International Baccalaureate School and Cambridge AICE Shipping Program
Make your 2026 School Exam Shipping Seasons easier with Preferred Shipping!
Let Preferred Shipping handle the logistics of securely shipping your exams through our discounted IB/Cambridge Shipping Program. Preferred Shipping is trusted by more than 550 other IB/Cambridge schools for both international and domestic shipping.
We understand that your exams are highly sensitive documents that need to reach the IB/Cambridge Administration Department in a timely and secure manner. Our shipping program provides:
- Discounted domestic and international shipping rates
- Unmatched customer service - you can call us and get a response from a live person right away. We also answer emails very quickly. Plus you have a dedicated account manager.
- Free shipping materials
- Simple online system to make all shipments from
- Free pickups - no waiting at the post office or shipment store
IB Exams
IB Exams occur every April/May. Retesting will be in the Fall during October/November. The Fall 2026 exam schedule is as follows:
The IB Fall exams are from Monday, October 26 to Friday, November 13.
Tuesday, October 27th
- Biology SL & HL Paper 1A MCQ's
Wednesday, November 4
- Physics SL & HL Paper 1A MCQ's
- Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL & HL Paper 1A MCQ's
Wednesday, November 11
- Chemistry SL & HL Paper 1A MCQ's
We can help with all exam shipping, whether the scan center is domestic or international.
All Science Paper 1 MCQ's Ship Internationally to The IB Global Centre address below:
Phone: +44 29 2054 7777
Address:
International Baccalaureate Organization (UK) Ltd
IB Global Centre
Fusion Point One
Dumballs Road
Cardiff
UNITED KINGDOM
CF10 5BF
All other exams will ship to the domestic scan center in New York.
Attn: Shah Khan
ADEC
56 Broome Corporate Pkwy
Conklin
NY 13748
UNITED STATES
+1 607 467 4600
Cambridge Exams
Cambridge Exams occur every year in April-June and September/October/November. All exams will ship to Cambridge Assessment DC10 in Whittlesford Cambridgeshire.
The Fall 2026 exams will take place from Monday, September 28 to Thursday, November 12.
Address:
Cambridge Assessment DC 10
Cambridge International Examination
Hill Farm Road
Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire
CB22 4FZ
Helpful Resources:
Starting January 15, 2024, Cambridge Headquarters began implementing their updated process for how they will be shipping assessment documents for import into the U.S. delivered to your school.
What does this change mean for AICE Coordinators?
- For those without a Preferred Shipping/ DHL account, you will need to check see if commercial goods are subject to import duties in your territory and if you need to register as an Importer of Record, as not paying required import duties and taxes can cause delays in the delivery process.
- For all Preferred Shipping/DHL account holders, no action is required. Your Preferred Shipping/DHL account already includes the necessary setup for customs clearance by DHL Express.
Contact our IB/Cambridge Shipping Director
Ken Nelson has worked with IB and Cambridge schools across the country for more than 15 years supporting their shipping needs. He has extensive knowledge about your programs and can answer any questions you have.
Ken-Erik Nelson
Director, IB/Cambridge Discounted International Shipping Program
phone: 704-577-0487 (M)
email: kenelson@preferredship.com
Frequently Asked Questions
PSCSHIP is our multi-carrier shipping system that you can use to manage your entire shipping process from one location.
- Web-based shipping system is free to all Preferred Shipping customers! (Similar systems usually average at least $50/month)
- Easily quote all international and domestic shipments
- Process shipments with any carrier through PSCSHIP
- All shipping history in one place with live shipment tracking
- Schedule pickups with any carrier
- Easily print your shipment labels
No. There is not cost for allowing us to setup accounts for you.
If you have any billing-related questions you can email them to billing@preferredship.com. Preferred Shipping accepts checks, ACH and credit card payment methods. The ACH or Credit card options can be accessed via our PSCSHIP system just contact our Customer Service Team for quick setup customerservice@preferredship.com.
Please note that effective April 1, 2026, we will add a 4% credit card processing fee on all credit card transactions to cover rising costs.
No, although some school districts create Purchase Order Numbers for accounting purposes in order to make payments to vendors, but it's not required, and many schools don't use them. Check with your accounts payable team and reach out to us if you have any questions.
30 days from invoice date. Preferred Shipping gives you easy, extended invoice billing terms, much better than the majority of shipping carriers directly.
Pickups can be scheduled easily within PSCSHIP or by calling our Customer Service Support Team either at the time of shipment or when ready from the Pickups menu. There is no pickup fee with our program.
It depends. If all shipments are ready at the same time one pickup request to collect everything is all that's needed. The DHL driver will collect everything you have ready.
Once you schedule the pickup in PSCSHIP, a DHL Express uniformed and badged driver will make the pickup. DHL Express has a large network of drivers and vehicles trained to handle your pickup needs.
Yes. Our proprietary system PSCSHIP is web-based so you can login form anywhere you have an internet connection. Once logged in you can quicky print labels to the printer connected to the computer you are using.
Generally, the answer is yes. You should consult the dispatching scripts guidelines provided by the IB or Cambridge Headquarters. For Cambridge (Despatching scripts (cambridgeinternational.org) If you have questions about how to bundle or group the exams, please reach out to our Customer Service Team.
- Yes. We provide several easy-to-follow training videos as well as real-time one-on-one or group training. Just use our self-help videos (https://preferredship.com/ib-cambridge-school-program/training/) or reach out to us for one-on-one or group training.
At any time, you can reach out to our Customer Service Team or IB and Cambridge School Director Ken Nelson with questions. We're happy to help.
DHL shipping supplies are available to order here. Additionally, some teachers choose to save the box that was sent to them with the exams and reuse it to send the completed exams to the testing center.
IB/Cambridge Exam Season Checklist
Download our checklist on exam shipping to ensure you are fully prepared for Fall examinations.
IB/Cambridge Shipping Training Videos
Visit our Training Video Library to learn the easy process to make a shipment with PSCSHIP. Our team is also happy to schedule a 1-on-1 training to walk through PSCSHIP.