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.

Academics

All or the United World Colleges, (with the exception of the Simón Bolívar United World College of Agriculture in Venezuela which offers an agricultural diploma), offer two years at the end of the secondary cycle. After these two years, all UWC students are holders of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a prestigious high school diploma recognized worldwide. The International Baccalaureate Organization has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and three administrative offices in New York, Buenos Aires and Singapore. The Examinations Office is in the United Kingdom. The three working languages of the International Baccalaureate are English, French and Spanish. Nine of the ten UWC use English as the main language of teaching and communication. Pearson College in Canada teaches certain subjects in French and Spanish while the UWC of the Adriatic in Italy and the Red Cross Nordic UWC in Norway require that all students study Italian/Norwegian respectively in order to facilitate their relationship with the local populations. The teaching in the Simón Bolívar United World College of Agriculture in Venezuela is in Spanish, with English Language classes. That college is for slightly older students and offers a diploma in agricultural administration.

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Simón Bolívar United World College of Agriculture - Venezuela - International Baccalaureate Diploma - International Baccalaureate Organization - Geneva - Switzerland - New York - Buenos Aires - Singapore - United Kingdom - English - French - Spanish - Pearson College - Canada - UWC of the Adriatic - Italy - Red Cross Nordic UWC - Norway - Italian - Norwegian

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