In the year 2016-2017, the British International School Hanoi had a successful and memorable academic year with excellent results in IGCSE & A Levels by its senior students.

These achievements have granted BIS Hanoi students access to the very best universities worldwide, including Ivy League schools in the United States and the Russell Group in the United Kingdom.

The IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) is an internationally-respected qualification studied by students aged 14-16 years old.

Valued by employers and universities, it covers a broad range of core subjects including languages, humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and creative, technical and vocational disciplines.

It is one of the most academically challenging qualifications currently on offer to 14-16 year old students worldwide and provides a foundation for learners to prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) and A Levels.

In some countries, students having IGCSE certificates can be admitted directly to colleges and universities without completing an IBDP or A Level program.

BIS Hanoi Year 11 students during a Science lesson

The A Level (Advanced Level) is studied by students aged 16-19 years old. The programme generally takes two years to complete and is split into two parts.

Most of students study three or four subjects and choose to take a final exam in three subjects at the end of the second year.

The A Level curriculum aims to develop comprehensive and insightful understanding of various topics, building critical thinking skills and enabling students to prepare for higher education. 

In the 2016-2017 school year, BIS Hanoi students achieved extraordinary IGCSE and A Level examination results from Cambridge.

- Forty-seven percent of all IGCSE grades achieved by BIS Hanoi students were at the highest levels of A* or A. This is 27 percent higher than the 2017 UK average of 20 percent.

- Thirty-five percent of all A Level grades achieved by BIS Hanoi students were at the highest levels of A* or A, which is much higher than the 2017 UK average of 26.3 percent.

BIS Hanoi Graduation Ceremony in June 2017

These outstanding achievements have allowed BIS Hanoi students to receive offers from the most prestigious universities worldwide, including Ivy League schools in the United States and from the Russell Group in the United Kingdom.

BIS Hanoi graduates now continue to study and pursue their career paths around the world at universities such as Columbia University, Stanford, Princeton, London School of Economics and Political Science, the National University of Singapore, University of Leeds, Birmingham, Waseda University of Japan, New York University, and many more.

These exceptional results are the culmination of the hard work and dedication of the school's students, its ambitious approach and the support of its excellent and qualified teachers from the UK as well as a dynamic learning environment, the international standard of safety and flexibility of the facilities at BIS Hanoi.