Governance and Leadership UWC movement
UWC South East Asia is a member of the UWC movement. UWC schools, colleges and programmes deliver a challenging and transformative educational experience to a diverse range of students, inspiring them to create a more peaceful and sustainable future.
“The striking thing about the United World Colleges is that they embrace the entire world across all divides of race, history, culture, wealth, religion, economic status and political belief.” Nelson Mandela Honorary President, UWC International
UWC Maastricht Maastricht, Netherlands
UWC has 12 schools and colleges across five continents. Most of the schools enrol students only for Grades 11 and 12 (the IB Diploma). However, Waterford Kamhlaba enrols students from Grades 6 to 12, while UWC Maastricht and UWC South East Asia enrol students from K1 to Grade 12.
UWC Red Cross Nordic Flekke, Norway
Li Po Chun UWC UWC Pearson College Victoria, Canada
Hong Kong SAR, China UWC Atlantic College Llantwit Major, UK
UWC Mahindra College Pune, India
UWC-USA Montezuma, New Mexico, USA UWC Costa Rica Santa Ana, Costa Rica
UWC South East Asia Singapore UWC Adriatic Duino, Italy
UWC in Mostar Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Waterford Kamhlaba UWC Mbabane, Swaziland
The other UWCs are significantly smaller than UWC South East Asia, as illustrated in the table below. School
Age
Number of students 2012/2013
UWC Adriatic
16–19
200
UWC Atlantic College
16–19
350
UWC Costa Rica
16–19
200
Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong
16–19
250
UWC Maastricht
2–18
525
UWC Mahindra College
16–19
200
UWC in Mostar
16–18
154
Pearson College UWC
16–19
200
Red Cross Nordic UWC
16–19
200
UWC South East Asia
4–19
4,900
UWC-USA
16–19
200
Waterford Kamhlaba UWC
11–20
600
UWC South East Asia was the second member of the UWC movement, opened by Lee Kuan Yew as Singapore International School in 1971. SIS became UWC South East Asia in 1975 and gradually expanded to become the K–12 international school of nearly 5,000 students across two campuses that it is today. The schools and colleges of the UWC movement are united by their common mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
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