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The American International School (APU) is an independent, coeducational university preparatory day school with two campuses and boarding facilities located in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam and one campus in Da Nang, Vietnam. APU offers an American curriculum program that is recognized by the Vietnam-based Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam). The school is privately owned by the APU Educational Development group and is non-sectarian. APU is a member of the College Board. and is authorized to offer the SAT, Advanced Placement(AP), PSAT and the ACT exams. More than 50% of APU's faculty have a Masters or Ph.D. ==History== APU American International School was founded in 2004 by Binh Thy Nguyen Tran. Initially established as a University, the organization later shifted its focus to become an international school.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=US-Based or Affiliated Unaccredited Institutions in Vietnam )〕 Initially welcoming twenty students to the Lanh Binh Thang campus in Ho Chi Minh City, it has expanded to include a separate elementary school campus in the district 11 area of Ho Chi Minh City, a new campus for university in Da Nang, Vietnam in 2015 and now has the capacity to accommodate over 900 students. Since its inception, over 1,200 students have been sent abroad to US universities through APU’s network of support from 1996 to this date. APU American International School, a subsidiary of APU Educational Development Group, serves Vietnamese as well as expatriate students who are seeking to gain admission to universities and colleges in the United States by partnering with them in test preparation, college financial planning, college admissions coaching, as well as providing concurrent enrollment advanced college credit courses for high school students. The school has receives generous support from US universities and colleges in the form of scholarships, opportunities for study abroad in the United States, faculty exchange programs and concurrent enrollment programs that allow students to earn college credit while still enrolled high school. Graduates at APU have annually gone on to win generous scholarships from universities in the United States. Annually, the valedictorian has been awarded full scholarships from a growing number of APU affiliate institutions, such as Roger Williams University, The University of Missouri–Kansas City, and Central Washington University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「APU International School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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