About UNIS
About UNIS
A Pre-K-to-12th grade, coeducational, college-preparatory day school, the United Nations International School (UNIS) was established in 1947 by a group of United Nations parents to provide an international education for their children, while preserving their diverse cultural heritages.
About UNIS
Admissions
Admissions
The Admissions section has information about the application process, including deadlines, application requirements, and answers to frequently asked questions. The Admissions Department is happy to answer any questions a family has about UNIS and our application process.
Admissions
Academics
Academics

The United Nations International School offers a rigorous, age-appropriate, and culturally broad program for all students. We build curriculum that is clearly articulated against the standards, research-based, and infused with opportunities for student choice.
Academics
Arts
Arts
UNIS arts programs offer opportunities for studio practice, problem solving, and cultural investigation through classical and contemporary music, acting, directing, and playwriting, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, computer graphics, and digital photography.
Arts
Athletics
Athletics
UNIS has an extensive Athletics program, running across three distinct seasons (Fall, Winter and Spring for students in 7th-12th grades, M3-Tut 4), and consists of 38 school teams.
Athletics
School Life
School Life
The UNIS experience goes beyond the classroom. UNIS offers a wide range of activities and experiences that can take our students around the corner or around the globe.At UNIS, our focus is on the whole child and thus students are encouraged to participate in a variety of travel programs, clubs, committees, publications, and community-service opportunities.
School Life
Alumni
Alumni
Welcome UNIS Alumni! This page is designed for alumni, parents of alumni and former faculty and staff.
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Giving to UNIS
Giving to UNIS
Gifts to UNIS make a tangible difference in the teachers we hire; the international curriculum, language courses, and enrichment programs we provide; the arts and athletics programs we offer; and our infrastructure.

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2025 Conference

Information coming soon.

Please join us on 17-19 March, 2025 at UNIS and in the UN General Assembly Hall

*Tentative 2025 dates. The use of the GA Hall is at the discretion of the United Nations. The UN Reserves the right to cancel and/or reschedule bookings in the event that the delegates need to meet in the GA Hall.

Welcoming Day at UNIS on March 17th is ONLY for international students and students outside of the Tristate area.

2024 Equal Rights Equal Heights: Climbing the Ladder of Gender Equality

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2023 Turning the Page: A New Chapter in Education

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