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With 34.9 points, the average score of BIS graduates in the IB Diploma (DP) is once again almost five points above the global median (30.32). 18% of the Class of 2024 achieved 40 points (out of 45) or more (40 points is equal to an Abitur grade of 1.3), with one BIS student scoring the top grade of 45.

BIS is opening its doors at Schloss Haimhausen and invites all interested guests to the BIS Arts Exhibition on 10 April 2024. 19 Grade 12 students from ten nations will be showing more than 130 art works in the genres of painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, film and installation.

BIS has attracted a sponsor for the third scholarship - and is therefore the first international school in Germany with such a support programme. Aligned with the school slogan, the non-profit private school launches the "Believe", "Inspire" and "Succeed" scholarships. 

The whole world is talking about the revolution brought about by Artificial Intelligence (AI), about opportunities and risks, disruptive changes in the working world, in social interaction and in education. AI in the classroom - BIS invites you to an expert forum on this hot topic, the BIS City Talk!

With an average score of 35 points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP), the 82 students of the Class of 2023 at BIS are almost five points above the global average (30.24). More than one in five BIS students (22%) graduated with more than 40 points, which corresponds to a 1.3 Abitur grade in the German state system.

For the fifth time, Bavarian International School hosted the BIS City Talk at the Campus in Munich-Schwabing. "Next generation leadership" was this year's topic discussed by experts from BMW Group, TUM and BIS, moderated by Nina Eichinger.

For the first time, BIS will combine three exciting events into one big event on 22 March: The Secondary School Exhibition with the three elements Grade 10 Personal Project, Visual Arts Exhibition and theatrical performances.

BIS Careers Day 2023 was a blast! With 18 outstanding speakers from a wide range of industries and professions, more than 200 Grade 10 and 11 students experienced an extraordinary day of information and inspiration.

Since the school year 2021-22, Isabella is the first awardee of the first scholarship in the more than 30-year history of the Bavarian International School. The German-American was chosen to receive the full scholarship for grades 9-12, which was donated by DEUTSCHE FINANCE GROUP.

"We simply cannot afford another generation treating the earth as if the planet were an 'all you can eat self service running sushi'." It is pointed sentences like these that Andi Pichler dictates precisely into the journalist's notebook when the topic is environmental protection. The 59-year-old Austrian is one of the driving forces behind the Eco-Schools programme and the new Sustainability Development Officer of BIS.

For the fourth year in a row, the Bavarian International School hosted the BIS Sustainability Summit. The event brings nearly 100 secondary school students together with external experts in topics related to climate protection and sustainable living. Students are then asked to develop their own innovative solutions to living sustainably, and to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. The winning team receives support from the school to bring their idea to life. 

At the BIS City Talk at the Schwabing campus of the Bavarian International School (BIS), speakers and the nearly 100 guests agreed that values and life skills must be decisive factors in today's school education. This is the only way to prepare our children for an unknown, rapidly changing future. At the Bavarian International School in Munich and Haimhausen (approx. 1,150 students from over 60 nations), developing the moral compass of children and young people is part of the academic DNA.

The Bavarian International School hosted its Visual Art Exhibition on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 on its Haimhausen Campus, welcoming guests to view artworks by 13 students, as part of their grade 12 fine arts assessment of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB DP). The student group represented nine different nationalities and prepared creative works in the genres of painting, mixed media, photography, film, installation, sculpture, and fashion. 

The 11th Careers Day of Bavarian International School (BIS) attracted 16 top-class personalities from a wide variety of industries to give students an authentic insight into professions, career paths and future trends. Around 180 BIS students in grades 10 and 11 experienced a total of 38 panels of 30 minutes each at the Haimhausen Campus. The event featured speakers from Microsoft, Facebook, SAP, Airbus, Texas Instruments, Linde, The LEGO® Group, Klinikum Dritter Orden, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Motel a Miio and many more. BIS welcomed U.S. Consul General Timothy E. Liston as a guest of honor.

A special guest visited BIS: Mustaquem Ali, Senior Liaison & Recruitment Officer at University College London (UCL), one of the top 20 universities in the world. He gave more than 40 students from grades 9-12 an excellent overview of the academic programmes and student life at UCL, as well as some helpful tips on how to write a successful application.

“If I put my heart and soul into a project, I can be very successful.” This is what 13-year-old BIS student Kiki Tifase thinks of winning an international essay competition organised by "Immerse Education", an institution for academic enrichment programmes in Oxford and Cambridge.

You could have heard a pin drop while Natalie Amiri, ARD foreign correspondent, book author and TV presenter ("Weltspiegel"),  spoke in the BIS auditorium on  Wednesday. More than 80 grade 7 students were fascinated by Miss Amiri’s talk, as she shared the realities of the current situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban's takeover of power and the dramatic emergency situation there, all based on her own experiences visiting the highly destabilized country recently.

Emma Morris is getting more phone calls these days from other international schools. They’ve heard about what is happening at BIS in terms of sustainability and student engagement, and they want to know: How is BIS doing it?