Germany, Dusseldorf
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Boarding is offered on campus for students aged 15+ (Grades 9–12). Rooms are available as Category A (single with private bathroom), Category B (single with shared bathroom, two singles share one bathroom), or Category C (double with private bathroom) with supervision provided by a boarding team; meals are served daily with all students eating together, and every second Friday there is a trip to explore Cologne.
Healthy meals are served daily, and all students eat together.
The school is operated by Internationale Friedensschule Köln GmbH.
Cologne International School (CIS) provides the International Baccalaureate continuum (PYP, MYP, DP) on a campus in Cologne, Germany, with on-site boarding for up to 20 international students. The school opened its campus in Butzweilerhof in 2022 on a 19,000 m² site, featuring bright classrooms, dedicated PYP, MYP and DP spaces, science labs, art rooms and maker spaces, plus an indoor gym and outdoor play areas. The primary program is bilingual (German-English); from Grade 6 onward instruction is mainly in English to support IB preparation and international qualifications. CIS offers Cambridge Secondary and Cambridge IGCSE in addition to the IB. The school hosts a broad extracurricular program: sports (tennis, athletics, football, basketball), performing and creative arts (theatre, art, video production, choir, big band, music theatre), language clubs (Spanish, French, German, English) and clubs such as Model United Nations and an Honors Program. Community service and exchange projects extend learning beyond campus.