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Sat, 16 May 2026

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Pakistan Embassy College Beijing



  • Pakistan Embassy College Beijing is a 1969-founded Pakistan International School inside the Pakistan Embassy compound in Sanlitun, running Cambridge IGCSE and A levels alongside Pakistan's Federal Board curriculum, and was the first foreign school in Beijing.
  • About half of the roughly 500 students are non-Pakistani, drawn from the diplomatic corps and the wider expat community.
  • One parent who pulled their son after a year said Pakistan Embassy College is fully English instruction at primary, with no residency requirements, and tuition around RMB 40,000 a year, but added it is not the best, framing it as an option when nothing else fits rather than a first choice.
  • The same parent moved their two boys to Jingcheng instead, suggesting the unmet need was for a stronger fit rather than a problem the family thought could be fixed by staying.
  • Public fees confirm the affordability point: pre-K around RMB 38,400 rising to about RMB 78,000 in sixth form, well below the international school mainstream in Beijing.