Asia-Pacific

In the Asia-Pacific region, there are IB World Schools in over 20 countries, from Pakistan in South Asia to Mongolia in North Asia and to Guam, Fiji and New Zealand in Australasia. Asia-Pacific covers an area of seven time zones with more than fifteen different languages used officially in schools in the region.

The mix of IB World Schools in our region covers international schools and national schools, including local state schools, with approximately one third of schools offering all three IB programmes.

Within each country, networks and associations enable schools to learn from each other’s experiences. Teachers, coordinators and heads of schools from across the whole region meet at IB Asia-Pacific workshops and conferences.

The regional office is located in Singapore with subregional offices in Beijing, Mumbai, Sydney and Tokyo.

Countries in this region

Information about IB World Schools and university recognition policies are available for each of the countries in this region.

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Workshops and conferences

The following workshops/conferences are a sample of scheduled events to be run in this region. For a complete listing please visit our calendar pages.

23rd IB Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Please go to the Conferences in Asia-Pacific page for information on the call for papers

Workshop Leader Training

Workshop leader training for all three programmes is open.

In September 2008, the IB Asia Pacific office will trial a new model of workshop leader training across the PYP, MYP and DP.

Applications for MYP and PYP close on 5 May 2008. For more information, please click on the respective programme pages on the left of this web page.

Professional Development

Please check the IB Asia-Pacific Workshops page for upcoming workshops, conferences and workshop descriptors.

ACER Report

Please click here for the ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) report (PDF, 1mb) on Perception of the IB Diploma Programme among Australian and New Zealand Universities.