The United Nations International School of Hanoi is an international school in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1988 with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam (UNDP) with the aim of providing an education to the children of UN staff and others.
It is one of two UN schools in the world, with its sister school, United Nations International School, located in New York City. The school primarily caters to the children of diplomats, aid workers, businessmen, and other expatriates living and working in Hanoi. Classes range from pre-school to high school, and the IB Diploma is available to students in grade 11 and 12.
As of May 2018, there were 1123 students with 66 nationalities speaking 44 different languages. The school maintains a 20% cap for any one nationality, which was put in place in order to maintain an international and culturally diverse atmosphere.
There are teachers from 27 countries with 88% from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. Class sizes at UNIS Hanoi range from 16 to 22 students depending on the grade level with mostly 8 classes per grade level.
Notable Alumni
- Adélaïde Charlier, Belgian climate and social rights activist
- Mỹ Anh, Vietnamese singer and songwriter
- Yung Lean, Swedish rapper with over 500,000,000 views on YouTube. Most Famous for his song "Ginseng Strip 2002"
- JianHao Tan, Singaporean YouTuber
Affiliations
UNIS Hanoi is affiliated to, or members of the following organisations:
- United Nations International School (New York)
- East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS)
- European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE)
- Mekong River International Schools Association (MRISA)
- Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC)
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)