Universities and the IB
Portsmouth Grammar School
11th May 2017
Peter Fidczuk
IB UK Development and Recognition Manager
[email protected]
Universities’ Perceptions of
the IB Diploma
Cognitive skills
• Analysing
• Synthesising
• Critical thinking
• Evaluating
• Problem solving
• Inquiring mind
• Intellectual insight
• Innovation
• Argument construction
• Intellectual risk
Affective skills
Attitudes to learning
• Persistence and perseverance
• Focus and concentration, overcoming distractions
• Self-motivation
• Reducing anxiety
• Delaying gratification
• Managing impulsiveness and anger
• Developing resilience
IB learner profile
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What are universities
looking for?
• The ability to engage with the chosen
course/university
• Enthusiasm for the chosen subject
• The right mix of HL subjects
• Grades
• Personal profile
• Work experience (for some specific courses)
What do Universities say?
Oxford’s comments
IB is a “great qualification” as it is:
• Challenging
• Offers a global perspective
• Integrated programme
• Interdisciplinary
• Develops essay writing skills
• Extended Essay is an extended piece of writing
developing inquiry, independent study skills and
research skills
• TOK develops the skill of critical analysis
2016 Offers
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Law at UCL
39 + 19 @HL
Chemistry @ Bath
36 + 6 HL Ch 6 in 2nd HL Science, 5 in 3rd HL
History at Bristol
38 + 18 @ HL incl 6 HL Hi
English at Warwick
38 + 6 HL En
Geography at Leeds
35 + 18 @ HL
Economics at LSE
38 + 766
Natural Sciences at Durham
38 + 766
Engineering at Cambridge
41 + 776
Medicine at King’s College
35 + 666
Philosophy at Nottingham
34
PPE at Oxford
39 + 766
Veterinary Science at RVC
HL 766
Psychology at Exeter
34
Marine Biology at Plymouth
28
Electrical Engineering @ Bangor 27
Film/Media @ CCCU
24
Universities with fixed point
entry requirements
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Kent 34
King’s College London, Leeds 35
Birmingham, Royal Holloway, Manchester 32
Bath 36
• Oxford 38-39
• Goldsmiths 33-34
• Essex (mostly)30
• Birmingham City University 28
• Leeds Beckett 26
IB students in UK
Higher Education
• 2% of all applicants to UCAS hold IB qualifications
• Top universities disproportionately recruit IB
students:
o Oxford 6% of Y1 UGs in 2015
o Bath 6%
o Exeter 7%
o Imperial College London10%
o University College London 13%
o Kings College, London 16% (including Nursing),
20% (excluding Nursing)
2016 Confirmed IB Places
University
Durham
Exeter
UCL
Warwick
Nottingham
Birmingham
KCL
Cambridge
Oxford
Bristol
Leeds
Manchester
Bath
Edinburgh
Loughborough
Southampton
ICL
Kent
UEA
QMUL
St Andrews
LSE
Leicester
Number of Acceptances
73
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Sample of 1200
destinations
collected from
UK IB schools
Most popular 2016 subjects
Subject
Medicine
Biological/Biomedical
Economics
Law
History
Psychology
Engineering
Business
Physical Sciences
Geography
Languages
English
Accounting & Finance
Computer Science
Number of Acceptances
81
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HESA Report comparing HE
outcomes of IB and A Level
students
• Released 2016
• Key findings:
– IB students have much higher chance of receiving an
offer from the top 20 universities
– IB students have a slightly higher completion rate
– IB students more likely to achieve a first, or a second
– IB students more likely to continue to postgraduate
studies
http://www.ibo.org/contentassets/d74675437b4f4ab3831270
2599a432f1/hesa_final_report.pdf
Entry to Higher
Education overseas
The following Directors of Undergraduate Admission have shared
the following:
Marilyn Lewis of Harvard stated that, “IB is well known to us for
its excellent preparations. Success in an IB program correlates
well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the
credentials of the IB Diploma Programme on the transcript.”
Marilee Jones of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
suggested, “Send us prepared students a la IB...It is the ‘best’
high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.”
Higher Education
overseas
The following universities have accepted IB students from the UK in 2014-6:
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Columbia
Harvard
Rutgers
Duke
Carnegie Mellon
William Penn
North Carolina
West Michigan
Yale
UCLA
New York
McGill, Canada
UBC, Canada
Hong Kong University
ICU, Tokyo
Deakin University
Les Roches
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Esade, Barcelona
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Trinity College, Dublin
St Gallen, Switzerland
Sapienza, University of Rome
Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, Milan
Bocconi University
Bologna
Hogeschool, Rotterdam
Erasmus, Rotterdam
Hague University of Applied Sciences
Maastricht
Amsterdam
Budapest
Munich
IGMO, Moscow
Conclusion
Universities value Diploma students as they are :
• HE ready
• Well organised
• Well skilled
• Able to cope with intense courses
• Rarely ‘fail’
THANK YOU
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