Over 115 years in global education

First IB school in India (3rd in Asia)

Nationalities represented

Kodaikanal International School

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Information Profile

ABOUT KISKodaikanal International School (KIS) is an autonomous, residential school located in South India offering education for Grades K-12. With a rich heritage spanning over a century since its establishment in 1901, KIS has been serving young people from diverse cultures and backgrounds to become leaders the world needs. We do this through a rigorous and broad college-oriented IB curriculum that emphasizes deep learning and critical thinking and celebrates the arts, music, sports, social justice, and environmental awareness.

Key milestones include a number of ‘firsts’ – from when we became the first IB school, first international school in India (and the third in Asia) by adopting the International Baccalaureate Diploma program in 1976, at the time among only nine other schools worldwide; to when we became the first school in India to have its own separate campus for camping and outdoor activities in 1994. At the heart of the programs is a balanced approach catering to the student’s passions, strengths and academic requirements.

Our unique location and the natural beauty of Kodaikanal, a hill station nestled in the Palani Hills at 7000 feet above sea level, provides our students with an unparalleled experience of the environment and extraordinary adventures with nature. Hiking and Camping has been a staple feature of the KIS education that provides students the opportunity to explore the natural beauty of the Western Ghats.

KIS prepares students for admissions to colleges and universities around the world through two academically challenging programs: the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma and the KIS Diploma.

As the first school in India and the second in Asia to offer the IB Diploma, KIS has an outstanding 40+ year track record of consistently scoring above the world average. Students can earn the IB Diploma by passing at least six examinations in prescribed subject areas: three must be at a Higher Level and three at a Standard Level. IB examination papers are set by international experts and marked externally by the International Baccalaureate Organization. The evaluation of the IB includes a mini thesis and a recorded presentation of the topic. The school also provides a bilingual option of undertaking the IB Diploma that allows for international students to pursue and complete the diploma at KIS.

IB RESULTS 2019

CURRICULUM

The KIS Diploma is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, Philadelphia and recognized by the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, as equivalent to the Indian “+2′′ secondary certification. Requirements for receiving the KIS Diploma are defined in terms of credits, which apply to subjects in Grades 9 to 12. Apart from the core subjects, students are expected to complete courses in Religious Education, Health, Fine and Practical Arts, Computer Education and Community Service to meet the minimum requirements for eligibility of the US accredited KIS Diploma.

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SUBJECTS ABOVE WORLD AVERAGE BY OVER 1 BASE POINT IN MAY 2019

EDUCATION WITH AGLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

450+Students

24Nationalities

124Professional and academic staff

7:1Student-staff ratio

The school’s student community consists of over 450 children, representing around 23 countries. Our greatest strength lies in our learning as a community – living together in an assortment of cultures, distinct faiths and varied experiences spanning the globe. We provide a wide range of opportunities to our students to be citizens of the world – from student exchange programs with schools in France, Germany and Italy, to providing a platform to practice and exercise their leadership capabilities in our local community through our social and environmental programs. Our students also participate in a variety of national and international experiences such as the Model United Nations, other multi-disciplinary exchanges, conferences and competitions.

6000+Alumni

worldwide

67graduates

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80Chapters around

the world

NOTABLE ALUMNI

ALUMNI COMMUNITY

KIS has more than 100 years of alumni support which strives to maintain relations and connections with and amongst its ‘global family.’ As a School, we seek to create lifelong relationship with every Alumni in order to advance in our mission of lifetime connectedness and networking between the School and Alumni and between the Alumni themselves.

• Christopher Von Hollen (Class of 77) Senator from the State of Maryland, U.S.

• Kunal Kapoor (Class of 93) CEO of Morningstar, a global investment research and investment management firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

• Alan Mattamana (Class of 96) Partner at Fairview Capital Partners and a member of its Investment Committee.

• Romulus Whitaker (Class of 60) Winner of the Padma Shri, India’s highest civilian award and founder of the Madras Snake Park and Crocodile Bank.

