BIS Umeå
BIS-Umeå has started the process to secure the permit from the Swedish School Inspectorate to open for grades K-12.
Our Leadership
We are a dedicated, qualified team of professional educators who are committed to creating an engaging and challenging learning environment for children.
Our Educators
All our teachers are highly qualified and have a high level of professional experience that is imperative to maintain the high standards of our education.
It our priority to ensure your admission experience is friendly and tailored to your specific requirements. Please do contact us.
Our Admissions Policy
BIS-Umeå is a non-selective School and does not require children to take an entrance test. BIS-Umeå is an inclusive School.
Enrolling for 2022-2023
We are now accepting interest inquiries for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Our Philosophy of Education
To succeed in this new information-based and highly technological society, students need to develop their capabilities in STEAM.
Our Curriculum
BIS-Umeå is a STEAM Education’s flagship British School. Offering an enriched British Curriculum.
Personalised learning
We offer a highly structured approach to help your children progress based on their individual needs.
Student Life
As a STEAM School, we are dedicated to offering our students a wide-range of opportunities to allow each student to develop their skills and pursue their individual interests.
STEAM Activities
Technology, like science, inspires STEAM students to think and form questions based on what they see and learn.
Outdoor Education
Our students participate in a planned progression of outdoor experiences that will take place in Sweden.
Family Engagement
Faculty and staff, in partnerships with parents, strive to provide an inclusive and responsive Education that guides students towards success
Our partnership approach
Close communication is at the core of our partnership approach. Keeping parents in the loop about their children’s progress is an essential part of what we do.
Parent Association
We look forward to your involvement in our many wonderful projects planned for you and your child throughout the year
Our Education
Success stems from exceptional teaching practices, attentive administration, wonderful families and responsible students.
Parental Engagement
STEAM Schools provide opportunities for parents to engage with their child’s learning and develop a better understanding of engagement strategies and their child’s learning needs.
International Curriculum
STEAM Schools provide your children with a global education passport, equipping them to study anywhere in the world.
Welcome to The British International School of Umeå!
BIS-Umeå has started the process to secure the permit from the Swedish School Inspectorate to open for grades K-12.
BIS-Umeå is a STEAM Education International School. STEAM Education is parent body that owns all American International Schools and British International Schools in Sweden.
STEAM Education offers an enriched International curriculum to students from around the world.
The British International School of Umeå (BIS-Umeå ) will provide a comprehensive and challenging British and international education that fosters informed and engaged local, regional and global citizenship.
We inspire students to be lifelong learners who contribute positively to a diverse and changing world.
We believe that each child can achieve their fullest potential through a continuum of educational provision.
Faculty and staff, in partnerships with parents, strive to provide an inclusive and responsive Education that guides students towards academic success and self-advocacy.
This will ensure our students are fully prepared to pursue their individual college and career goals upon graduation.
Families that have worked or are going to work abroad and have connections with industry and commerce, the university or other international interests, are the school’s main target group.
BIS-Umeå is the best educational choice of the globally mobile diplomatic, business and research community in Umeå .
We welcome children and young people from all corners of the globe – encouraging cultural connections both in and outside our classrooms.