Shenzhen College of International Education

According to statistics published on the SCIE website (2017-2022)[3] and data published elsewhere (2005-2017),[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] a table of the numbers of SCIE G5 offers is given in the following:

Up to the year 2022, SCIE has received in total 115 offers from The University of Oxford, and 156 offers from The University of Cambridge.

In recent years, SCIE students have received offers from well-known top US universities such as Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, et cetera.

Furthermore, SCIE students have excelled in international examinations, especially IGCSE and A-Level examinations. Throughout the course of 16 years, SCIE has received 103 Top in the World awards and 162 Top in the Country awards.[11]

A picture of one of the teaching buildings in SCIE new campus (Antuoshan)

The campus has approximately 80 classrooms dedicated to humanities, STEM subjects, languages, commerce and finance, and computer science subjects, 30 laboratories for chemistry, physics, and biology subjects, alongside experimental equipment preparation rooms. Every department is equipped with offices larger than 120 square meters and individual head-of-department offices. There are furthermore numerous tutorial rooms for various purposes.

The campus is equipped with nearly 500 student dormitories, each room with 2 or 4 beds, personal desks and wardrobes, individual hot showers, bathrooms and washing machines. Each floor also has a shared common room, with entertainment facilities. Each floor of student dormitories is assigned to 2 residential assistants.

The school has a staff apartment building, meeting the accommodation needs of more than 100 foreign teachers, with staff lounges and public gardens on the roof.

The campus has a total of 1500 square meters of dining hall and restaurant to allow up to 700 students to dine simultaneously. The dining hall serves both Chinese food, noodles, or global cuisines.

At the same time, the campus has a café, serving drinks, desserts, snacks, and boxed meals.

The outdoor basketball court in SCIE, between the two teaching buildings

The campus is equipped with:

• A 11-meter-high sunken gymnasium, containing 2 standard basketball courts, which could also be used for badminton and tennis
• An outdoor standard volleyball court
• An outdoor basketball court
• A 5-a-side football field
• Student Gym
• Outdoor fitness area including ping-pong tables
• Faculty Gym (with shower room and dressing room)
• A 500-meter-long overhead runway surrounding the campus building

The campus has the following facilities for humanities and arts:

• A professional theatre/auditorium with a seating capacity of 750 people
• A 300 meter-squared lecture room
• Art classrooms
• Music classrooms
• A dance studio
• A drama classroom
• Musical instrument practice rooms (some equipped with pianos)
• An art gallery

The school library is situated at one of the overhanging bridges connecting the two teaching buildings. It consists of two floors, holding a large quantity of books, magazines, newspapers, and textbooks. Using the printers in the library, students can print, scan or copy files.

A psychological counselling room is present on campus. Students and parents can make appointments with professional psychological counsellors. There are also medical rooms and physical examination rooms for teachers and students.

• 180 square meters of admissions office reception area
• University and Career Office (UCO)
• Student Council Office
• Alumni Association Office
• 4000 square meters of outdoor garden
• Wetlands and "moats" surrounding the campus

All G-Level students admitted in 2021 into the class of 2025 have to take the following compulsory courses:

• Chinese
  • CAIE IGCSE Chinese as First Language (For Chinese students)
  • CAIE IGCSE Chinese as Second Language (For foreign students)
• G1 Mathematics course
  • CAIE IGCSE Mathematics
  • CAIE IGCSE Additional Mathematics
• G2 Mathematics course
  • CAIE AS Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 1 and 2 component
  • CAIE AS Level Mathematics: Mechanics 1 component
• CAIE IGCSE Chemistry
• Physical Education
• PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education)

Aside from that, all G1 students have to take Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English as first language. G2 students take either Pearson Edexcel IGCSE or GCSE English as first language, according to their English-using abilities.

It is compulsory for the students to choose from one of the following as their second IGCSE science subject:

• CAIE IGCSE Physics
• CAIE IGCSE Biology

On top of those, the students should choose 3 subjects fromn the list of optional courses:

• CAIE IGCSE History
• CAIE IGCSE Geography
• CAIE IGCSE Global Vision
• CAIE IGCSE Economics
• CAIE IGCSE Business
• CAIE IGCSE Computer Science
• CAIE IGCSE Art and Design
• CAIE IGCSE Music
• CAIE IGCSE Physical Education
• Pearson Edexcel GCSE Drama
• CAIE IGCSE Spanish as Second Language
• Pearson Edexcel Japanese as Second Language
• CAIE IGCSE French as Second Language
• Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English Literature
• The other science subject from either CAIE IGCSE Physics or Biology

All A-Level students have to take the following 2 courses:

• Physical Education
• PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education)

For English courses, students entering the A1 year if they have been enrolled into SCIE as G-Level students are given the following choices for English courses in A1:

• Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English Literature (if they have not taken this course in the previous year)
• Pearson Edexcel GCSE English as First Language (if they have not taken this course in the previous year)
• CAIE AS Level English Language
• CAIE AS Level English Literature

Students enrolled into SCIE as new A1 students can only take Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English as First Language.

In their A2 year, they are given the following choices for their English courses:

• CAIE A-Level English Language
• CAIE A-Level English Literature
• Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

Aside from those, A-Level students are required to choose 4-5 courses from the following offered courses:

• CAIE A-Level Mathematics: Pure Mathematics 3 and Probability & Statistics 1 components
• CAIE A-Level Further Mathematics
• CAIE A-Level Physics
• CAIE A-Level Chemistry
• CAIE A-Level Biology
• CAIE A-Level History
• CAIE A-Level Geography
• CAIE A-Level Computer Science
• CAIE A-Level Economics
• CAIE A-Level Accounting
• CAIE A-Level Psychology
• CAIE A-Level Sociology
• CAIE A-Level Art and Design
• Pearson Edexcel A-Level Drama
• CAIE A-Level Music
• CAIE A-Level Physical Education
• CAIE A-Level Spanish as Second Language
• Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics

The school has a special policy for the CAIE A-Level Further Mathematics course. At the end of the G2 year or the beginning of the A1 year, the students can sign up for a further mathematics aptitude test (whose questions are reported by students to be based on A-Level Mathematics and Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP) questions). If they succeed in passing the aptitude test, they can be enrolled into a 2-year CAIE A-Level Further Mathematics class, in which the Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Further Mechanics components will be covered in the A1 year as the AS part, and the Further Pure Mathematics 2 and Further Probability & Statistics components will be covered in the A2 year as the A-Level part. Students who did not sign up for or did not pass the aptitude test can take further mathematics as either:

• CAIE AS Level Further Mathematics: Further Pure Mathematics 1 and Further Mechanics
• CAIE A-Level Further Mathematics: All 4 components (students taking this option will have twice as many periods assigned to further maths in a week compared to the above option)

in their A2 year.