The Shenzhen College of International Education (SCIE; 深圳国际交流书院) is an international high school located in Futian, Shenzhen, China. The school offers a four-year high-school program, adopting mainly Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) IGCSE and GCE A-level curriculums, and are taught mostly in English. Beginning in the academic year 2025, the school also offers a range of AP courses.
According to a 2020 ranking of Chinese international high schools, SCIE ranked first in mainland China in competitiveness in UK undergraduate applications, and tenth for US undergraduate applications.[1]
Foundation
The Shenzhen College of International Education was established in 2003 with the approval of the Shenzhen Educational Department, and it was the first full-time Chinese international college to be accredited by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE).[2]
Academic achievements
UK undergraduate applications
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:
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]
Campus
Before Summer 2020 the SCIE campus was at Shuiwei, a small area immediately to the north of the Huanggang Port between Shenzhen (mainland China) and Hong Kong SAR. This was commonly referred to as the Shuiwei campus (old campus). In August 2020, the students and faculty of SCIE have moved into the new campus, which is the current campus, sitting by Antuo Hill, or alternatively, Antuoshan (Chinese: 安托山).
The campus includes a student dormitory, a teacher dormitory, two teaching buildings and various facilities and sports fields.
Language
Since its inception SCIE has followed a policy known as "The English Policy," which states that all academic staff and students must use English as their primary language on campus due to the international nature of the school. Because of this policy, the majority of lessons are taught in English (with the exception of P.E. and Chinese). Students are becoming more willing to follow this policy as time goes on, owing to the nature of overseas studies' demanding language skills requirements. Because of the introduction of multilingual lessons in SCIE, Spanish, French, and Japanese are also used.
SCIE students are known to have exceptional English language skills. In a 2018 report published by British Council, SCIE students have the highest average IELTS score (6.9) out of all international schools in mainland China.[12]
House System
SCIE implements a four-house system to encourage competition within the student body. House activities are held on each Wednesday afternoon. House captains are elected from students of each houses.
House Name
Slogan
Water
Hydro Power
Metal
Golden Glow
Wood
We Grow Together
Fire
Burn Them All
Faculty
As of 2024 there are 183 teachers, including both Chinese and foreign teachers. With 1,800 students, the faculty-student ratio is 1:10.
Extracurricular academic achievements
SCIE students have always been active in numerous international competitions. Some of which are listed in the following:
The annual tuition fee for the academic year 2024-2025 is 250,998 RMB for regular students and 290,000 RMB for the Music Academy (ACA) students, which includes physical examination fees, insurance fees, and fees for extracurricular activities but excludes international examination fees and field trip fees.
The accommodation fee for the academic year 2024-2025 is 16,800 RMB (excluding weekends) and 19,900 RMB (including weekends).[23]
^ShenZhen College of International Education. (2013). First Chinese International College. Retrieved from ShenZhen College of International Education: http://www.scie.com.cn/
