French.

An aspirant must take one subject from each of the six subject groups, at least three of them at the higher level , the rest as the standard level. Higher Level and Standard Level are comparable to the German advanced and basic courses. In the IB, the student takes three instead of the two advanced courses customary in Germany, but only three basic courses. IB subjects, with the exception of Language B courses, are typically taught for two years. 240 hours of tuition are suggested for a higher-level subject and 150 hours for the standard-level courses.

The higher-level subjects should reflect the future career aspirations of the students and give them prior knowledge of the content, especially in these areas. In order to meet the requirements of a later medical degree, for example, a combination of chemistry and biology at a higher level is recommended. This combination of subjects is not a formal requirement for admission to medical studies in Germany, but it does make it easier for you to start your studies.

Language A1
The mother tongue (i.e. German for German students), which is also taught abroad as an A1 language at mother tongue level. It is a very literature- intensive curriculum .
Language A2, B or Ab Initio
Most German students choose English here, but any language other than their mother tongue is also possible. You can choose between different levels: A2 has very high standards and requires very high language skills (five to seven years of language teaching), level B corresponds to an intermediate language level (two to three years of language teaching), at Ab Initio the foreign language is learned from scratch. Latin or ancient Greek are also possible depending on the school.
Subject group 3 - social sciences
Among other things, business and management, economics, geography, history, the history of Islam, IT in global society, philosophy, psychology, anthropology.
Subject group 4 - natural sciences
Biology, chemistry, physics, environmental technology or design and technology
Subject group 5 - Mathematics and Computer Science
There are four different levels of math, which are chosen according to individual skills. In addition, the subject of computer science can be selected in this group instead of a subject from subject group 6.
Subject group 6 - art and electives
In this group, the student can either choose another subject from subject groups 2 to 5 or take art, music or theater.

In addition, every student must take the Theory of Knowledge course . A specialist paper ( extended essay ) of 4000 words on a freely selectable scientific topic forms another additional element of the performance evaluation .

The subjects in groups 1 to 6 are each rated with up to seven points, seven of which means excellent and at least four points are required to pass. Up to three additional points are awarded for TOK and EE , so that the maximum possible number of points is 45 points. 42 to 45 points correspond to the average Abitur or Matura grade of 1.0 in Germany and Austria (or 6 in Switzerland and Liechtenstein), 36 points to 2.0 (or 5.0), 30 points to 3.0 (or 4.0), 24 points of a 4.0 (or 3.0), 18 points of a 5.0 (or 2.0) and 12 points and less of a 6.0 (or 1.0 ).

The average score is around 30 points each year, with around 0.05% of the candidates achieving a total of 45 points (7 points in each subject plus all three extra points).

The official formula for transferring the IB scores to the German grading system is the Bavarian formula and is:

with N = average grade, P = IB total number of points, P max = 42 points (IB total number of points without additional points), P min = 24 points (lowest possible IB total number of points for passing) and N = 1.0 (for 42 P 45).

The British universities of Oxford and Cambridge , for example, require a minimum score of 38 to 40 points in the IB as an entry requirement.

National

This article or paragraph presents the situation in Germany and Austria . Help us to describe the situation in other countries.

The IB is offered at several thousand schools worldwide. The degree is recognized as a university entrance qualification in many countries .

Germany

In Germany, the decision of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of March 10, 1986 in the version of March 7, 2019 applies to recognition as admission to study. This describes the conditions (in particular restrictions on the choice of subjects) under which the IB Diploma is recognized as equivalent to the Abitur.

The IB is offered at all German international schools . In addition, other German schools offer the IB, such as the St. Leonhard Gymnasium in Aachen , the Nelson Mandela School in Berlin, the Berlin British School , the Berlin Cosmopolitan School , the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium Bonn , the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Bonn , the Max-von-Laue-Gymnasium in Koblenz, the Leibniz-Gymnasium Dortmund , the Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium in Bremen, the Bertolt-Brecht-Gymnasium Dresden , the Goetheschule Essen , the Goethe-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main , the Herderschule in Gießen, the Felix-Klein-Gymnasium Göttingen , the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium Gütersloh , the Helene-Lange-Gymnasium and the Hansa-Gymnasium Bergedorf in Hamburg, the Schillerschule in Hanover, the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium , the Lessing-Gymnasium Cologne as well the St. George's School in Cologne, the Werner-Heisenberg-gymnasium Leverkusen , the Foundation Louis Lund in Schleswig-Holstein, the Theodor-Heuss-gymnasium in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, the Saxon state College Saint Afr a in Meißen, the Nymphenburger Gymnasium in Munich, the Gymnasium Paulinum (Münster) , the Schule Schloss Salem , the Schuldorf Bergstrasse in Seeheim-Jugenheim, UWC Robert Bosch College in Freiburg im Breisgau , the Königin-Olga-Stift in Stuttgart and the Gymnasium Neuhaus Castle in Paderborn.

The Felix-Klein-Gymnasium Göttingen and the Nelson Mandela School Berlin are the only two public schools in Germany that offer the IB Diploma Program as an alternative to the German upper level, so that even pupils with less knowledge of German can obtain a university entrance qualification here.

Austria

The following schools in Austria offer the IB:

  • AMADEUS International School, Vienna
  • Anton Bruckner International School, Linz
  • Graz International Bilingual School
  • Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium Klosterneuburg
  • Campus Vienna West
  • Danube International School, Vienna
  • International Christian School of Vienna
  • International High School Herzogberg
  • International School Carinthia, Velden am Wörthersee
  • International School Innsbruck
  • International School Kufstein Tirol
  • Linz International School Auhof
  • Lower Austrian International School, ST. Pölten
  • Salzburg International School
  • St. Gilgen International School
  • The American International School, Vienna
  • Vienna International School

See also

Web links

Commons : International Baccalaureate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the IB Foundation website [undated], last accessed on March 20, 2018
  2. ^ Courses and entrance requirements . ox.ac.uk
  3. ^ Agreement on the recognition of the "International Baccalaureate Diploma / Diplôme du Baccalauréat International". (PDF) In: Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of March 10, 1986 in the version of March 7, 2019. Conference of Ministers of Education, March 7, 2019, accessed on May 11, 2019 .