2015-2016
Mrs. Nita M. AmbaniFounder & Chairperson
Mr. David Impey, Head of International Curriculum
Mr. Abhimanyu Basu, Deputy Head of International Curriculum
Ms. Sonali Bajaj, IBD Coordinator
Mr. Barry Phipps, Head of Counseling ([email protected])
Ms. Annie Prasanna, College Counselor ([email protected])
Ms. Nitika Thakur, College Counselor ([email protected])
CEEB Code: 671 661 • IB Code: 001 425 • UCAS Code: 452 44
ICSE
The School
A K-12 co-educational, private, non-profit day school founded in 2003, Dhirubhai Ambani International School provides a learning environment that encourages children to bring out the best in themselves and which supports their all-round development, through discovering the joy of learning, awakening and illuminating their intellect in multi-dimensional ways, and instilling abiding values in themselves. DAIS believes that a curriculum of excellence with a global dimension is central to the education of children to face the challenges of the 21st century with confidence, strength of character and live by our motto 'Dare to Dream, Learn to Excel'.
Curriculum
DAIS offers the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) curricula. Students in Lower Kindergarten to Grade 7 follow an integrated curriculum that draws on teaching programmes of national and international examination boards. The School is also a member of the Cambridge International Primary Programme (CIPP). In Grades 8 to 10, students choose either the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education programme (ICSE) or the University of Cambridge's International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) programme. All students in Grades 11 and 12 pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD) Programme. Admission to DAIS is selective and is completed through a process of application, testing and interaction. Applicants admitted to the IBD Programme include the school's Grade 10 students progressing to Grade 11, as well as external applicants who go through a two-stage admission test and a one-on-one interaction.
Academic Calendar
DAIS operates on a semester calendar, with Semester 1 from mid-July to mid-December and Semester 2 from early January to early June.
Course Load
In Grades 9 and 10, ICSE students may enrol in 8 courses of two years duration. Students pursuing the IGCSE program may enrol for a minimum and maximum of 8 and 10 courses respectively. In Grade 11 and 12, all students enrol for the IBD Programme to complete a total of six 2-year long courses (3 at the Higher level and 3 at the Standard Level), a Theory of Knowledge course, a 4000 word independently researched Extended Essay and Creativity, Action and Service projects.
Student Opportunities
Students actively engage in sporting and co-curricular activities at a very high level, while integrating service to community as part of their education at DAIS.
• The School has a very active Model United Nations (MUN) programme. In 2006, DAIS received affiliation to THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations), a remarkable milestone as ours was the first school from India to achieve this
honor. The Annual DAIMUN (DAIS Model United Nations) Conference provides opportunities for students to deliberate on contemporary and critical issues the world faces, in addition to developing leadership qualities;
• Education World ranks DAIS as the No. 1 International School in in India across all categories (for 3rd consecutive year) with No. 1 ranking across all categories of international schools in Academic Reputation, Leadership/Management quality, Special Needs Education, and Teacher Welfare and Development;
• A Global Member of Round Square, DAIS has successfully integrated the Round Square IDEALS (Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service) through a number of activities and exchange programmes;
• The International Award for Young People (IAYP) encourages overall development of young adults by challenging them in four areas - physical recreation, skills, service and expeditions;
• The DAIS Study and Activity Centre at an 18 acre off-campus site in Matheran gives children the opportunity to experience an exciting outdoor environment, to share moments of reflection and engage in sporting activities;
• Through exchange programmes, DAIS encourages students to adapt themselves and be part of a range of real-world experience, exposing them to various cultural contexts and opportunities for social service. The School has several exchange programmes - with L'Ermitage School, Paris, France; SEK Ciudalcampo International School, Madrid, Spain; Open Gate School, Prague, Czech Republic: Bavarian International School, Bavaria, Germany; and The Liceo Scientifico Farnesina School, Rome, Italy;