• Schauna Chauhan (Class of 95) CEO of Parle Agro and one of the most eminent women in the Indian business community.

• Mushfiq Mobarak (Class of 94) Professor of Economics at Yale University and founded the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE).

• Aatish Taseer (Class of 99) Novelist and journalist for TIME and The International New York Times.

• Rohit Pothukuchi (Class of 08) Founder and President of Verdentum, a non-profit technology solution to track impact on development sector projects with a rural-focus.

COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION FOR KIS CLASS OF 2019

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

• The Blue Mountain International School of Hotel Management

• University of Melbourne• University of New South

Wales• University of Sydney

CANADA

• McGill University• McMaster University• Ryerson University• University of British

Columbia• University of Calgary• University of Toronto• University of Waterloo• Western University

EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)

• EBIMM Institute• Erasmus University• HAN University of Applied

Sciences• Hildersheim• Jönköping University• Leiden University• Les Roches• Maastricht, Erasmus• St. Charles University• University of Amsterdam

ASIA

• Ashoka University• Asia Pacific Flight

Training Academy• Chulalongkorn University• University of Hong Kong

• Emirates Aviation Father Muller Medical College

• FLAME University• Fudan University• Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology• Institute of Hotel

Management• J.D. Birla Institute• King Mongkut’s University

of Technology Thonburi• La Salle• Loyola College• Madras Christian College• Mahatma Gandhi

University• Manipal University• O.P. Jindal University

• Raffles Millennium International

• Shri Ram College of Commerce

• Shristhi College• Soonchunhyang University• SP Jain• Sri Ramachandra Medical

College• SRM University• St. Joseph’s College• St. Stephen’s College• St. Xavier’s College• Stella Maris College• Whistling Woods

International Institute• Women’s Christian College

UK

• Aston University• ESCP Europe• Heriot-Watt University• Hult Business School• Imperial College London• Instituto Marangoni of

Fashion and Design• King’s College London• London School of

Economics• Royal College of Surgeons,

Ireland• St. Andrew’s University• The University of

Birmingham• UCLAN• University Campus of

Football Business• University College London• University of Aston• University of Bath• University of Bristol• University of Durham• University of Edinburgh• University of Exeter• University of Keele• University of Kent• University of Leeds• University of Liverpool• University of London

• University of Manchester• University of Middlesex• University of Nottingham• University of Sterling• University of Sussex• University of Warwick

USA

• Arizona State University• Beloit College• Berklee College of Music• Boston University• California Baptist

university• Calvin College• Carleton College• Carnegie Mellon University• College of Wooster• Columbia College• Denison University• Drexel University• Emory University• Franklin & Marshall• George Washington

University• GeorgiaTech• Goshen College• Grinnell College• Hofstra University• Indiana Bloomington• Indiana University• Ithaca College• Kelley Business School• Knox College• Liberty University• Merrimack College• Moody Bible College• New York Conservatory for

Dramatic Arts• New York Film Academy• New York University• Northeastern University• Occidental College• Ohio State University• Ohio Wesleyan University• Olivet College• Pennsylvania State

University• Purdue University

• Rochester Institute of Technology

• Santa Clara University• Sarah Lawrence College• Savannah College of Art

And Design• St. Olaf University• State University of New

York at Buffalo• Stony Brook University• Syracuse University• U Mass Amherst• University of California,

Berkeley• University of California,

Davis• University of California,

Los Angeles• University of California,

San Diego• University of California,

Santa Barbara• University of Chicago• University of Colorado

Boulder• University of Illinois-

Urbana Champagne• University of Indiana

Bloomington• University of Maryland• University of

Massachusetts Amherst• University of Michigan• University of Rochester• University of South Florida• University of Southern

California• University of Texas, Austin

& Dallas• University of Washington• University of Wisconsin -

Madison• Virginia Tech• Washington University

Kodaikanal International SchoolSeven Roads Junction

Kodaikanal 624 101, Tamil Nadu, India

A school the world needs www.kis.in