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UWC runs the world's largest scholarship programme in international secondary education, with over 80% of students selected by UWC national committees to attend one of the colleges receiving financial support. [3] To date, there are almost 60,000 UWC alumni from all over the world. [4]
The Davis United World College Scholars Program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. [1] [2] It awards need-based scholarship funding, aka the Shelby Davis Scholarship, to graduates of schools and colleges in the United World Colleges (UWC) movement to study at 106 select partner universities in the United States.
It is among the newest members of the United World Colleges (UWC) movement, one of eighteen colleges around the world, having started accepting students in September 2014. [1] The mission of the UWC movement and of the school is to "make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future".
A view of the UWC-USA campus. American mogul Armand Hammer's The Armand Hammer Foundation purchased the property to establish a United World College in the United States in 1981. Major renovations of existing buildings preceded the school's opening in the fall of 1982, an event that was attended by King Charles III , then Charles, Prince of ...
Students from over 90 countries participate in UWC Atlantic's two-year programme, in which they combine academic studies with activities and service. [18] Admission into United World Colleges , and scholarship awards, are decided by national UWC committees around the world and the Global Selection Programme.
Most students are nominated to attend UWC Mahindra College via their UWC National Committees. Indian students, residents and PIO/OCI students can apply via the United World College Committee of India. The selection process is rigorous, [citation needed] with an acceptance rate of 1,5%. The application process for Indian students starts in June ...
Aerial view of Li Po Chun UWC Campus. Li Po Chun UWC admits students from over 110 countries in addition to students from many local Hong Kong schools. The student body is made up of roughly 42% local and 58% overseas students. [1] [10] In the year 2020–2021, students coming from all 6 inhabited continents represented 90 countries in the ...
United World College East Africa (UWCEA) is an independent international school in Tanzania, and a member of the United World Colleges movement. Established in 1969 as International School Moshi, the school is based on two campuses on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru near the city of Moshi, the capital of the Kilimanjaro region in north east Tanzania.