Affiliations & Accreditations
Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS), International Baccalaureate Organization World Schools (IBO), and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Our College is certified to offer IB, ACT, pre-ACT, PSAT and SAT examinations. We are certified test centres for ABRSM music and LAMDA drama examinations. The Beijing and Shanghai campuses are also audition centres for Berklee College.
The Deputy Master (External) from Dulwich College, our founding school in London, inspects our College each year to ensure we maintain Dulwich College's standards of excellence.
Our network of schools has relationships and shared events with leading universities and organisations. Our students have attended masterclasses with artists and educators from the Berklee College of Music, Northwestern University, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and Trinity College Dublin. We have hosted academic presentations from the Universities of Cambridge, Bristol, Sheffield and St. Andrews, among others. Our Colleges have hosted debate workshops with Georgetown University and leadership seminars with Stanford OHS, and our teachers have participated in professional learning programmes with Duke NUS. Johns Hopkins University Centre for Talented Youth has tested some of our students and run workshops with our teachers. The Oxford Mathemagicians and a capella groups from Harvard, Yale and Princeton have also performed for us.
A global non-profit membership organisation that provides services to primary schools, secondary schools, and higher education institutions. The community includes 729 schools and 556 colleges and universities representing 112 countries.
The International Baccalaureate® is a non-profit educational foundation offering four programmes of international education that develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills needed to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalising world. Schools must be authorized by the IB Organization to offer any of the programmes.
WASC is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin.
ACAMIS is a non-profit association of over 50 international schools in eastern Asia with the aim to broaden education dimensions, advance professional growth, and promote international friendship within the participating schools through activities, events and competitions. Learn more about ACAMIS here.
CAIE is a provider of international qualifications, offering examinations and qualifications to 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries. Learn more about CIAE here.
Not all learning happens in the classroom. Young people need experiences outside the classroom to become committed, responsible and fulfilled citizens of the world.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is available to all 14-24 year olds and is the world’s leading youth achievement award. It equips young people for life regardless of their background, culture, physical ability, skills and interests. Doing the Award is a personal challenge and not a competition against others; it pushes young people to their personal limits and recognises their achievements.
The SAPERE Bronze Award is for the outstanding commitment and progress we have made in P4C.
FOBISIA aims to promote a British style education system in schools throughout Asia, and gives students the opportunity for collaboration and friendly competition through its annual sporting and musical festivals.