• As part of their engagement with many social causes, students from class III onwards are involved in various community service activities. While the younger children visit old age homes, orphanages and support underprivileged children, our secondary school children are involved in the development of two villages - Hassachipatti (a village near Matheran) and Kumbharghar (near Patalganga), with focus on education, infrastructure and economic empowerment. Our school also welcomes the participation of students from Round Square
EnrolmentTotal (K – 12) : 1065 High School (9 – 12) : 401Graduating Class : 106Seniors registered for full IB diploma : 102
FacultyFull time : 141 High school (IGCSE/IB) : 72 Percent with Advanced Degrees : 78%Percent with Doctorate : 6% High School Student Faculty Ratio : 6:1Average Class Size : 15IB Examiners : 36IB Moderators : 18IB Senior Examiners : 4IB, NEASC and IB Team Visit member and Leader : 8
Class of 2015
Graduates : 103 Gap Year before college : 2%Graduates who pursued full IB Diploma : 101Graduates who achieved full IB Diploma : 101Students with perfect (45/45) IBD scores: 6 Students with 44/45 IBD points : 6Students with 43/45 IBD points : 5 Students with 40/45 and above IBD points: 60Students with 36/45 and above IBD points : 88IBD average score : 40
Schools and other schools in India and from around the world;
• Our school's other community service initiatives include the 'Across the Road' project which supports children from underprivileged slums adjacent to the School for their educational and developmental needs. Our students also work with several NGOs – Advitya, Akanksha, DAIsight, Prakriti, Muktangan, Pratham, Aarambh, Aseema and The Village project.
• In 2008,2010 and 2014, the School had the distinction of being adjudged the best co-educational school in sports in Mumbai by the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA), an acknowledgment of our sporting accomplishments in football, basketball, cricket, judo, soccer, judo, taekwondo, swimming, squash, tennis, table-tennis, and badminton.
• DAIS Leadership Series (DLS) was introduced at the school in 2013 with a view to providing opportunities to students to listen to compelling stories from some of India's leaders and draw inspiration and insights from them as they prepare to face the future;
• With the growing appreciation of TED Talks as a teaching and learning tool and a catalyst for innovation and change, our school has formally launched TEDxYouth@DAIS in August 2013.
Grading
In Grades 9 and 10, the grading is A* to U for those doing the IGCSE (with A* the highest), and percentage marks for those pursuing the ICSE examination system. Students in Grades 11 and 12 receive the IB grades of 7 to 1 (with 7 being the highest). All students receive a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) on the basis of their work completed in grades 9 to 12. The conversion table for the calculation of the GPA is provided in the transcript. The school does not rank its students.
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CLASS OF 2015 IB SUBJECT RESULTS - GRADE DISTRIBUTION
Hist. Asia/Oce HL 17 5 9 3 0 6.12 5.12
Psychology HL 14 3 8 2 11 5.93 4.68
Psychology SL 3 0 2 1 0 5.67 4.37
Subject Group 4
Biology HL 22 8 12 2 0 6.27 4.35
Biology SL 9 3 6 0 0 6.33 4.25
Chemistry HL 44 18 17 6 2 6.11 4.50
Chemistry SL 14 9 5 0 0 6.64 4.05
Computer Sc. HL 10 3 3 4 0 5.90 4.38
Computer Sc. SL 4 1 1 2 0 5.75 4.11
Physics HL 46 18 14 11 2 6.00 4.69
Physics SL 2 2 0 0 0 7.00 4.19
Sports Exercise Sc 10 7 1 1 1 6.40 4.10
Subject Group 5
Furth. Maths HL 2 2 0 0 0 7.00 4.71
Math. Studies SL 6 3 1 1 1 6.00 4.49
Mathematics HL 47 14 22 7 4 5.98 4.44
Mathematics SL 48 21 17 8 2 6.19 4.44
Subject Group 6
Visual Arts Option A HL 6 3 2 0 1 6.17 4.85
Visual Arts Option A SL 1 1 0 0 0 7.00 4.58
Subject Group 1
English A: Lang and Literature HL 23 9 13 1 0 6.35 5.10
English A: Lang and Literature SL 35 12 22 1 0 6.31 5.23
English A: Literature HL 6 1 3 2 0 5.83 4.75
English A: Literature SL 12 1 6 5 0 5.67 5.07
Literature and Performance SL 25 5 14 6 0 5.96 4.63
Subject Group 2
French AB. SL 9 5 3 1 0 6.44 5.04
French B HL 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 5.23
French B SL 14 9 5 0 0 6.64 4.89
Hindi B HL 3 2 1 0 0 6.67 5.51
Hindi B SL 41 16 25 0 0 6.39 5.83
Spanish AB. SL 33 27 5 1 0 6.79 5.07
Subject Group 3
Bus.& Man. HL 7 4 2 1 0 6.43 4.73
Bus.& Man. SL 9 7 2 0 0 6.78 4.77
Economics HL 46 23 15 6 2 6.28 5.15
Economics SL 22 11 11 0 0 6.50 4.67
Geography HL 11 3 5 1 2 5.82 5.24
Geography SL 4 4 0 0 0 7.00 4.70
History SL 2 2 0 0 0 7.00 4.65
Percentage of Students attending college or university in the following countries:
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India
Canada
Ireland
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Gap Year
UAE
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UK
SAT I Average Results for the Class of 2015
Subject Average Score
Critical Reading 661
Math 725
Writing 672
Dhirubhai Ambani International School
ICSE Class X Results 2015
