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Shanghai SMIC Private School International Division provides access to SAT and AP testing and hosts an authorized ACT testing center. AP courses total about 21–23 offerings each year. SMIC graduates have a 100% acceptance rate to top-tier colleges worldwide, and high school graduation requires 100 hours of community service, supported by a full-service college and career counseling program.
Extracurricular activities include International Day, Sports Day, field trips, Model United Nations (MUN), proms, dances, art exhibitions, student plays, and music concerts.
K-12 Chinese language instruction and high school Spanish and French courses provide a four-year language sequence; in high school, Spanish and French are electives with AP Language and Culture options by year three.
Cross-age mentorship programs and after-school homework support develop social and leadership skills; vibrant extracurriculars include MUN, field trips, performances, and sports.
High school graduation requires 100 hours of community service.
Counseling and college/career advising support student leadership and post-secondary planning; SMIC is an authorized SAT/ACT/AP testing center and offers AP courses; the division employs more than 70 full-time overseas teachers and administrators. Two bilingual kindergartens (Zhangjiang main campus and Tangzhen) serve early childhood education.
Health and wellbeing are prioritized through athletics, mental health support, nutrition, and functional fitness; facilities include a gym, a 400m track, soccer fields, multiple labs, two libraries with about 45,000 volumes, and school buses.
SMIC Private School (SMIC School) is a K–12 school founded by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation in 2001 and opened to the public in 2004. The main campus is in Zhangjiang, Pudong (Qing‑Tong Road) and the school combines a Chinese-track program with an international (American‑system) division; the international division offers AP courses and is an authorised AP and SAT/ACT test centre. Facilities listed on the school site include science labs, language facilities, AI classroom and extensive sports facilities. The bilingual kindergarten lists class sizes and age bands (P2 = 3 years; K1 = 4; K2 = 5). The school states it provides daily Chinese instruction across grades while following American‑based curricular standards in the international division. For families: tuition for the international division is published per semester on the school site (see fees page); the site also gives a school‑bus contact for routes and fees.
