Marist Brothers International School
Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan · Est. 1951
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- Students
- 520
- Established
- 1951
- Curriculum
- IB (PYP, MYP, DP)
About this school
Marist Brothers International School (MBIS) opened in Kobe in 1951, founded by two Marist Brothers who had relocated from China. In 1952 it moved to its current site in Suma-ku, the former estate of Viscount Kuki, and for many years it followed a British curriculum, with students sitting Cambridge Overseas School Certificate exams. It received WASC accreditation in 1972 and reopened within five weeks after the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake damaged the campus.
The school became an IB World School in 2017 for the Diploma Programme and, as of 2025, is authorised for the PYP and MYP as well, offering the full IB continuum from Early Years to Grade 12. MBIS belongs to the worldwide Marist network of around 600 schools in more than 80 countries and keeps a Catholic, values-based ethos.
The school reports more than 520 students from over 35 nationalities. A campus redevelopment begun in 2022 added new West and North buildings. Facilities include early years and PYP classrooms, renovated science labs, art and music rooms, a library, a gymnasium with fitness room, a sports field, a nurse's room and a cafeteria, and school buses serve set routes.