A Comparative Snapshot of Subject-wise Grades
All 31 students who appeared for the 2015 ICSE exam achieved a score of 92% and above
• 26 students have scored 95% and above
• 5 students have scored between 92% and 95%
• Our topper has scored 99.40%
• Our second highest score is 99%
The School's average score is 96.19%
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IB Diploma Results 2015 - A Comparative Snapshot
• 6 students earned the perfect score of 45 points, a score that was only achieved by 10 students in India & South Asia and 177 students worldwide in 2015
During the last eleven years, 55 students earned the perfect score of 45 points in South Asia, of which 31 are from DAIS. 56% of the students with the perfect score of 45 points in South Asia are from DAIS
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IGCSE Class X Results 2015
A Comparative Snapshot
• 88.84% of all grades achieved are A*'s and A's (UK Independent Schools: 60.6%, UK National: 21.3%; Worldwide: 28.78% in 2014)
• 65.71% of all grades achieved are A*'s (UK Independent Schools: 32.7%, UK National: 6.7%; Worldwide: 18% in 2014)
• 23.13% of all grades achieved are A's
• 8.45% of all grades achieved are B's
• 2 students have got 10 A*'s in all the 10 subjects they appeared for
• 16 students have achieved 9 A*'s or above
• 13 students achieved 8 A*'s or above
SAT I Average Results for the Class of 2015
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Physics 758
Math II 768
Bio M. 719
Bio E. 707
Chemistry 755
Spanish 730
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UKIndependent
Schools
UK NationalSchools
Worldwide
AUSTRALIA
Australian National University
Bond University
International College of Management - Sydney
Monash University
Phoenix Academy Australia
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
University of Sydney
CANADA
Carleton University
Dalhousie University
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
McGill University
Queen's University
Ryerson University
Simon Fraser University
Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced
Learning
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
York University
FRANCE
EICAR Paris
GERMANY
Jacobs University - Bremen
University of Karisruhe Gmbh Germany
HONGKONG
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong University of Sciences & Technology
Savannah College of Art and Design
University of Hong Kong
INDIA
Ashoka Univeristy
BITS Pilani
D Y Patil College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai
Dattameghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Vardha,
Nagpur
Foundation for Liberal Arts and Management
Education (FLAME), Pune
Government Law College, Mumbai
H.R. College, Mumbai
Institute of Hotel Management Aurangabad
Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Jindal Global Law School
K.J.Somaiya College of Science and Commerce,
Mumbai
K.C.College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai
K Raheja
Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi
Manipal University, Jaipur
Mithibai College
National Law College, Bangalore
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics,
Mumbai
O.P. Jindal Global University & Jindal Global Law
School, Sonepat, Haryana
Podar World School
Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai
R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics,
Mumbai
Raffles Design International
Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
Rizvi Law College
Russell Square International
SAM – Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, Chennai
Sophia College, Mumbai
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Stella Maris College - Chennai
Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune
St.Joseph's College, Bangalore
Thadomal Shahani Engineering College
True School of Music
Wellingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
IRELAND
Trinity College Dublin
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
University College Dublin
ITALY
Bocconi University
NETHERLANDS
Erasmus University Rotterdam
SINGAPORE
La Salle College of the Arts
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
Raffles Business School (RBS)
Singapore Management University
SP Jain Institute of Management
Yale-NUS
UAE
New York University, Abu Dhabi
USA
Amherst College
American University
Arizona State University
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bentley College
Berkelee College of Music
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryant College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of Technology
California Polytechnic State University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
Claremont Mckenna College
Clark University
Colby College
Colgate University
Columbia University
College of Wooster
College of William & Mary
Connecticut College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Denison University
