It educates roughly 200 students on a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) campus just north of the city center.

BIS, a non-profit school, opened its doors in 1972 in a converted house in Ciumbuleuit and moved to its current campus in 1993.

BIS is recognized as the most diverse international school in Bandung; the teachers and students represent approximately 25 different nationalities.

BIS is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) based in the Netherlands; the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), based in United States, and authorized by the International Standard Organization (ISO).

The facilities of BIS include: a Performing Arts Center with theater and practice rooms, two covered courts and a full-size soccer field, two science labs, a swimming pool, a playground for the Elementary students, a library, a canteen and coffee shop/cafe, collaborative workspaces, a computer lab, innovator’s maker space / design lab, and a culinary learning center.