IB Computer Science tutor in Germany

Source: Kultusministerkonferenz, Vereinbarung über die Anerkennung des International Baccalaureate Diploma (Beschluss vom 10.03.1986 in der Fassung vom 15.06.2023), section 1 a) to d), read 2 November 2026. The table is our summary; the agreement itself is the text that counts, and each Land applies it.

We are not connected with the KMK, the IB or any school, and nothing here is admission advice. We describe what the published agreement says so that a family can ask the right question early: a plan with Computer Science HL and no Biology, Chemistry or Physics may look ideal for a future computing degree and still fall outside the pattern. The school's IB coordinator and the university admissions office are the people who give the binding answer.

P_MAX, P_MIN = 42, 24

def german_average(points):
    if points >= P_MAX:
        return 1.0
    return 1 + 3 * (P_MAX - points) / (P_MAX - P_MIN)

for points in (45, 42, 38, 33, 29, 24):
    print(points, "IB points ->", round(german_average(points), 2))

Formula: KMK IB recognition agreement, section on the Durchschnittsnote: N = 1 + 3 (Pmax minus P) divided by (Pmax minus Pmin), with Pmax 42 and Pmin 24, bonus points included. The agreement says the average is worked out in the Land that assesses the certificate, under a separate 1991 KMK agreement on overall grades, which also governs how decimals are handled. We print two decimals; the official figure may be stated differently.

Two things are worth noticing as a programmer. The formula is a straight line between two fixed points, so every IB point is worth exactly one sixth of a German grade step: three grade steps spread over eighteen points. And the special case at the top, where 42 to 45 all become 1.0, has to be written as its own branch before the formula, otherwise 45 points would produce an average better than 1.0, which does not exist. Spotting that kind of boundary is exactly the habit the IB Computer Science exams reward.

Sources: AGIS, agis-schools.org, homepage and Wer wir sind, read 2 November 2026; KMK IB recognition agreement, footnote 3 and Anlage 1 (Stand 26.03.2026). We name no school as a source of our students and we are not connected with AGIS or any school.

Computer Science is taught at many but not all of these schools, and some offer it only at one level. Pupils sometimes come to us because their school cannot fit the subject into their timetable, sometimes because it is taught but the class moves faster than they can follow in their second or third language, and sometimes because they want the internal assessment project to be genuinely their own. Our classes are an addition to school, never a replacement: the school enters the pupil, marks the internal assessment and sends it for moderation.

We do not write any part of an internal assessment, and we tell pupils plainly why: the IB requires the work to be their own, and a project a pupil cannot explain is worth less to them than a modest one they can defend line by line. The same goes for AI tools. Our under-18 pupils never use tools whose providers set 18 as the minimum age; the AI tools age guide lists each provider's own rule.

Our own teaching plan. The school's calendar and the IB deadlines it sets take priority over this plan.

Germany is on UTC+1 (MEZ) in winter and UTC+2 (MESZ) in summer under the Einheitenzeitgesetz; summer time ended on 25 October 2026 and starts again on 28 March 2027. India keeps UTC+5:30 all year. These rows are examples, not fixed batches.

You pick the time of the free first class in your own clock when you book. Before mock exams and the internal assessment deadline, one-to-one pupils often add a second weekly class for a few weeks and then drop back.