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IB Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) is renowned for its challenging yet balanced curriculum, emphasising global perspectives. Through the IB mission and learner profile, we nurture inquisitive, knowledgeable, and compassionate individuals. The programme, recognised globally, focuses on holistic development and its Inquiry Cycle and Core components include:

IB Diploma Programme curriculum

IB Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) is renowned for its challenging yet balanced curriculum, emphasising global perspectives. Through the IB mission and learner profile, we nurture inquisitive, knowledgeable, and compassionate individuals. The programme, recognised globally, focuses on holistic development and its Inquiry Cycle and Core components include:

What is International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme? 

IB Diploma Programme curriculum

The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP), a comprehensive and challenging two-year curriculum, is globally recognised as one of the premier high school diploma programmes (Grades 11 and 12).

The International Baccalaureate aims to provide exceptional learning to developing, inquisitive, resourceful, confident, and caring young people. The IB Diploma Programme proclaims to empower students to take on their lives through practical and future-ready skills to make a difference and thrive in this fast-paced world.

DP Core 

The Theory of Knowledge of the IB Diploma Programme embarks upon a coherent approach to learning that unifies academic disciplines. The course projects critical thinking, enabling students to inquire and deepen their understanding of knowledge as a human construction.

TOK offers students and teachers to:

  • Reflect critically on diverse ways of acquiring knowledge.
  • Consider the role and nature of knowledge in their own culture, in the cultures of others, and in the wider world.
  • Be aware of themselves as thinkers, encouraging them to become more acquainted with the complexity of knowledge.
  • Recognise the need to act responsibly.

Extended Essay requires students to engage in independent research through an in-depth study of a question relating to one of the IB Diploma Programme subjects they are studying. It enables students to focus on a topic of global significance, which they examine through the lens of at least two DP subjects.

Through the research process, students develop skills in:

  • Formulating a research question
  • Personal exploration of the topics
  • Ideating and Communicating
  • Developing a hypothesis or argument

Creativity, activity, and service instil in a learner a challenging academic programme in a holistic way, providing opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, accomplishment, and leisure.

CAS requires students to:

  • Engage in real, purposeful activities with significant outcomes.
  • Gain a personal challenge.
  • Empower through thoughtful consideration, such as planning, reviewing progress, and reporting.
  • Reflection on outcomes and personal learning.

IB Diploma Programme Subjects offered at Knowledgeum Acadedemy 

A student needs to choose from six subject groups in the IB Diploma Programme curriculum, as follows:

Group IB Diploma subjects
1
  • English Language and Literature HL/SL
2
  • Spanish ab initio
  • Hindi
  • French ab initio
3
  • Business Management (SL/HL)
  • Economics (SL/HL)
  • Psychology (SL/HL)
  • Environmental System and Societies (SL)
4
  • Computer Science (SL/HL)
  • Environmental System and Societies (SL)
  • Physics (SL/HL)
  • Chemistry (SL/HL)
  • Biology (SL/HL)
5
  • Mathematics Analysis and Approaches (SL/HL)
  • Mathematics Application and Interpretation (SL/HL)
6
  • Arts
Group 1
Language and Literature

  • English Language and Literature HL/SL
Group 2
Language Acquisition

  • Spanish ab initio
  • Hindi
Group 3
Individuals and Societies

  • Business Management (SL/HL)
  • Economics (SL/HL)
  • Psychology (SL/HL)
  • Environmental System and Societies (SL)
Group 4
Sciences

  • Computer Science (SL/HL)
  • Environmental System and Societies (SL)
  • Physics (SL/HL)
  • Chemistry (SL/HL)
  • Biology (SL/HL)
Group 5
Mathematics

  • Mathematics Analysis and Approaches (SL/HL)
  • Mathematics Application and Interpretation (SL/HL)
Group 6
Arts

  • Visual Arts (HL/SL)

Our Approach and Pedagogy 

IB programmes are taught by expert facilitators who explicitly help students learn how to develop the attitudes and skills they need for both academic and personal success. There are six key pedagogical principles that underpin IB programmes. Teaching in IB programmes is:

  1. Based on inquiry
  2. Focused on conceptual understanding
  3. Developed in local and global contexts
  4. Focused on effective teamwork and collaboration
  5. Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners
  6. Informed by assessment (formative and summative)

