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Overview TheAdvancedPlacementInternationalDiploma
isacredentialthatallowsstudentstodemonstrate
outstandingacademicachievementonAP
Examsacrossseveraldisciplines.TheAPIDalsopromotes
aninternationaloutlook.Itindicatestocollegesand
universitiesthatthestudenthaschallengedhim-or
herselfinmultiplesubjectareasandhassucceeded
inaglobalperspectivescourse.
TheAPIDisanoptionalcertificatethatisavailable
tostudentsattendingsecondaryschoolsoutsidethe
UnitedStatesandtostudentsattendingU.S.high
schoolswhoareapplyingtouniversitiesoutside
thecountry.TheAPIDisnotasubstitutefora
highschooldiplomabutratherprovidesadditionalcertificationofacademicexcellence.
ToearnanAPID,astudentattendingaschoolwithin
theUnitedStatesmustsendatleastoneAPGrade
ReporttoauniversityoutsidetheUnitedStates.
Diploma CriteriaToearnanAPID,astudentmustearngradesof3
orhigheronatleastfiveAPExamsinthefollowing
contentareas:
1.TwoAPExamsfromtwodifferentlanguagesselected
fromtheEnglishandworldlanguagesareas.*
2.OneAPExamdesignatedasofferingaglobal
perspective:APWorldHistory,APHuman
Geography,orAPGovernmentandPolitics:
Comparative.
3.Oneexamfromthesciencesormathematics
contentareas.
4.Oneadditionalexamfromamonganycontentarea
exceptEnglishandworldlanguages.
*Astudentmaysubmitaletterfromanadministratorathisorherschool
verifyingthestudentsmasteryofalanguagenotcurrentlyavailablewithinthe
APsuiteofexams.Thisverification,printedonschoolletterhead,willsatisfy
therequirementforoneAPExaminthelanguagecategory.However,astudent
whoutilizesthisoptionmustsubmitanadditionalAPExamfromanother
contentarea.Thus,allstudents,howevertheysatisfythetwo-examEnglish
andworldlanguagerequirement,mustsubmitatotaloffiveAPExamgradesof
3orhighertoqualifyfortheAPID.
AP Exams Oered
EnglishEnglishLanguageandComposition
EnglishLiteratureandComposition
World
Language
and Culture
FrenchLanguage
FrenchLiterature
GermanLanguage
SpanishLanguage
SpanishLiterature
ChineseLanguageandCulture
ItalianLanguageandCulture
JapaneseLanguageandCulture
Mathematics
CalculusAB
CalculusBC
ComputerScienceA
ComputerScienceAB ,
Statistics
Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
EnvironmentalScience
PhysicsB
PhysicsC:ElectricityandMagnetism
PhysicsC:Mechanics
History and
Social Sciences
EuropeanHistory
GovernmentandPolitics:
Comparative
GovernmentandPolitics:U.S.
HumanGeography
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Psychology
U.S.History
WorldHistory
Arts
ArtHistory
LatinLiterature
Latin:Vergil
MusicTheory
StudioArt:Drawing
StudioArt:2-DDesign
StudioArt:3-DDesign
Advanced Placement International Diploma (APID)
CalculusABandCalculusBCcoursesmayeachcountonlyoncetowardtheAPID,andComputer
ScienceAandComputerScienceABcoursesmaycountonlyoncetowardtheAPID.
AvailablethroughMay2009.
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A Sampling of InternationalUniversities that Recognize AP
Australia UniversityofSydney
Austria UniversityofVienna
Belgium VesaliusCollegeVUB
Bolivia UniversidadPrivadaBoliviana
Canada UniversityofBritishColumbia
Chile PontificiaUniversidadCatlicadeChile,Santiago
China Pek ingUniversity
Colombia UniversidaddelosAndes
Denmark UniversityofCopenhagen
Ecuador EscuelaPolitcnicaNacional
Egypt AmericanUniversityinCairo
England OxfordUniversity
France UniversityofMontpellier
Germany UniversityofHeidelberg
Ireland UniversityofDublinTrinityCollege
Israel HebrewUniversityofJerusalem
Korea,South YonseiUniversity
Lebanon AmericanUniversityofBeirut
Mexico TecnolgicodeMonterrey
Netherlands UniversiteitvanAmsterdam
Pakistan InterBoardCommitteeofChairmen,Islamabad
Panama UniversidadLatinadePanam
Poland CatholicUniversityofLublin
Scotland UniversityofSt.Andrews
SouthAfrica UniversityofCapeTown
Switzerland UniversityofZurich
Taiwan NationalChungHsingUniversity
Thailand MahidolUniversityInternationalCollege
Uruguay UniversidadCatlicadelUruguay
Worldwide Recognition o theAP
ProgramUniversitiesinmorethan55countriesoutsidethe
UnitedStatesrecognizetheAPPrograminthe
admissionsprocess:
AlluniversitiesinCanadaoffercreditforAPcourses
andexaminations.
EveryuniversityinGermanyandAustriarecognizes
theAPProgram.
APhasbeenmappedagainsttheBritishA-Level
Exams,providinguniversitiesafamiliarbenchmarkto
evaluateAPGradeReports.
APProgramrecognitionhasspreadthroughoutLatin
America.ProminentuniversitiesinBolivia,Chile,
Colombia,Guatemala,MexicoandUruguayhave
recentlydevelopedstrongAPpolicies.
TheDominicanRepublicsNationalCouncilonHigher
EducationhasasystemwidepolicyfortheacceptanceoftheAPProgram.
SeveraluniversitiesinChinaandTaiwanencourage
APGradeReportsubmissions.Initiativesareunder
wayinotherAsiancountries,includingIndia,Japan
andSouthKorea.
For University
OfcialsNote:Allstudents,includingthoseattendinghigh
schoolsintheUnitedStateswhoapplytoauniversity
outsidetheUnitedStates,willautomaticallybe
consideredfortheAPID.Internationalcollegesand
universitiesthatwishtoaddtheirAPpolicytothis
listingshouldvisitapcentral.collegeboard.com/intl
andcompletetheAPInternationalPolicySurveyat
apcentral.collegeboard.com/intlsurvey.
Acompletelistoftheseschoolswiththeirpolicies
andcurrentcontactinformationmaybefoundat
www.collegeboard.com/apintl.
AdditionalinformationforstudentsabouttheAPID
maybefoundatwww.collegeboard.com/apid.
EducatorsmayfindfurtherinformationregardingtheAPIDatapcentral.collegeboard.com/apid.
For more inormation about the Advanced
Placement International Diploma, contact:
The College Board, International Services
45 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023-6992
Phone: 001-212-373-8738
E-mail: [email protected]
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