SUIS Qingpu students strive for academic excellence, act with integrity and exhibit the highest moral values, as responsible and aware citizens, empowered to be future leaders, with Chinese roots and global wings.
Student Achievements
SUIS Qingpu provides a well-rounded education, and guided by its Learner Profile, shapes students into balanced and responsible citizens of the global community. Our students excel in academics, in mathematics, science, languages, and the humanities. Arts and music also play a vital role at SUIS Qingpu, as do sports, leadership, and community service. This all helps build an impressive student body that is well prepared for the future.
Top in Academics
SUIS Qingpu students are known for their excellence in academics, including top examination results and overall scholastic achievement. Our rigorous academic programme, paired with a holistic approach to education, is one of the main reasons why SUIS Qingpu graduates are accepted into top-ranked universities around the world.
Excelling in Sports
Education at SUIS Qingpu continues beyond the classroom to include Co-curricular Activities (CCAs) and school teams.
Athletic events, competitions and team building play a very important role in the development of globally competitive, socially adept individuals who are prepared to meet and solve the challenges of the future.
SUIS Qingpu is an active member of the Shanghai School Sports Association (SSSA) and the Network for Enriching Students and Schools in China (NESSIC). Our students achieve individual and team sports awards in their leagues every year.
Contributing to the Community
SUIS Qingpu students have many opportunities to interact with and support the local community as well as communities across China. Our students continually engage in charitable and service activities which help to develop their appreciation for contributing to society.
Starting in Primary and continuing through our Secondary programme, students begin to create and run events and activities which raise funds for worthy causes, including support for several rural schools in Yunnan Province, China.
Recognition and Awards
SUIS Qingpu and our students have received numerous awards over the past few years.
For example, in our Primary School, our campus has achieved 2nd Place in the Qingpu District’s Academic Quality Green School Test (arts, Chinese language, mathematics, science), and earned the Excellent Organization Award in the Shanghai Primary School “Beautiful Chinese Character Little Master” competition. Our incredible students have earned: the Special Prize for Shanghai’s “Star of Hope” English Performance Competition; Global Achievement and Excellence awards in AMC mathematics competitions; gold and “Best Honours” awards in JMC mathematics competitions; and a Global Perfect Score Achievement Award and Super Gold Awards in Math Kangaroo competitions. In Chinese language competitions, our students have received a Special Prize in the Huaxia Scholars Video Competition and First Prize in Shanghai’s “Tao Fen Cup” essay writing competition. In STEM, our students achieved Second Prizes in the World Robotics Competition, First Prize in the Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition, and First Prizes in the Shanghai Youth AI and Programming Practice Activity. Finally, in sports, our U10 student school teams recently became the National Roller Hockey Championships U10 Group Champion and earned First Place in the Qingpu District Athletics Competition.
Our middle school students, amongst many other amazing achievements, have received top awards in World Scholars Cup competitions (city, regional and global levels) and Spelling Bee competitions, and have earned First Place in the Shanghai “Taofen Cup” Shanghai Creative Chinese Essay competition, many Global Excellence awards in the American Mathematics Contest (AMC), ‘national champions’ status for three consecutive years in the ITSO SPBCN Spelling Competition, and won the Shanghai School Sports Association (SSSA) badminton championship.
In our High School, students have received Gold Certificates in the UK Maths Trust Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, the Gold Award in the 2024 Future Business Elite Youth Leadership Summit, gold and bronze awards in the National Science League (NSL) competitions for biology and physics, High Distinction and Distinction awards in the Australian Science Olympia competitions for Biology (ASOB), Chemistry (ASOC) and Physics (ASOP), and Star Writer and 3rd Place awards in the Global Chinese Writing Competition for Young Writers.
IGCSE and A Level Results
SUIS Qingpu students are known for their academic excellence, including examination results and overall academic achievement. A rigorous academic programme, combined with a holistic approach to education, is why our graduates are accepted into top-ranked universities worldwide.
Our IGCSE results have showcased notable achievements across various subjects. Standout performances have included strong showings (57% achieving A* to A) in Chemistry, Computer Science, Music and Physics, with significant percentages of students obtaining results in the A to C range for all other subjects.
Recently, 64% of our Grade 12 students achieved A-Level grades of A* to B (in the UK, high grades typically fluctuate annually for around 50% of all students), and 48% of our Grade 11 students achieved high grades of A to B in AS Level examinations.
Excellent University Results
SUIS Qingpu’s graduating Class of 2024 received a total of 135 offers from universities across the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Canada, and Singapore. Our graduates do not blindly chase rankings but instead dare to apply to universities that are the best fit for them, and we encourage them to apply for majors they are genuinely passionate about, spanning fields such as STEM, humanities, social sciences, business, arts, and design. This fully embodies the school’s holistic education philosophy.
Nearly 40% of our previous academic year’s graduates received offers from the UK’s G5 super-elite universities, 50% received offers from QS World Top 30 universities, and 75% received offers from QS World Top 100 universities. Here is a sample of the universities around the world that our students have received offers to over the past few years:
- University of Cambridge
- Imperial College London
- National University of Singapore
- University of College London
- University of Melbourne
- University of Sydney
- University of Toronto
- The University of Edinburgh
- The University of Hong Kong
- Nanyang Technological University
- McGill University
- University of Manchester
- King’s College London
- London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
- University of Bristol
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Washington
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- University of Warwick
- University of Leeds
- University of Glasgow
- Durham University
- University of the Arts London
- Parsons School of Design at The New School
- The Pratt Institute
These achievements are the best testament to our students’ hard work and well-rounded qualities.