World's Top Schools, Ranked.

Malaysia · Johor

Wiltshire's first overseas campus pairs British boarding houses with the IB on a 90-acre farm-and-lake site near Singapore.

Indonesia · Jakarta

Founded in 1951 by UN diplomats' embassies, this South Jakarta campus still competes in Southeast Asia's invitation-only IASAS athletics and arts league.

United States · Massachusetts

In a preserved 1797 village along the Deerfield River, seniors close their English studies not with an exam, but a spoken meditation.

United States · Hawaii

Founded in 1841 on missionary lands in Manoa, blending Hawaiian heritage with rigorous college-prep tradition and Hawaii's winningest athletics program

China · Shanghai

A century-old Shanghai institution since 1912, running AP and IB in parallel across two sprawling campuses

United States · New Hampshire

On a 2,000-acre Concord campus where American ice hockey was born in 1883, boarding life still shapes every house and classroom.

Colombia · Valle del Cauca

Founded in 1947 at the foothills of the Andes, where three-walled, open-air classrooms meet a bilingual, dual-diploma American curriculum.

Indonesia · Banten

Grown from a 1973 British Embassy classroom into a 45-acre Bintaro estate where English roots meet an IB finish.

Ireland · Kildare

Founded in 1814 as Ireland's first Jesuit school, its Line system and 500-acre Kildare estate still define boarding life.

China · Beijing

Founded in 1980 by five embassies, this Shunyi day school pairs a US diploma track with IB rigor and dual-language classes from early years.

United Kingdom · Europe

London co-educational day and boarding school founded in 1807

Australia · Victoria

Sends every Year 9 to a remote alpine campus, then blends IB and VCE with the wellbeing model it pioneered.

Norway · Innlandet

Built into Lillehammer's 1994 Olympic ski halls, pairing the Norwegian curriculum with elite biathlon, cross-country and ski jump training.

South Korea · Seoul

Founded in 1912 beside Yonsei University, first in Korea to adopt the IB, blending British, American and Clan-house traditions.

Brazil · São Paulo

Born in 1920 as a corporate venture of Citibank, Ford and GE, this Morumbi campus still sends seniors off with three diplomas at once.

United States · Indiana

Thirty-nine consecutive state swimming titles crown Indiana's largest public campus, home to a 500-voice choral program.

Singapore · Singapore

A 36-acre Woodlands campus with a rainforest classroom and AP breadth, run on an American blueprint with IB rigor at the edges

Taiwan · Taipei

A former Cold War defense-department school in Tianmu, now offering both AP rigor and the full IB Diploma to Taiwan's global families.

Saudi Arabia · Makkah Province

Set inside a Red Sea research university campus, this IB continuum school pairs inquiry-based learning with a working scientific community.

Singapore · Singapore

Across two Singapore campuses, service learning anchors an IB path capped by a rare Systems Transformation course for change leadership.

Switzerland · Geneva

Born beside the League of Nations in 1924, where its own teachers first drafted the IB diploma.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

On Saadiyat's museum mile, sixth-formers debate round Harkness tables before choosing A-Levels or the IB Diploma

Australia · New South Wales

On Sydney's upper North Shore, an Anglican day-and-boarding school pairing Year 9 seniors-only boarding with 50 years of coeducation.

Thailand · Nonthaburi

Opened in 1951 as Thailand's first international school, it pioneered the country's IB Diploma and runs a wilderness campus in Phetchaburi.

Canada · Ontario

Modelled on Eton in 1829, this all-boys Toronto institution pairs IB rigour with 450 acres of wilderness learning at Norval.

South Korea · Jeju Province

Founding school of Jeju's Global Education City, blending a 170-year London pedigree with strong IB results and seven boarding houses.

Ireland · Leinster

Chartered by Charles II in 1669, this Liffey-side campus still channels its Blue Coat School past into modern boarding life.

Germany · Baden-Württemberg

Kurt Hahn's founding creed of head, heart and hand still means mandatory fire-brigade duty inside a former Cistercian monastery on Lake Constance.

Ireland · Dublin

A seven-day boarding rhythm and a Butterfield-designed chapel anchor this Church of Ireland enclave in the Dublin foothills.

South Korea · Jeju Global Education City

Toronto's 1903 Branksome Hall lineage anchors Jeju's only full-continuum IB school, complete with Clan houses and an on-campus ice rink.

