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Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam
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IST offers a challenging International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme that nurtures a love of learning and inquiry. The IB is delivered across the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme, and Diploma Programme, developing students as inquirers, thinkers, communicators, and global citizens. Following graduation, 95% of IST students gain admission to four-year universities or colleges.
Music introduces students to forms, styles, and functions through composition, performance, and analysis, and students develop practical and communicative skills as they grow as musicians both individually and collaboratively. Drama enables students to create theatre, work independently and in groups, and develop personal and cultural perspectives as well as international-mindedness. The arts program also includes band, choir, drama, and visual arts conventions where students can enter competitions and showcase their work.
Model United Nations is a prominent IST program that offers rigorous debate and research; IST runs a local inter-school MUN conference called Dar Model United Nations (DARMUN). IST maintains global education networks and is a member of ISSEA, AISA, CIS, MSA, SENIA and other international groups. Roots and Shoots provides leadership opportunities and cultural understanding, reflecting Jane Goodall's program. Students are encouraged to learn languages other than English, with multilingualism embedded in the curriculum. IST also partners with local organizations to provide opportunities beyond the classroom.
After school activities (ASA) are an umbrella term for learning activities outside class hours, including sports, international conferences, clubs and more. Elementary ASAs include Football, Touch Rugby, Karate, African Drumming, Band, Dodge Ball, Tae Kwon Do, Yoga, Hip Hop Dance, Swimming, Tennis, Band, Movie making, Drama, Lego Club and Table Tennis. Secondary ASAs include Football, Volleyball, Tennis, STEM, Music, Robotics, Tae Kwon Do, Table Tennis, Swimming, Track and Field, Hip Hop dance, Skate Boarding, Poets Society and Chess.
Service Learning and CAS are embedded in IST's core values, connecting service actions to curricular learning and promoting global citizenship. The program emphasizes authentic, curriculum-linked service with stages of Investigation, Planning, Action, Reflection and Demonstration, and partnerships with organizations such as Amnesty International, Arts in Action, Karibu Sana, FURAHA, Ecovengers and Buguruni School for the Deaf. Middle and high school students undertake leadership roles in their CAS activities, and Service Learning opportunities connect IST with the wider Dar es Salaam community.
Student Council offers secondary students the chance to lead, plan initiatives, and represent the student body, with presidents, vice-presidents, treasurers and secretaries elected each year. CAS requires leadership within Grades 11–12, including leadership roles in personal CAS projects and documenting learning outcomes. Service Learning and co-curricular leadership opportunities foster project leadership, teamwork and engagement with community partners.
The sports and physical education programs promote a healthy lifestyle through exercise, sport and movement. The program runs from third grade through twelfth grade and includes basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track and field, with varsity teams that compete regionally. IST's ISSEA membership supports regional competition, travel and athletic development, complemented by clubs and extracurricular athletic events.
International School of Tanganyika (IST) is an independent, private, not-for-profit day school with campuses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It serves ages 3 to 18 and offers the International Baccalaureate programmes in the Elementary and Secondary years: PYP, MYP and DP. IST was authorized as an IB World School in January 2021 and has a history dating to 1963, when it was created by parents with support from Geneva-based International Schools Association. Two campuses—Elementary in Upanga and Secondary on the Masaki/Msasani Peninsula—house facilities, including over 30 air‑conditioned classrooms on the Elementary campus and over 50 on the Secondary site, plus dedicated music and art spaces and Early Childhood rooms renovated in 2021. The Secondary campus features science and design technology labs opened in 2009 and an Athletic Center opened in 2021. IST emphasises co-curriculars—arts, athletics, service learning, and Extended Studies Programme—with clubs such as Model United Nations and service partnerships.
