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Gerwel was succeeded in 1995 by Cecil Abrahams, who was succeeded by Brian O'Connell in 2001. UWC retained the status of an autonomous university during the education restructuring of 2002. UWC is the only African institution that is a member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCWC), and was voted onto the OCWC board in 2007. [citation needed]
[4] [20] UWC Simón Bolivar was a member of the movement until its closing in 2012 by the Venezuelan government. The location and opening date (and, for those that joined the UWC movement after being founded as an independent institution, their joining year) for each United World College is given below:
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.
Their initial gift of $45 million in 1998 was, at the time, the largest private donation ever made to international education. [6] [7] In late 2007, The Wall Street Journal identified UWC-USA as one of the world's top 20 schools for its success in preparing students to enter top American universities. [8]
25 January deadline (in 2023): The majority of applications must be submitted by 6 p.m. on 25 January (in the calendar year that the student wishes to begin their studies). [ 28 ] 24 March deadline: Some art and design courses have a later application deadline – 24 March – to give applicants time to complete their portfolios.
Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former prime minister of Canada, was the driving force behind the founding of Pearson College UWC. After retiring from public life, Pearson became interested in the United World Colleges movement. At that time, only one United World College existed—Atlantic College in Wales, established in ...
US News' Best Regional Midwestern universities in Wisconsin for 2025 U.S. News also ranked the Best Regional Universities in the North, South, Midwest and West regions of the United States.
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 ...