Why IB?
IB…
- is committed to helping students become inquiring, knowledgeable and caring citizens of a global community
- sharpens students’ critical thinking skills
- values differences in learners — IB’s Learner Profile
- contains an internationally-minded focus and cultural sensitivity
- is consistently of high quality irrespective of country or region within a country
- focuses on educating the whole child
- emphasizes inquiry-based teaching and learning
- requires a significant service component
- is distributed worldwide in over 140 countries
Why UBC?
UBC…
- is committed to preparing today’s grads for the current job market at home and abroad
- possesses the largest number of IB Diploma Programme graduates of any university world-wide
- is an internationally-focused university
- emphasizes inquiry-based practice in the Faculty of Education
- emphasizes differentiation of instruction and learning
- emphasizes collaboration for teachers and students in all IB programmes
- is ideally located to serve Pacific Rim’s international student community
- has state-of-the-art infrastructure to serve international students
- is located in a desirable, world-class city