Australia · New South Wales

On Sydney's Upper North Shore, a non-selective campus of five schools lets girls choose between the IB and HSC pathways.

Australia · Victoria

Founded in 1851 on the Yarra, Victoria's oldest secondary school blends IB and VCE with non-selective results that rival the selective few.

Ireland · Dublin

Ireland's only Methodist secondary school, coeducational since 1911 and tracing its ethos back to 1845 on St Stephen's Green.

United States · California

Every freshman is assigned a horse to feed, saddle and ride daily in the foothills above Ojai

United States · California

Since 1898, a Catholic Sacred Heart legacy on 63 acres in Silicon Valley, pairing seminar-style rigor with a 41-country school network.

United Kingdom · Berkshire

Built as the nation's memorial to the Iron Duke, this Berkshire campus later pioneered Britain's first happiness curriculum.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A 170-year London academic lineage transplanted to Sobha Hartland, where the IB Diploma average has topped the region

Japan · Tokyo

Rooted in Chofu since 1902, its early campus plans once drew sketches from Frank Lloyd Wright himself.

Colombia · Bogotá D.C

A 1938 foothills campus in Bogota pairing dual US-Colombian diplomas, 32 AP courses and a four-house tradition.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A 500-year-old English house system takes root in Tilal Al Ghaf, backed by a first-inspection Very Good KHDA rating.

United States · New Hampshire

Every class gathers around the same oval table Edward Harkness endowed in 1930, still central to Exeter's discussion-driven classrooms.

Belgium · Brussels-Capital Region

In woodland Tervuren near Brussels, the only Belgian school pairing A Levels, IB Diploma and BTEC under one roof.

United States · New Jersey

Since 1936, oval Harkness tables replace lectures with discussion, while a century-old House system anchors campus life

United States · Connecticut

On its 827-acre Berkshire campus, a 287-acre working farm supplies the dining hall and anchors the science curriculum.

United States · Connecticut

A Wallingford campus where an I.M. Pei arts center anchors a rare, dedicated Arabic and Middle Eastern studies track.

United Kingdom · Europe

Independent day school on the edge of Epping Forest

United States · Connecticut

On a river-cut 'Island' campus, seniors trade classrooms for client work each spring in the Innovation Trimester.

United States · Connecticut

On 226 acres in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills, a 19-percent-acceptance boarding school still lives by one motto: to serve, not be served.

United States · Massachusetts

Founded in 1778 as the nation's oldest incorporated boarding school, its Harkness tables still turn lectures into conversation.

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh Province

Nine single-sex academies share one royally founded Riyadh campus, built to engineer Vision 2030's next leaders.

South Korea

United States · Massachusetts

On an Olmsted-designed campus, English-style forms and a nightly handshake anchor this Episcopal school's century-old ethic of service.

Germany · Hesse

A founding member of the International Baccalaureate since the 1960s, still shaping the diploma from its Taunus forest campus.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

In Al Barsha South, this outpost of England's Brighton College turns a 'cool to care' culture into record-breaking A-level results.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Juilliard-trained arts coaching and MIT-designed STEAM projects anchor this British-IB day school in Al Barsha South.

Malaysia · Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia's first British international school, still run not-for-profit, pairs A-Level rigour with an IAAF-certified running track.

Australia · Victoria

Site of the first recorded Australian Rules football match in 1858, its bluestone St Kilda Road campus still borders the Royal Botanic Gardens.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

Four centuries of Derbyshire heritage meet Nad Al Sheba boarding houses, backed by over a decade of top-tier KHDA inspections.

South Africa · KwaZulu-Natal

On a 1,700-hectare Midlands estate with its own game reserve, seven boarding houses have shaped South African boys since 1872.

Singapore · Singapore

Southeast Asia's oldest British school pairs IB with A-Levels, then sends every Year 9 to the Australian bush for five weeks.

United Kingdom · Greater London

Founded in 1619 by an Elizabethan stage actor, its 75-acre South London campus still runs on three historic boarding houses.

Ireland · Dublin

On a 56-acre seaside campus, Spiritan roots from 1860 underpin a rugby dynasty with a record 72 Leinster Schools Cup titles.

Germany · Bavaria

Housed in a former 1875 castle on Lake Starnberg, this Bavarian campus channels nearly every senior into the full IB Diploma.

Argentina · Buenos Aires

Founded in 1838 by Scottish settlers, Argentina's oldest private school pairs the IB diploma with British-rooted house traditions.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

The largest Swiss school outside Switzerland, running a bilingual IB continuum along Dubai Creek in French or German.

