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The IB Diploma Programme traces its start to 1968 when it began as a means to help international schools offer widely acceptable credentials to their students, mostly children of foreign nationals and diplomats, seeking to gain admission to universities in their home countries. Today, there are 1,770 schools all over the world offering the full diploma program and certificates to 94,265 students.
For a closer inspection of IB in the early days, see the history published on the IBO website.
For a sense of the growth of the Diploma Programme (DP) internationally, in North America, in Indiana, and at Signature School, see the graphs and information below.
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In 2004, there were 534 schools offering the DP in North America. In the May 2008 session, 750 schools offered the DP. | |
| Number of Indiana schools offering the Diploma Programme | There are currently 18 Indiana schools authorized to offer the DP, and three are in the authorization process (source: IDOE). The authorized diploma schools and the Indiana schools offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years (MYP) Programme have recently joined forces to form an advocacy group: the Hoosier Association of International Baccalaureate World Schools (HIBS). See the related article published in IndyStar.com. | |
| Growth of the Diploma Programme at Signature School |  |
