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Shanghai United International School25443
(Founded 2003)
Primary Co-principals
Hong Zhang, Martin Donnellan
Secondary co-principals
Yinjuan Zhang, David Walsh
PYP coordinator Jane Alston
Diploma coordinator
Kevin Chu
Status Private
Boarding/day Day
Gender Coeducational
Language of instruction English
Authorised programmes
PYP, Diploma
Number of pupils enrolled 1000
Address (Secondary)
248 Hong Song Road (E)
Minhang District
Shanghai
201103 | pr china
Address (Primary)
999 Hong Quan Road
Minhang District
Shanghai
201103 | pr china
tel +8621 5175 3030 (Secondary)
tel +8621 2134 3100 90 (Primary)
fax +8621 5175 3010 (Secondary)
fax +8621 2134 3160 27 (Primary)
Email
admissions@suis.com.cn
Website
www.suis.com.cn
Shanghai United International School was founded in 2003
and was authorized as an IB World School in 2010.
Situated in Shanghai it caters for approximately 1000
students on two campuses, offering the IBPYP and IBDP.
Students are drawn from more than 40 nationalities,
represented across the schools. Close links with nearby
Chinese primary and secondary schools allow for rich
academic and cultural exchanges leading to the enhancement
of the school’s signature ‘East meets West’ characteristic.
At the end of grade 5, students entering the secondary phase
are bilingual, proficient in both Chinese and English and able to
comfortably access the curriculum of their secondary school.
Some students use three languages completely.
Augmenting the academic work of the school is a wideranging
programme of extracurricular activities catering for
the cerebral, the athletic, the artistic and the social aspects of
life – hugely supported and enjoyed by the students. The aim
of the school is to produce students who are prepared to live
life to the full and to contribute to making the world a better
place for all.
School facilities include an extensive games field, a 350 seat
auditorium, an indoor heated swimming pool, a very large
gymnasium and a cultural centre for the benefit of the
students (and community at weekends). The range of
laboratories and specialist teaching rooms necessary to
support the IB programmes are also available.
Staff are recruited from many countries, with the USA,
Canada, UK and Australia being particularly well represented.
This staff teaches alongside highly qualified and talented local
Chinese teachers to provide a practical cross-cultural
pedagogical framework in which students thrive. A
comprehensive programme of staff professional development,
both locally and internationally, is in place to enhance IB skills
and to develop further the expertise of all staff.
Living in Shanghai at the beginning of the 21st century is an
extraordinary opportunity for students to be part of a rapidly
developing social and economic milieu, with all the benefits
and pitfalls this poses. Shanghai United International School
is ideally positioned to work with students to maximize their
learning in preparation for being truly global citizens.
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