Programs: The Middle School of International College is a four-year cycle covering grades 6 to 9. It offers three different programs: The Lebanese Program, which prepares students for the official Lebanese Brevet examination; the College Preparatory Program, which is an English medium non-Brevet program commonly known as the High School program, which prepares students for the High School diploma or the International Baccalaureate (aligned with Massachusetts Standards); and the French Program, which is a French medium program that prepares students for the official French Brevet examination and eventually the Baccalaureate examination.
Candidates: All students may join the Lebanese program. All Lebanese students wishing to pursue tertiary studies must obtain the Lebanese Baccalaureate at the end of grade 12 (3rd-year secondary level). A student cannot sit for the Lebanese Baccalaureate examination if (s)he has not obtained the Lebanese Brevet Certificate at the end of Grade 9.
Lebanese students who have lived abroad for three years or more or who carry a second nationality and all foreign students may join the College Preparatory Program or the French Baccalaureate Program, where the language of instruction is English and French, respectively. All such students must obtain an exemption from the Lebanese program from the Lebanese Ministry of Education. Students who wish to pursue their studies in foreign programs need to submit the exemption papers or a signed letter of intent by the end of March of grade 5 (Elementary School)/CM2 at the latest (please also refer to the Arabic as a Foreign Language Policy). The different academic tracks start as of grade 6/6eme.
