Official website (https://uwc.org/)
Key facts
- Motto
- A global movement making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
- Type
- Schools, colleges, and short educational programmes
- Established
- 1962 ; 64 years ago ( 1962 )
- Founder
- Kurt Hahn
- President
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Executive director
- Faith Abiodun
- Location
- Colleges in 18 countries, UWC International Office, London and Berlin
- Website
- uwc.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
United World Colleges | Inspiring Young People
Inspiring Young People, UWC schools and colleges deliver a challenging and transformational education to more than 9,000 students each year.
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Wikidata facts
- Founded by
- Kurt Hahn
- Headquarters
- London
- Subsidiary
- Red Cross Nordic United World College
- Chairperson
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Official website
- uwc.org
- Image
- Uwc-colleges-fi.gif
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- Commons category
- United World Colleges
- topic's main category
- Category:United World Colleges
- topic has template
- Template:United World Colleges
- inception
- 1960-00-00
- native label
- United World Colleges
- owner of
- St Donat's Castle
- social media followers
- 12900
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
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Encyclopedic overview
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The United World Colleges (UWC) is an international network of schools and colleges providing the International Baccalaureate The organisation was founded on the principles of German educator Kurt Hahn in 1962 to promote intercultural understanding.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “United World Colleges” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.