Cebu International School


Cebu International School , was founded as the Cebu American School in 1924, and renamed in 1973. It is a co-educational day school, non-profit, non-sectarian institution, governed by a ten-member Board of Trustees. The current legal status of the school is defined in . English is the language of instruction at CIS.
From its original location in a villa in Gorordo Avenue, Cebu, the school moved to Banilad,, and then, in 2000, relocated to the present purpose-built campus the northern suburb of Pit-os, Cebu City.
In the 2007/8 School Year, CIS attained full international accreditation status through the Council of International Schools, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ; as well as being authorized and recognized by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities and the Department of Education within the Philippines. CIS is also a full member of the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools.
Cebu International School is an authorized IB World School, offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme from 1999, and the IB Primary Years Programme from January 2014.
Cebu International School hosted a joint re-accreditation/re-authorization visit by CIS, WASC and the IB in September 2017. As the only internationally accredited and IB-authorized school in the Philippines South of Manila, CIS provides a valuable educational opportunity for local and expatriate families in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines, who desire a world-class education, to prepare their children for acceptances into universities around the world.

List of Nationalities currently represented at CIS (Faculty and Students)

University Acceptances

In recent years, graduates from CIS have been accepted at the following colleges and universities:
CountryCollege/University
AustraliaBond University, Central Queensland University, Curtin University of Technology, Deakin University, Edith Cowan University, Queensland University of Technology, , International College of Management Sydney, La Trobe University, Le Cordon Bleu, Macquarie University, Monash University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Newcastle, University of Notre Dame, University of South Australia, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia, University of Wollongong
CanadaBishop's University, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Concordia University of Edmonton, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, MacEwan University, McGill University, Ontario College of Art & Design, Sheridan College, Simon Fraser University, St. Thomas University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, University of Montreal, University of Toronto, York University
ChinaFudan University, Beijing Film Academy, Ningbo University
France
GermanyMET Berlin Film School, , RWTH Aachen University, SAE Institute
Hong KongCity University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Savannah College of Art & Design, University of Hong Kong
ItalyBocconi University, Politecnico di Torino
JapanAkita International University, Asia Pacific University, Doshisha University, Sophia University, Temple University Japan Campus, Tokyo International University, Waseda University, Yokohama City University, University of Tsukuba
South KoreaChung Ang University, Duksung Women's University, EWHA Woman's University, Handong Global University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea University, Sangmyung University, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University
The NetherlandsHotelschool The Hague, Maastricht University, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Hague University of Applied Sciences
PhilippinesAteneo de Manila University, Cebu Doctors University, Cebu Institute of Technology University, College of Saint Benilde, De La Salle University, Enderun Colleges, University of Asia and the Pacific, University of the Philippines, University of San Carlos, University of San Jose Recoletos, University of Santo Tomas
SingaporeLASALLE College of the Arts, Management Development Institute of Singapore, SP Jain School of Management
SpainESADE Business School, ESADE Law School, Les Roches Marbella International School of Hotel Management, University of Barcelona
SwedenJonkoping International Business School
SwitzerlandBelvoirpark Hotelfachschule, École hôtelière de Lausanne, Glion Institute of Higher Education, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, University of Zurich
United KingdomBangor University, Heythrop College, Kensington College of Business, London College of Communication, Middlesex University, Oxford Brookes University, University of Birmingham, University of Durham, University of Exeter, Royal Holloway, University of London, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of York, Richmond, The American International University in London
United States of AmericaAcademy of Art University, Berklee College of Music, Binghamton University, Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, California College of the Arts, California Polytechnic State University, Chapman University, Columbia College Chicago, Cypress College, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Fashion Institute of Technology, George Mason University, Gonzaga University, Holy Cross College, Maryland Institute College of Art, Indiana University Bloomington, Methodist University, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Northeastern University, Parsons The New School for Design, Penn State University, Pratt Institute, Purdue University, Reed College, Ringling College of Art and Design, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Savannah College of Art & Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Saint Louis University, Saint Mary's College of California, Santa Clara University, State University of New York, Strayer University, Stony Brook University, Texas A & M University, University of California, Davis, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame, University of Portland, University of San Francisco, University of South Dakota, University of Washington, Virginia Tech, Wentworth Institute of Technology