International Baccalaureate Organization Overview

The International Baccalaureate Organization is a non-profit educational organization that was established in 1968. It is governed by a 16-member Council of Foundation, and is funded by fees from IB world schools, with additional income from workshops and catalogue sales. 

The IBO offers three programmes to a wide variety of schools located throughout the world:

• the Diploma Programme (DP), for students in the final two years of school before university
• the Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16
• the Primary Years Programme (PYP) is for students aged 4 to 12

IB Programmes at ISH

The International School of Helsinki became Finland's first fully IB accredited school on [DATE]. Now the entire educational system of the school is binded together in order to prepare the students for the final IB Diploma Programme. The pages found on this site provide detailed information on ISH's implementation of the three different programmes.

Go to:

• Primary Years Programme (PYP)
• Middle Years Programme (MYP)
• International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD)