IB Diploma Programme

The IB Diploma Programme is a prestigious and academically challenging programme of education designed to prepare students at The Lisboan aged 16 to 19 for success in higher education and in life beyond.

A comprehensive program of study

Recognised by the world’s leading universities, the IB Diploma Programme is a comprehensive program of study that incorporates consideration for students’ intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being.

IB Diploma students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning, requiring them to demonstrate commitment, academic resilience, good time-management, and sustained determination to achieve challenging goals.

All the while, they are supported to develop wide-ranging skills in critical and creative thinking, collaboration, independent research, self-management and communication, ensuring they are ideally positioned to further their studies at leading universities around the world.

IB Diploma Grades & Assessment

Theory of Knowledge (TOK)

In the IB’s signature Theory of Knowledge course, students inquire into the nature of knowing and deepen their understanding of knowledge as a human construction.

Extended Essay

IB Diploma students also complete a major independent research project – an Extended Essay in which they conduct in-depth study of a question from one of their Diploma subjects they are studying.

Creativity, Action, Service (CAS)

CAS provides opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, individual growth and accomplishment, and personal enjoyment. It involves students in a range of activities alongside their academic studies that promote originality, healthy lifestyles, and responsible membership in local and global communities through reciprocal service.
These initiatives and activities are a key part of our students’ education, and include:

Local and global community outreach projects
Charity drives
Model United Nations
Sports

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