The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a two-year program that corresponds to the 11th and 12th grade Lykeion and prepares students for entry to the best universities all over the world. Students are able to enter the IB program upon completion of the 10th grade (1st grade Lykeion). The IB Diploma is also fully equivalent to the Greek high school diploma (Law 2327, 1995).

The IB program is taught in English, French or Spanish in 138 countries, and it is offered by 2057 authorized schools worldwide. Anatolia College introduced the program in 1998, and Anatolia's graduating students have been accepted at universities such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Northwestern and others in the U.S.A;  Cambridge, UCL (University College London), Imperial College, York, Bath, Warwick, Edinburgh and Glasgow in Great Britain; the Sorbonne in France; Bocconi and La Sapienza in Italy.

The IB program at Anatolia is open to students from all schools and nationalities provided they have an adequate command of the English language, are motivated and ready to adopt the disciplined work habits required by the IB curriculum. Students from Albania, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, FYROM, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S. have enrolled in the program in recent years, as well as Greek students.

Why IB? 

The IB Diploma is a program suitable for those who have decided to continue their studies abroad i.e. in a European or a US university. It balances breadth of knowledge with specialization and equips students with the critical skills needed for success in higher education. It helps students develop their time management skills and their ability to critically analyze information, which are great assets later on at college.

The International Baccalaureate is a flexible program. Students select subjects from within six subject groups. They also select the level (Higher or Standard) at which they want to study each subject. This enables them to create a personalized program of studies based on their current interests and their objectives for the future.

Since the IB is a common worldwide curriculum, it enables internationally mobile students to transfer from one IB school to another with relative ease and a minimum loss of continuity.

Why IB at Anatolia?

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  • Founded in 1886, Anatolia has long been considered one of the most distinguished educational institutions in Greece.
  • Anatolia is an international institution with American as well as Greek roots; it has always striven to promote a better understanding of others in a city with a long history of being multicultural, tolerant and exciting.
  • Anatolia has a 45-acre campus of great natural beauty, which includes a residence hall for students wishing to stay on campus, a modern library, science laboratories, computing laboratories, a theatre, a refectory, a multi-use gym and a new open air track & field court.
  • Anatolia's extracurricular program allows IB students to come into contact with the more than 1000 other Anatolians, make new friends and become members of the Anatolia community.
  • IB classes at Anatolia are kept small to facilitate a more individualized approach to teaching.       
  • The IB staff at Anatolia is well qualified. All faculty members routinely attend international workshops offered by the IBO for professional development and syllabus review.
  • In addition to a very high success rate in the entrance exams for Greek universities, Anatolia has a history of placing some of its best students at top universities abroad, especially in the U.S. and Great Britain.
  • The IB's curriculum is connected with educational and cultural excursions and activities, through which students have the possibility to enrich their knowledge and broaden their horizons. Click here to view the latest activities of IB students.

Curriculum

IB Student Handbook

Faculty