Drake University
Drexel University
Duke University
Earlham College
Eckerd College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida
Emerson College
Emory University
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida State University
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Fordham University
Furman University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hofstra University
HULT Business School
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Kettering University
Lafayette College
Lehigh College
Loyola University of New Orleans
Loyola Marymount University
Manhattan College
Maryland College Institute of Arts
Macalester College
Miami University (Ohio)
Michigan State University
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
New School - Parsons School of Design
NYU Abu Dhabi
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Ohio State University
Pace University
Penn State University
University Acceptances 2005-2015
• Our students from the Class of 2015 have earned admission offers from 16 of the world's top 25 universities (World University Ranking by the “QS Top Universities Guide 2015”).
• DAIS has had 958 students graduate till date. Following are the universities that have accepted DAIS students during the last decade (the Class of 2005 to the Class of 2015):
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Pitzer College
Pomona College
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Providence College
Purdue University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College, Memphis
Rhode Island School of Design
Rice University
Ringling College of Art & Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University
Rollins College
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Rutgers State University of New Jersey
Saint Louis University
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
School of Visual Arts
Smith College
Stanford University
Stony Brook University
St. John's College, Baltimore
SUNY - Buffalo
Suffolk University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas A & M University
The College of New Jersey
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The School of Visual Arts
Trinity College
Tufts University
Tulane University
Union College
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
University of Arts London
University of the Arts – Philadelphia
University at Buffalo
University of California - Berkeley
University of California - Davis
University of California - Irvine
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California – Merced
University of California – Riverside
University of California - San Diego
University of California - Santa Barbara
University of California – Santa Cruz
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Connecticut
University of Surrey
University of Colorado
University of Delaware
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
University of Massachusetts – Boston
University of Miami
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rhode Island
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of Texas at Austin
University of Tulsa
University of Virginia
University of Washington - Seattle
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Vassar College
Virginia Tech University
Washington University, St. Louis
Washington & Jefferson College
Wellesley College
Wells College
Wesleyan University
Western Illinois University
Wheaton College
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Yale University
UK
Ashton University
Birbeck, University of London
Brunel University
Cardiff University
Central Saint Martin College of Art and Design
City University
Coventry University
Durham University
Goldsmiths University of London
Heriot-Watt University
Hult International Business School
Imperial College
Kings College of London
Lancaster University
Leeds College of Art
London College of Communication
London Metropolitan University
London College of Fashion
London School of Economics
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Middlesex University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University
Queen Mary, University of London
Reading University
Regents Business School
Richmond the American International University in
London
Royal Holloway, University of London
School of Oriental & African Studies
St. George’s, University of London
University College London
University of the Arts London
University of Aberdeen
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bradford
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Kent
University of Lancaster
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Loughborough
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Reading
University of Roehampton
The University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of St. Andrews
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of Warwick
University of Westminister
University of York