Being an IB World School, Pio X International offers the IB Diploma Programme (IB DP, the third of four programmes supported by IBO), leading to a qualification recognised by university as entrance diploma.
Depending on the set of subjects studied, the I DP may have the official recognition of “Maturità Scientifica” or “Maturità Linguistica” from the Italian Ministry of Education (equipollenza).

IB Continuum
The international Baccalaureate (IB) offers four high-quality programmes of international education to a
worldwide community of schools. The four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills required to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world.
•The Primary Years Programme (PYP) for students aged 3 to 12 (…)
•The Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11 to 16 (…)
•The Diploma Programme (DP) for students aged 16 to 19 is a demanding two-year pre-university curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.
•The IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC) for students aged 16 to 19 (…) for students who wish to focus on a particular career-path.

IB Mission statement
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
http://www.ibo.org/mission/index.cfm (16th August 2014)
The IB Diploma Programme Curriculum
“The IB Diploma Programme is flexible enough to accommodate the needs and interests of individual students while maintaining the principle of concurrent learning of a broad and balanced curriculum. (…)
Students are expected to to build a degree of interdisciplinary as well as subject-specific understanding.”
Students choose one subject from each of 5 groups in which the Diploma Programme is divided (Studies in Language and Literature, Language acquisition, Individuals and Societies, Sciences, Mathematics).
They also need a sixth subject, chosen either from group 6 (an Art subject), or a second subject from groups 1 to 5.
Three of them should be chosen at High Level (HL), three of them at Standard Level (SL)
In addition, the Diploma Programme features three core elements that broaden students’ educational experience and challenge them to apply their knowledge and skills: the Extended Essay (EE), Theory of
Knowledge (TOK) and Creativity, Action, Service (CAS).