Arab International Academy

The Arab International Academy was founded in Doha, Qatar in 2016 with the goal of establishing a high-level private international school that provides a challenging and well-rounded international educational experience. To achieve that goal, we have drawn on the very best of international thinking in our choice of curriculum and approaches to 21st century teaching and learning. AIA is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for the Diploma Programme (DP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and the Primary Years Program (PYP).

Academics

Arab International Academy strives to implement rigorous, international academic programs that align with the mission and vision. Therefore, Arab International Academy pursued and received the IB Diploma Programme, the Middle Years Programme and the Primary Years Program authorization. The goal of the IB Programs is to develop the whole person cognitively, socially, emotionally, and physically. The IB programs also strive to help students develop the ability to face challenges with an open mind and to cultivate an awareness of their identity and culture with an understanding and acceptance of others. The IB program’s philosophy is designed to develop students who are: thinkers, inquirers, communicators, risk-takers, and are also balanced, reflective, principled, caring, knowledgeable, and open-minded.

Facilities

AIA in Doha is home to a modern educational facility that provides a perfect environment to deliver quality education. Recognizing that students learn different things, in different ways, from different people, at different times, and in different places, AIA provides the necessary physical environment to support this belief. AIA has highly equipped classrooms, small group areas, multi-purpose rooms, a theatre, a common multi-purpose space, locker areas, science labs, indoor and outdoor sports fields, libraries, dedicated music, drama and art rooms, educational gardens, a clinic, an assembly hall and a dining area. These facilities cater to many learning modalities such as independent learning, peer tutoring, teamwork, one-on-one instruction, lecture, project-based inquiry, research, interdisciplinary study, drama, seminar, learning through design, and art-based learning.