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The Singapore International School was officially opened in 1971 by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. It was affiliated with the United World College movement, and formally became a member of the movement in 1975, changing its name to the United World College of South East Asia.
The first college in the movement, UWC Atlantic College in Wales, United Kingdom, was founded in 1962 by Kurt Hahn, a German educator who had previously founded Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, Gordonstoun in Scotland, the Outward Bound movement, and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. [10]
International schools in Singapore; School Country Campus(es) Level Examination(s) Enrollment Established Australian International School Singapore (AISS) Australia: Lorong Chuan: Preschool - Secondary (Grade 12) IGCSE, HSC, IB Diploma Programme: 2,300: 1993 Canadian International School (Singapore) (CISS) Canada International: Jurong West ...
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.
There are 60 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina in Columbia is the largest university in the state, by enrollment. [1] Trident Technical College in North Charleston is the largest two-year college. [2] The oldest institution is the College of Charleston, founded in 1770 and chartered ...
All UWC students are selected based on merit, promise and potential. Each of the nearly 160 United World College National Committees makes recommendations for admission to UWC schools independently and according to their individual selection procedures. Admission is competitive and is deliberately intended to reflect diversity in all respects.
Junior colleges (JC) are pre-university institutions in Singapore that offer two-year pre-university courses that leads to either the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level (A-Level) or the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB - offered by only Anglo-Chinese School, School of the Arts, Singapore Sports School, and St. Joseph’s Institution). [1]
National University of Singapore, with a history dating back to 1905, is the oldest university in Singapore. This is a list of universities in Singapore. The oldest university in Singapore is the National University of Singapore, which was established in its current form in 1980, but has a history in tertiary education dating back to 1905. [1]