Supporters
This section of the website is dedicated to the community of IB supporters and provides specific information for volunteers, donors and IB graduates.
International Baccalaureate® mission
We promote intercultural understanding and respect, not as an alternative to a sense of cultural and national identity, but as an essential part of life in the 21st century.
All of this is captured in our mission statement.
The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Read more about the IB mission and strategy.
The IB grant
The IB grant provides short-term grants for schools experiencing financial challenges or wanting to increase access to IB programmes.
In 2007, 19 schools applied for and benefited from an IB Grant. In 2008, 93 applications were received and grants totaling $430,000 were made.
Find out more about the IB grant.
IB learner profile
The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century.
The learner profile provides a long-term vision of education. It is a set of ideals that can inspire, motivate and focus the work of schools and teachers, uniting them in a common purpose.
Find out more about the learner profile.
Contact us
The regional offices provide services to prospective IB schools, to IB World Schools, to universities and for governments.
Please choose one of the following to view office addresses.
Curriculum and assessment centre