[6] TIS was founded in 2002[7] to provide a Canadian curriculum and accreditation to both local and international students.

TIS opened with 58 students enrolled on the campus of Macau University of Science and Technology.

The school declared in 2016 that it will invest 180 million Macau patacas ($22,400,000 USD) on the campus's second phase.

[9] TIS began offering Grade 12 classes in 2008, and by June 2009, 27 students had graduated, earning the Alberta High School Diploma.

Along with the standard Alberta curriculum, the school began the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in 2017.