SMIC's international division utilizes Texas 'curriculum standards, employs more than 100 non-Chinese teachers (43 % of its faculty), and conducts classes entirely in English. Graduates of the school have gone on to attend top US universities. Unlike the Taiwanese schools, SMIC's Chinese division does not employ the Taiwanese curriculum or Taiwanese teachers.
定位明確的中芯國際部，採用美國德州制定的課程標準，聘用一百多位外籍老師（43 %），全英語授課，目標是將學生送入美國一流大學；中文部也不同於台商學校聘用台灣老師、使用台灣教材。