Vietnam · District 2

Three Thao Dien campuses carry students from England's National Curriculum through IGCSE into the IB Diploma.

Australia · New South Wales

A Jesuit boys' school on the Lane Cove River, where the boatshed sits on campus and rowing has raced since 1882

Vietnam · District 2

Vietnam's first IB World School, where nearly two-thirds of graduates earn the Bilingual Diploma, double the global rate.

Malaysia · Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia's longest-running IB World School, pairing a 25-acre Ampang Hilir campus with mandatory Asia-wide service expeditions.

Vietnam · Hanoi

One of only two UN-affiliated schools on earth, weaving the Sustainable Development Goals into an IB curriculum spanning 60-plus nationalities

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

Opened as Brighton College's first campus outside Britain, now pioneering a University of Buckingham PGCE in Arabic teaching.

Jordan · Madaba Governorate

On the hills of Madaba, a Deerfield-inspired boarding school built around Harkness-table classrooms and a multi-faith spiritual center.

United States · New Jersey

Since 1864, a lakeside New Jersey campus builds signature tracks in research science and Shanghai-linked Asian studies.

Australia · New South Wales

On a North Sydney hilltop above the harbour, a founding GPS school since 1889 built on boarding houses, rowing and Anglican tradition

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi

A 450-year Derbyshire house tradition roots this Reem Island campus, where inter-house rivalry shapes a British curriculum education.

Malaysia · Negeri Sembilan

The lone Asian sister campus of a 170-year-old Surrey boarding school, its British house system anchors a 50-acre Negeri Sembilan estate.

Ireland · County Dublin

First in Ireland to gain IB Diploma authorisation, this interdenominational Booterstown day school still hosts its own Model UN each Easter.

Netherlands · South Holland

Since 1931, a Voorschoten campus near The Hague where sixth formers choose freely among A-Levels, BTEC, IB Diploma or IB Career Programme.

Netherlands · North Holland

Just outside Amsterdam, this 1964 founding became the first school anywhere to run the full IB continuum from age two to eighteen.

France · Île-de-France

A founding IB school since 1946, this Saint-Cloud campus is the only Paris-area school offering a dual-track IB and AP curriculum.

Australia · Victoria

Keysborough's parallel classrooms separate boys and girls, yet its students once launched an experiment to the ISS.

United Kingdom · Greater London

Perched on its own hill above London since 1572, a full-boarding, all-boys house system still runs on ritual, song and rivalry.

Switzerland · St Gallen

Above St Gallen's art-nouveau villas, a 1:2 staff ratio powers a 40-course Talent and Enrichment path from robotics to hospitality.

Switzerland · Vaud

Since 1910, alpine boarding at 4,429 feet, where house culture is built for ridge hikes and a record Kilimanjaro summit push.

United States · California

Along the LA River in Studio City, a former golf course is rising into a riverside campus of trails, turf and native habitat.

United Kingdom · Europe

Catford’s pioneering 3–18 day school with a STEM tradition

India · Uttarakhand

At the Himalayan foothills since 1935, this all-boys boarding school helped launch India's post-independence mountaineering movement.

South Africa

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South Africa · KwaZulu-Natal

In South Africa's Midlands, one of the world's few remaining all-boys, all-boarding schools borders a rare mistbelt grassland reserve.

United Arab Emirates · Dubai

A red-brick, doughnut-shaped campus in Al Barsha climbed from Good to Outstanding across four KHDA inspections.

Australia · Victoria

Runs the full IB continuum alongside VCE across three Melbourne campuses, reaching all the way to a studio school in the Kimberley outback.

United States · Texas

Since 1913, the nation's largest PK-12 girls' school builds leaders on 100 North Dallas acres around four founding cornerstones.

United States · Connecticut

On the banks of the Housatonic, a century-old rowing tradition steers a rigorous AP curriculum on a 1,200-acre Connecticut campus.

United Kingdom · Greater London

A slice of American education rooted in St John's Wood, pairing AP rigor with WorkX internships across London.

United Kingdom · Surrey

One of England's Nine Great Public Schools, founded in 1611, now fully coeducational and set on a 250-acre Surrey campus.

United Arab Emirates · Emirates Hills

Launched the UAE's first full IB continuum in 2005, and the only Dubai school to win back its top KHDA rating after losing it