The International Baccalaureate (IB) is an international board of education that offers four high-quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of students aged 3 to 19. The IB was founded in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a nonprofit foundation. The four programmes offered by the IB are:

• The IB Primary Years Programme for children aged three to 12.
• The IB Middle Years Programme for students aged 11 to 16.
• The IB Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19.
• The IB Career-related Programme for students aged 15 to 19.

The IBs mission is to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through education that builds intercultural understanding and respect. The IBs educational programmes aim to develop a range of competencies and dispositions that include skills for thinking, for working with others, for communicating, for managing self, and for research. An IB education is holistic in nature, concerned with the whole person, and values and offers opportunities for students to become active and caring members of local, national, and global communities. The IB Board of Governors appoints the Director General, sets the strategic direction of the organization, adopts a mission statement, makes policy, oversees the IBs financial management, and ensures autonomy and integrity of the organization.