Apply | Chiang Mai International School

Application to CMIS is competitive. The primary conditions for acceptance are academic eligibility, English-language proficiency, and exemplary behavior.

2020 - 2021 Academic School Year

CMIS is currently accepting limited grade level applications for the 2020-2021 academic school year. To request a student application please use this form. You will receive an application when your request has been processed.

2021 - 2022 Academic School Year

The recruitment period will open during October 2020.

Begin an Application

Step 1: Submit an application on our online system. To request a student application please use this form. You will receive an application when your request has been processed.

Step 2: Submit all required application documents via the online system.

Application Process

Step 3: Once the application and all required application documentation has been submitted, the student file will be reviewed and processed. The Admissions Director will then contact the family to schedule a pre-screening assessment appointment for the applicant; the first of two assessments the applicant will undergo during the application process.

Step 4: Applicants will be asked to pay the 5000 baht application fee (using one of the payment methods available) before the first assessment. If an applicant passes the pre-screening assessment, they will be invited back to take the entrance assessment.

Step 5: If an applicant passes the entrance assessment, the applicant’s file will be reviewed by the CMIS Admissions Team. If the applicant meets the CMIS criteria, an acceptance letter will be sent to the family. If the applicant does not meet the CMIS criteria, a letter will be sent to the family to inform them of the decision.

Academic Requirements

CMIS strives to maintain a balanced international environment where English is the language of inclusion. We welcome applications from international students who:

Qualify academically (as determined by school records and standardized entrance assessment results)
Meet the required English-language proficiency expectations for their grade level (as determined by CMIS guidelines).

We accept a limited number of academically qualified non-native English speakers, provided that their English-language proficiency falls within the CMIS guidelines for English Language Development (ELD) and there is space available.

We have limited availability for students with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities (as determined by previous school records, standardized testing, and documentation such as a school support plan or appropriate diagnosis) provided their disability falls within the CMIS guidelines for Learning Support (LS) and there is space available.

Age/Grade Policy

All applicants must have passed their required birth date by August. This policy applies to all grade levels, without exception. The age/grade level standard is as follows:

	2020-2021		2021-2022		2022-2023
Grade	Born between August	and August	Born between August	and August	Born between August	and August
PK	2015	2016	2016	2017	2017	2018
KG	2014	2015	2015	2016	2016	2017
G1	2013	2014	2014	2015	2015	2016
G2	2012	2013	2013	2014	2014	2015
G3	2011	2012	2012	2013	2013	2014
G4	2010	2011	2011	2012	2012	2013
G5	2009	2010	2010	2011	2011	2012
G6	2008	2009	2009	2010	2010	2011
G7	2007	2008	2008	2009	2009	2010
G8	2006	2007	2007	2008	2008	2009
G9	2005	2006	2006	2007	2007	2008
G10	2004	2005	2005	2006	2006	2007
G11	2003	2004	2004	2005	2005	2006
G12	2002	2003	2003	2004	2004	2005

Application Documentation

The following required application documents must be submitted before the pre-screening and entrance assessments can be scheduled.

Completed online application for admission, including an electronic signature
Recent passport-size photograph (head shot)
Copy of the applicant’s birth certificate
Copy of the applicant’s passport (or Thai ID card)
Copies of the parents’ passports (or Thai ID cards)
For Students Living with Guardians:
- Letter of guardianship
- Copies of the guardian’s passport (or Thai ID card)
One letter of recommendation via the CMIS online application system
- This should be completed by the applicants current teacher
Academic records in English, as follows:
- Pre-School to Kindergarten: all available Pre-School and Kindergarten progress reports, as applicable
- Grades 1 to 8: report cards for the current year and the last two previous years
- Grades 9 to 12: complete and official high school transcripts, including report cards with teacher’s comments for the previous two years
- Home schooled Applicant: a detailed curriculum document with grades for the home schooling time period. Standardized test scores may also be required.

Copy of the applicant’s immunization records, along with any pertinent health records, to be entered into the appropriate online form.

Application Season

Each January, CMIS begins the process of assessing the projected number of vacancies by asking our current students to confirm their plans to re-enroll for the following year. Once the number of projected vacancies has been confirmed, the CMIS Admissions Team will begin selecting new students between April and May.

Normally applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year. However, the application system and process are changing. The new application system will be open to accept applications from October 1st. New applications will be reviewed and processed as follows:

Pre-school: We start accepting new applications in January for the school year that begins in August. Pre-school assessments will be scheduled on specific dates starting in April.

Kindergarten and Grade 1: We start accepting new applications in January for the school year that begins in August. Kindergarten and Grade 1 assessments will be scheduled on specific dates starting in March.

Grades 2 – 12: Applications should be made from January through June. Assessments will be scheduled starting in January for as long as there are suitable vacancies available.

Enrollment Policies

Open Enrollment: CMIS accepts applications for Elementary School (Pre-School through Grade 5) throughout the year as long as we have space available. All applicants must pass their required birth date by the start of school in August to be considered for that year’s enrollment. This standard remains the same for those who wish to join in the second semester.

Closed Semester Enrollment: CMIS has a closed semester policy for Grades 6 to 12. The intake of new students in these grades occurs only twice a year, at the beginning of the Fall August Semester and the Spring January Semester We will begin accepting applications for the Spring January Semester in October of the current year.

Exceptions: In some cases, mid-semester High School applicants may be enrolled in an auditing status for the remainder of the current semester and then allowed to take courses for credit at the beginning of the next semester.

Priority Applicants

CMIS strives to keep class sizes small in order to provide individualized and differentiated instruction needed to help each student succeed. Although we expect to have vacancies at each grade level, we reserve spaces for our qualified priority applicants.

The CMIS Priority Categories are as follows:

Christian Missionary families
CMIS Staff children
Diplomatic / Consular families
Fluent English speakers from comparable international schools
Former CMIS families who are returning from abroad
NGO / Non-profit organization families
Siblings of current CMIS students

All other applicants are considered on a space-available basis.

Why I chose CMIS

After I married my husband in 2003, I moved to Chiang Mai and began looking to continue my teaching career here. I quickly found that Chiang Mai International School was the best school in the city and came to visit. I fell in love with the caring, family atmosphere that originally attracted me to apply at CMIS. As a school that has deep roots in the Chiang Mai community, I felt I could also trust it for my own children’s quality education.

Rachna Danghorachai

Secondary School Math Teacher