Our Diploma Programme (16 to 19 years)
Our Diploma Programme (DP) is a challenging two-year course for 16–19-year-olds that is the gold standard of international education.
The aim of the DP is to equip students with all the necessary skills and qualities to study at the world’s top universities and fulfil all their personal and academic potential.
This is achieved through an absorbing and holistic curriculum that’s focused on expanding knowledge, developing critical thinking skills and helping creativity and individuality flourish.
The DP curriculum comprises of:
- Studying six courses from six subject areas: three at Higher Level (HL) and three at Standard Level (SL)
- Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) activities
- A critical thinking course entitled Theory of Knowledge (ToK)
- An extended essay of about 4,000 words
Some questions you may have
IB Diploma Programme scholarship
The aim of our scholarship is to enable a talented student to pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Southbank. It is a two-year award, dependent on a student’s sustained performance and progression, beginning in Grade 11 and finishing in Grade 12 when the student graduates.
For more information about the scholarship and how to apply for it, please visit our Milton Toubkin Scholarship page.