United World Colleges

The United World Colleges (UWC) are a group of ten international high schools. Founded during the Cold War, the United World Colleges aimed at promoting understanding between the different nations through education and through interaction between young people from different countries, living and working together. Today this goal is again a necessity in a world devastated by ethnic and religious conflicts. The UWC movement brings together students from around the globe at a pre-universitary level, selected on merit, regardless of their financial, ethnic, religious or educational background and regardless of their ability to pay.

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The international organization of UWC is a British based foundation that comprises ten colleges in Canada, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Singapore, Swaziland, the United States, Venezuela and Wales; national committees in more than 120 countries; a network of more than 15 000 alumni and an International Office in London. The United World Colleges usually accept students who are between 16 to 18 years old. Each UWC typically comprises some between 200 and 300 students from about 90 different countries.

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British - Canada - Hong Kong - India - Italy - Norway - Singapore - Swaziland - United States - Venezuela - Wales - London

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