Purposeful Play
Our EC program places an emphasis on providing young learners with indoor and outdoor spaces designed for play and are equipped with high-tech and low-tech resources for exploration and inquiry. Learn MoreEmpowering Learners
Junior School students have easy access to the nurses' office, the cafeteria, the Junior School library, nearby play areas, and gardens. A highlight of the primary school is the 80qm Makers' space. Learn MoreBelonging & Becoming
Middle Schoolers (Grades 5 - 8) find themselves all over the campus in a normal day. The main Middle School building houses an auditorium, food design kitchen, multiple science labs, and classroom spaces. Learn MoreReady for Anything
Senior School students are engaged in learning that is grounded in real-world connections. We believe that making education relevant greatly supports students' decisions about higher education and career choices that best suit their skills and aspirations. Learn More100+ Opportunities
The Student Life Programme (SLP) provides students with a wide range of opportunities for holistic growth through cultural, artistic, athletic, intellectual, and individual interest experiences both within and beyond the regular school day. Learn MoreYour School Family
The PTV is the parent organization at MIS. We are a non-profit, volunteer-led association of parents that supports the school community by building connections among parents and with the school. Learn More60+ Nationalities Represented
MIS was founded in 1966 as one of the earliest examples of international education. We believe that diversity is a core component of our identity, a source of strength, and one of the most important keys to our success.
Through diversity and inclusive practices, we prepare students for principled engagement in the world. Our students and staff learn to value, appreciate, and celebrate the unique knowledge, perspectives, and experiences that each member of our community contributes.
57 Year History
MIS was founded as a non-profit organization 57 years ago. On the morning of September 19, 1966, Munich International School opened its doors for the first time to 120 students in grades Reception through 8. Prior to MIS, the only English-language medium school in the area was operated by the American military. As the US Army reduced its Munich-based forces, the diplomatic and corporate communities were expanding operations in Munich. The need for an international school serving a diverse and mobile expat community became essential.
Through initial donations and a growing need for international schooling, MIS was able to immediately invest in a larger campus. One of MIS’s first teachers, Ingrid Hesse, remembers that when the school moved to the Schloss just a couple years after opening its doors, “it wasn’t cleaned.” So, the teachers swept out the historic castle and began teaching.
At that point, the Schloss was the single building at the school. The barns were later converted into the Senior School and all the other buildings on our campus have been built over multiple decades. We now serve 1300+ students and their families.
95% Carbon-Neutral Campus
MIS is a Three-Star Eco School, the first international school to achieve this award. MIS has received this highest award for the seventh year in recognition of the work our students and teachers have accomplished on sustainability and environment-related projects.
As of now, MIS has achieved 95% carbon-neutral status, always auditing our operations and activities to increase sustainability and decrease our impact on the environment.
3 Different Makers' Spaces
Because the International Baccalaureate curriculum is based on an interdisciplinary and real-world approach to learning, Makers' Spaces are essential to the learning process. Makers' Spaces allow students to apply the design-thinking process to designing, prototyping, creating, and constructing.
A highlight of the Primary School is the 80qm Makers' Space. This is a co-teaching space with high-tech and low-tech materials for basic coding, robotics, woodworking, and prototyping. The outdoor Makers' Space and fort-building area allow for messier builds.
The Language Arts & Design Center (LADC) is a separate building that houses woodworking and design classrooms, art studios, as well as an expansive Middle & Senior School Makers' Laboratory, featuring a media production studio used for live-streaming, podcasting, and student-produced audio and visual production. The Lab also includes a bike repair station, an outdoor area for gardening and habitat-building, electronics, robotics, multiple 3D printers, 3D pens, sewing machines, looms and materials for textile creation, pottery wheels, a kiln, laser-cutters, woodworking tools, and much more. Middle and Senior School students have access to the Makers' Lab for class projects, clubs, and after-school activities.
Quadruple Gymnasium
Our interior spaces are as vast as the outdoor areas. MIS is fortunate to have recently opened a triple-level quadruple gymnasium called the Fitness and Athletics Building (FAB). The FAB also houses a dance studio, fitness centre, a canteen, and multiple locker rooms.
5 Age-Appropriate Playgrounds
Families and faculty pass safely from the parking and drop-off area through the iconic "rainbow tunnel," emerging to an expansive view of the Alps on the right, the impressive facade of the Schloss to the left, and a series of adventurous play areas to the front.
Shaded pathways meander through the campus, leading to multiple organic gardens, communal seating and relaxation areas, al fresco cafe seating, outdoor basketball and tennis courts, a regulation track & field, the recess meadow, the outdoor Makers' Space and fort-building area, and five different age-appropriate playgrounds.
What is even more exciting is that task forces of MIS primary school students have designed our most recent play area, "the Octagon," and another student team from 3rd-grade is designing the new Early Childhood playground - with plans for even more play areas coming soon!
100+ Student Life Programme Activities
The Arts section develops performing and expressive skills and includes orchestras, ballet, hip-hop, choir, and many more activities, from beginner to accomplished standard. After-School Activities range from Pop-Up Art to Forest Explorers via Dungeons & Dragons and Cooking Club - and anything in between - including a number of teams which enter competitions such as Speech & Debate and Lego Challenge League.
100% IB Diploma Programme Pass Rate
According to our 2021 reaccreditation evaluation report, MIS meets all of the standards for excellence in international education and exceeds 93% of those standards.
36 Average IB Diploma Points
Not only did 100% of the Class of 2023 who attempted the IB Diploma Programme graduate with an IB Diploma, but the average Diploma points was 36. To provide perspective, the world average is 30.2.
As the IB Diploma Programme is one of the most rigorous programmes in the world, graduates from MIS are poised for competitive advantage for entry into top colleges and universities throughout the world.
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What's going on in October?
MS & SrS Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences - Whole School No Classes
Student Life Programme - Parent Coffee Morning
Junior School Halloween Parade
Boo! Parents are welcome to come to campus and watch the annual Junior School Costume Parade.
Read Our M Stories
M Stories: Emilia's 'Office Job' Epiphany
M Stories: Helena Zimmer Will Go Back
M Stories: Odessa's Orientation
M Stories: Charlotte + Zonta = Gender Equality
M Stories: The Long Journey Toward Lightness
M Stories: Thomas's Curve Ball
M Stories: Zhumazhan & Gianni Mean Agro-Business
M Stories: Nick Simon's Bright Idea
M Stories: Dev, Roman, and Valerio are Medical Matchmakers
M Stories: Justus Founds MIS’s 1st Annual Bat Night!
M Stories: Tanish Dhiman Champions Cubing
M Stories: Will White's Podcast Reveals the Backstory
M Stories: Lukas Emander, Curious Chemist
M Stories: Valentin Marschner Faces His History
M Stories: Evelina Gnezdilova MIS Poet Laureate Publishes TIME
M Stories: Jared Ignacio Turns Grief Into Grit
M Stories: Annabelle Marquis, Youngest Musician in Junge Münchner Symphonike
M Stories: Anea Elmas Dares to Bake Different
M Stories: Eva O'Reilly's Dream Team
M Stories: You Don't Know Malaika
M Stories: Leo Lee's Mom Was Right
M Stories: Calvin Chen Makes Munich Listen Up
Ready to Start Your M Story?
Follow our two main characters, Luca and Naisha as they are nurtured through challenge to discover what inspires them. That's what we call an M Story.
Munich International School e.V.
Schloss Buchhof
82319 Starnberg, GERMANY
info@mis-munich.de
+49 (0) 8151 3660