India, July 06: The International Baccalaureate (IB) has released results for 209,607 students worldwide completing the Diploma Programme (DP) and Career-related Programme (CP) following the May 2026 examination session. This includes 6,265 students across India, marking a 3.0% increase from the previous year in the number of students in the country receiving DP and CP results.
The IB celebrates the achievements of all students who have reached this important milestone. Over the course of their two-year DP and CP journey, they have cultivated the skills, curiosity, and open-mindedness required to flourish in a complex and interconnected world, starting with meaningful contributions to their communities.
Today’s IB graduates join a community of more than 2.9 million lifelong learners across 159 countries worldwide where the DP and CP are offered. For India, the average DP score for the May 2026 session is 32.78 points.
Joe Lam, IB Regional Director for Asia Pacific, congratulates Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme students on reaching this important achievement:
“This year’s results reflect the extraordinary breadth of the IB community, from established programmes in Australia and Japan to rapidly growing systems in South Korea and India. What connects students is a shared experience of learning that asks them to question, create, and take responsibility for the world they are inheriting.
Graduates enter the next stage of their lives not only with qualifications, but equipped with the habits of mind that their communities and economies need most.”
The Diploma Programme (DP) offers students a globally respected, transformative education that prepares them for university and beyond. Its balanced, inquiry-based curriculum fosters academic achievement, critical thinking, language development, and personal growth. Offered in 192 IB World Schools across India, the DP aligns with local education systems while nurturing global perspectives and ethical leadership.
A series of 11 studies compared DP courses to equivalent courses from high-performing education systems worldwide, including Singapore, Brazil, the United States, France, and Australia. Collectively, these studies provide strong evidence that the DP offers world class courses that consistently meet and often exceed international comparisons. The research underscores the DP’s ability to foster both significant depth and breadth of learning, while also demonstrating its adaptability across diverse educational contexts.
The Career-related Programme (CP) continues to grow across India, with 43 IB World Schools currently offering the programme. The CP is designed for students aged 16–19 who want to combine academic studies with career-related learning. The CP develops key transferable skills such as confidence, responsibility, and a strong sense of purpose, offering students a practical and future-ready pathway.
For the May 2026 examination session, the majority of DP and CP students globally completed all assessment components for each subject, with the IB awarding grades using the standard combination of coursework and examinations. Due to regional conflict affecting parts of the Middle East, DP and CP students registered at schools where exams could not be conducted safely were awarded grades through the IB’s rigorous Non-Exam Contingency Measure (NECM), based on externally assessed coursework, teacher-predicted grades, and additional supporting evidence reviewed by the IB to ensure comparability and fairness.
The IB will be publishing an interim statistical bulletin in the next few weeks.