KingLead 2026 World Internationalized Schools Rating Indicators
Evaluation System
1 Certification Competitiveness
The Certification Competitiveness indicator contains two sub-indicators: Certificated Institutions Authorized by Mainstream Exam Committees and Certification by Mainstream International Certification Organizations.Certificated Institutions Authorized by Mainstream Exam Committees
- If IB courses have been certificated by IBO
- If AP courses have been certificated by College Board
- If IGCSE/A-Level courses have been certificated by CIE
- If IGCSE/A-Level courses have been certificated by AQA
- If IGCSE/A-Level courses have been certificated by Edexcel
Certification by Mainstream International Certification Organizations
- NEASC: New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- CIS: The Council of International Schools
- WASC: The Western Association of Schools and Colleges
2 Faculty Competitiveness
- Faculty-Student Ratio
- Proportion of Highly Educated Faculties (with master's degree or above)
3 Research Innovation
- Research Innovation Resources
- Research Innovation Projects
- Research Innovation Outcomes
4 Admission Competitiveness
- Number of students entering Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT
- Number of students entering other Ivy League universities and the latest Top 10 U.S. News National Universities
- Number of students entering the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and latest Top 11-20 U.S. News National Universities
- Number of students entering Imperial College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and latest Top 21-30 U.S. News National Universities
- Number of students entering University College London, King's College London, the University of Manchester, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Warwick, and latest Top 31-50 U.S. News National Universities
- Number of students entering all other U.S. universities not listed above, and UK universities ranked in the latest QS World University Rankings Top 100
5 Professional Evaluation
- Based on the field research and experts' opinions
Rating System
KingLead 2026 Internationalized Schools Comprehensive Competitiveness World Top 500 is conducted and released by KingLead Research. KingLead Research reserves copyright and other related rights and reserves the right of final interpretation.