School Profile 2025/26
Overview
Founded in 1963, OIS is Norway’s oldest international school, offering a high-quality English language education for children of all nationalities from 3-18 years of age. We are an IB world school, accredited by CIS and NEASC and the IB Organisation.
CEEB #: 782029
UCAS #: 48102
IBDP #: 000527
Enrolment
Total present enrolment is approximately 600 children representing more than 50 nationalities with approximately 29% Norwegian, 51% European, 23% Asian, 18% North American, 1% South American, 4% African and Middle Eastern. Many OIS students have two nationalities. There are approximately 150 students in Pre-IB and IB Diploma Programme.
Administration and Counselling
The Upper Secondary School is for students aged 15 to 18/19 (Pre-IB through IB2). At OIS, in year 11, students follow the Pre-IB academic programme, in preparation for the International Diploma Programme in Years 12 and 13.
Head of School:
Thale Herbertson (thale.herbertson@oslois.no)
Head of Secondary:
Jennifer Anderson (jennifer.anderson@oslois.no)
Upper Secondary Deputy & IBDP Coordinator:
Susan Jensen (susan.jensen@oslois.no)
University Counsellors:
June Jetabut (june.jetabut@oslois.no);
Jacqueline Tollaksen (jacqueline.tollaksen@oslois.no)
Calendar
The school calendar follows a semester system, from August to June, with grades reported in January and in June.
Grading
We follow the IB system, with grades ranging from 7 (highest) to 1 (lowest). The IB Diploma is awarded to students who gain at least 24 points. We do not compute class rank at OIS, nor do we calculate GPA.
IBDP Course Offerings
We offer a range of International Baccalaureate subjects at standard (SL) and higher level (HL):
- English A Literature (SL & HL)
- English A Language & Literature (SL & HL)
- Norwegian A (SL and HL), Norwegian B (SL & HL)
- French B (SL & HL)
- Spanish B (SL & HL), Ab Initio (SL)
- History (SL & HL) Geography (SL & HL)
- Economics (SL & HL)
- Maths Analysis & Approaches (SL & HL), Maths Applications & Interpretations (SL)
- Chemistry (SL & HL)
- Physics (SL & HL)
- Biology (SL & HL)
- Computer Science (SL & HL)
- Visual Arts (SL & HL)
Other core elements of the IB Diploma:
Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended Essay (EE), and Creativity, Activity & Service (CAS). Students graduating with the IB Diploma are also awarded a NEASC accredited high school diploma.
Results
Admission to OIS is not based on competitive selection, yet our IB results are consistently strong, with a near 100% pass rate over the last six years and mean score well above the global average.
A sampling of where our most recent graduates are pursuing their academic studies:
Higher Education after OIS
Almost all of our graduates progress to university, with some choosing to take a gap year first. Below is a list of universities that made unconditional offers to our 2024 and 2025 graduates. An asterisk (*) indicates where a graduate enrolled.
CANADA
Concordia University*
University of Ottawa
CHINA
University of Hong Kong*
CZECH REPUBLIC
Charles University*
DENMARK Copenhagen Business School*
FINLAND
Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology LUT*
FRANCE
American University of Paris
Sciences Po Paris*
GERMANY
Lancaster University Leipzig
IRELAND
Trinity College Dublin**
MALAYSIA
Monash University Malaysia
NETHERLANDS
Delft University of Technology
Maastricht University
Radboud University*
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
TU Eindhoven*
University of Amsterdam*
University College Groningen**
University of Groningen
Utrecht University*
NORWAY
BI Norwegian Business School**
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)**
Noroff School of Technology and Digital Media*
Norwegian Tech & Eng Uni (NTNU)* University of Bergen
University of Oslo*
POLAND
Jagiellonian University*
Kozminski University*
SPAIN
ESADE Business School*
IE University****
LEINN International
Saint Louis University Madrid* University of Navarra
SWEDEN
Lund University**
SWITZERLAND
EHL Hospitality Business School* Geneva Business School*
UK
Aberystwyth University*
Brunel University London
Cardiff University
City St George’s University of London Durham University*
Heriot Watt University
Hult International Business School King’s College London*
Kingston University
Imperial College London***
Lancaster University
Loughborough University
Newcastle University
Northeastern University London Queen Mary University, London
Royal Holloway University London* Royal Veterinary College London
UCL (University College London)*** University of Aberdeen
University of the Arts*
University of Bath*
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol*
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter*
University of Glasgow
University of Leeds*
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester**
University of Nottingham
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews***
University of Strathclyde
University of Surrey
University of Warwick*
University of West of England University of York
USA
Arizona State University*
Auburn University
Barnard College
Baylor University
Binghampton University
Boston University*
Brown University*
Case Western Reserve University Clemson University
Columbia University*
Dartmouth College*
Florida Institute of Technology George Mason University
George Washington University* Hawaii Pacific University
Louisiana State University Northeastern University Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Rhode Island School of Design* School of the Art Institute of Chicago Southern Methodist University Stanford University
Stony Brook University
Texas A&M University-College Station**
Texas Tech University*
The New School Performing Arts University of Alabama
University of Arkansas
University of California-Berkeley University of California-Davis University of California-San Diego* University of Denver*
University of Illinois Urbana* University of Kansas
University of Massachusetts-Amherst*
University of Massachusetts-Boston University of Massachusetts-Lowell* University of Mississippi
University of Missouri-Columbia University of Virginia*
University of Wisconsin-Madison Virginia Polytechnic & State University