Comparison between IBDP and PUC 

Aspect IBDP (International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme) PUC (Pre-University Course)
Academic Rigour Both offer a challenging curriculum aimed at preparing students for higher education. Both provide a comprehensive foundation for university studies.
Core Subjects Includes core subjects such as languages, sciences, and humanities. Covers essential subjects like languages, sciences, and commerce.
Assessment Uses a combination of internal assessments and final examinations. Assesses students through regular exams and final board examinations.
University Preparation Designed to equip students with skills and knowledge for university-level work. Focuses on preparing students for higher education through a broad academic base.
Holistic Development Emphasises critical thinking, research skills, and personal development. Aims to develop a well-rounded academic profile and life skills.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 

The IB Diploma Programme is equivalent to Grades 11 and 12 in the Indian context. The programme offered to students aged 16–19 has six subject groups with cores such as Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE), and Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS). Its rigorous curriculum module empowers students to take on their lives through practical and future-ready skills to make a difference and thrive in this fast-paced world.

The International Baccalaureate is an international educational foundation that directs a pedagogy of international education for a global community of schools. The core organisation, the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), founded the IB curriculum in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The IB curriculum aims to provide comprehensive programmes of international standard to students worldwide. The pedagogy is targeted at providing comprehensive education to students within the age range of 3–19 years of age.

The three programmes are:

  • PYP: Primary Years Programme for 3–12 Years Old (Kindergarten to Class 5).
  • MYP: Middle Years Programme for 11–16 year olds (Class 6 to Class 10).
  • DP: Diploma Programme for 16–19 years old (Class 11 and Class 12).

All three programmes are targeted at the comprehensive development of children in intellectual, emotional, personal, and social aspects to become responsible citizens of a global community.

6 Subjects

Against all myths, this statement is true. The IB Diploma Programme is officially accepted by all universities and colleges in India. The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has given the IB Diploma equal status as the Plus Two (10+2) class of all other boards prevailing in India.

IBDP students are evaluated based on the grading system, which ranges from 1 to 7. Universities and colleges give admission to IBDP students based on their percentages or marks in Class 12. Results in the IBDP are declared in July of every year, but as admissions to Indian universities are completed before July, the IB board provides their students with predicted scores, which are based on their prior academic performance. Universities provide provisional admission to IBDP passouts based on these scores.

The following table is used by most of the universities in India to convert the IB score into percentages:

IB: Grade Indian Equivalent
7 96-100
6 83-95
5 70-82
4 56-69
3 41-55
2 21-40
1 1-20

Traditional boards have a unidimensional curriculum, which means the focus is always on knowledge. All a learner does is learn, either by understanding or by memorizing. On the contrary, in the IB Diploma Programme, learners have to both understand what they are learning and develop their skills simultaneously, which makes this education multi-dimensional. The teaching approach used by International Baccalaureate schools in Bangalore is multidisciplinary, which helps the students grow into individuals with a global mind and thinking process.

To succeed in a competitive exam, aspirants need to practice timing and strategy, irrespective of which board they belong to. The fundamental concepts are similar on every board; however, how you interpret and conceptualise your learning is taught by schools. Since the IB curriculum focuses on a comprehensive understanding and implementing their knowledge, the students are very competent to excel in competitive exams.

This is again a myth that needs to be shattered. Students of the IB board are equally accepted by all the universities and colleges in India. There are a lot of IB school students who want to pursue their higher studies only at an Indian institution. It is also true that studying in the International Baccalaureate gives students a competitive edge over others in abroad studies because of the inclusion of foreign languages in the curriculum. Additionally, all the disciplines are taught to the IB Diploma Programme students with breadth and depth, which makes learning more intense and helps students realise their potential.

In the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, students are required to take six subjects. These subjects must include one from each of Groups 1 to 5, and either one from Group 6 or an approved substitute from another group. Additionally, students must take three subjects at Higher Level (HL) and the remaining subjects at Standard Level (SL)

For students undertaking the IB programme, it is recommended to select at least two, preferably three, subjects from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics at Higher Level (HL). The most suitable combinations typically include Biology and Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics, and Mathematics and Physics.

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