Laurus International School of Science
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · Est. 2001
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- Students
- 1,500
- Established
- 2001
- Curriculum
- Cambridge (Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE) with a proprietary STEM curriculum
About this school
Laurus International School of Science grew from a bilingual children's school founded in 2001 by Kiyomi and Mami Hioki. Its preschools operated as Bilinga before rebranding as Laurus in 2017, a primary school launched in 2016, a lower secondary in 2022 and Cambridge IGCSE upper secondary in 2025. The school describes itself as Japan's only international science school and reports more than 1,500 students and 320 teachers.
Laurus combines the Cambridge curriculum (registered since 2019) with its own STEM programme, moving from science-based inquiry in the early years to programming, engineering, technology and entrepreneurship in primary and secondary. Sections are:
- Preschool and kindergarten (18 months–6 years) at eight locations
- Primary (ages 6–11) and secondary (from age 11) at the Shiba campus
Since 2023 the primary and secondary school has occupied four science-themed floors of the Shiba Kokusai Building near Tokyo Tower, with aquariums, a small living-collection library, an innovation lab and 3D printers. It became a CIS member in 2024 and a Round Square candidate in 2026, and it runs afterschool, Saturday and seasonal programmes.
