Symbiosis International School is an

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...

school located in

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

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, founded in 2005. It offers students a 12-year education, starting with Early Years 1-3 Programme, IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), IB Middle Years Programme (MYP),Cambridge IGCSE and IB Diploma Programme (DP). It is located in the north-east side of

city, in

Viman Nagar Viman Nagar is a residential and retail neighborhood in the Eastern Metropolitan Corridor of Pune and is one of the regions in the city. Viman Nagar is in close proximity to the Pune International Airport. During the Pre-independence era, the ne ...

. The school is built on a campus shared with

Symbiosis International University Symbiosis International (Deemed University), is a multi-campus private deemed university located in the city of Pune, India. The university has more than 30 academic institutions spread over various campuses in Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, In ...

. The two institutions share many facilities, such as a football pitch, basketball courts, first-aid facilities, and an amphitheatre. The school is authorised by the nternational Baccalaureate Organisationto offer the

IB Primary Years Programme The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) is an educational programme managed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) for students in grades Kindergarten to Fifth grade. While the programme prepares students for the IB Middle Y ...

, which is offered from kindergarten and grades I to V, and the

IB Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into ...

for grades XI and XII. SIS offers IB Middle Years Programme for grades VI through VIII, It is also a recognised centre for the

International General Certificate of Secondary Education The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based examination similar to GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainm ...

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, and students appear for IGCSE examinations at the end of grade X after a two-year preparation course beginning in grade IX.

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