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Key Facts
Last verified: 5/27/2026Location
New York, New York County, NY. Approximate area — the exact campus location isn’t verified yet.
About
United Nations International School (UNIS) is a coeducational PK-12 international school founded in 1947 to serve children of UN personnel and the broader international community. The main Manhattan campus sits in Murray Hill on the East River; a second campus in Jamaica, Queens serves PK-8. UNIS is an IB World School offering the full International Baccalaureate continuum — the Primary Years Programme (PYP) in lower grades, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in middle school, and the IB Diploma Programme in grades 11-12. The student body represents over 115 nationalities, and the curriculum integrates a global perspective with UN-affiliated programming.
Admission
- Test Required
- No
- Interview
- Required
- Essay
- Required
- Recommendation Letters
- 2
- Rolling Admissions
- No
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Data Sources (3)
- UNIS AdmissionsData from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026
- Deep enrich iter5Data from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026
- Collected: 6/6/2026