{"id":55,"date":"2025-01-15T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T15:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk.uwcstaging.co.uk\/uwc-history\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:58:11","slug":"uwc-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mk.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/uwc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"UWC history &amp; founding ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-site-banner-block\"><section class=\"about-banner text-sideBySide about-banner--gradient-blue\" style=\"background-color:transparent\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"about-banner-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/history-image.png\" alt=\"Our history\"\/><div class=\"about-banner-main \"><h1 class=\"about-banner-heading\">Our history<\/h1><\/div><\/section><nav class=\"custom-sticky__nav custom-sticky__nav--breakpoint-main\" data-current-post-id=\"55\"><div class=\"custom-sticky__nav__container\"><ul class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mk.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/what-is-uwc\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list__item  \" title=\"What is UWC?\">What is UWC?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mk.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/uwc-history\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list__item  active\" title=\"UWC history &amp; 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founding ideas\">UWC history &amp; founding ideas<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mk.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/info-for-parents-educators-and-families\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__link \" title=\"Info for parents, educators and families\">Info for parents, educators and families<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:73.5rem;--margin-top:8rem;--margin-top-mobile:3rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:5.625rem;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-one-of-the-most-important-things-we-can-learn-is-how-to-understand-each-other\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-tablet:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-mobile:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontsize:2.5rem;--custom-fontsize-tablet:2.5rem;--custom-fontsize-mobile:2.5rem;--custom-lineheight:3rem;--custom-lineheight-tablet:3rem;--custom-lineheight-mobile:3rem\">One of the most important things we can learn is how to understand each other.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:#000000;--width:;--max-width:;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:8rem;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:8rem;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:;--max-width:90rem;--margin-top:1rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:1rem;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1.625rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1.625rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-columns-block has-2-columns\" style=\"--columns-desktop:2px;--columns-tablet:2px;--columns-mobile:1px;--column-gap-desktop:5.375rem;--column-gap-tablet:15px;--column-gap-mobile:10px;--justify-content-desktop:;--justify-content-tablet:;--justify-content-mobile:;--align-items-desktop:center;--align-items-tablet:;--align-items-mobile:;--flex-direction-desktop:row;--flex-direction-tablet:row;--flex-direction-mobile:column\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A short history of UWC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6P3xuJfU34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading about-landing-info-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d19a84ad5fe82080e611ac43fcc4354\" id=\"h-a-short-history-of-uwc\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-tablet:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-mobile:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">A short history of UWC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbfc7ee49ba859024d3611ebf1cd4241\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">This idea has been at the heart of what we do at UWC, ever since our first school was founded in 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-textcolor:#ffffff;--custom-textcolor-tablet:#ffffff;--custom-textcolor-mobile:#ffffff\" class=\"\">We believe that education can be about more than just personal advancement or securing a place at university. It can inspire students to discover what connects us all as humans, and to act as champions for a world of peace, collaboration and understanding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:71.5rem;--margin-top:9rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1.625rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1.625rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-columns-block has-2-columns\" style=\"--columns-desktop:2px;--columns-tablet:2px;--columns-mobile:1px;--column-gap-desktop:5.375rem;--column-gap-tablet:15px;--column-gap-mobile:10px;--justify-content-desktop:;--justify-content-tablet:;--justify-content-mobile:;--align-items-desktop:;--align-items-tablet:;--align-items-mobile:;--flex-direction-desktop:row;--flex-direction-tablet:row;--flex-direction-mobile:column\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:;--max-width:;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading about-history-origin-title has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-045029614c3dc96ba79ca59965be015d\" id=\"h-where-it-started\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-tablet:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif;--custom-fontfamily-mobile:\"Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">Where it started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60efe4dee41a019256e7e9f3311d298f\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">&#8220;<em>I regard it as the foremost task of education to ensure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self-denial, and \u2013 above all \u2013 compassion<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"about-history-origin-founder has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-364a0a328fad0cfbeb6b821443f4218d\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">(Kurt Hahn, Founder of UWC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:;--max-width:72.875rem;--margin-top:1rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:1rem;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:5rem;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1.625rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1.625rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">In 1955, educational pioneer Kurt Hahn delivered a speech at the NATO Defence College in Paris. During his visit, he was inspired by the cooperation and loyalty shown by military men who had very recently been on opposite sides in World War Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-quote-block\"><div class=\"quote\"><q class=\"quote-text\">There are three ways of trying to capture the young; one is to preach at them \u2014 I\u2019m afraid that is a hook without a worm; the second is to coerce them&#8230; and to tell them \u2018You must volunteer\u2019&#8230; the third is an appeal which never fails, \u2018You are needed\u2019.<\/q><p class=\"quote-author\">Kurt Hahn<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:#edf5ff;--width:;--max-width:;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:8rem;--padding-top-mobile:1rem;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:8rem;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:;--max-width:90rem;--margin-top:0rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1.625rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1.625rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-columns-block has-2-columns\" style=\"--columns-desktop:2px;--columns-tablet:2px;--columns-mobile:1px;--column-gap-desktop:5.375rem;--column-gap-tablet:15px;--column-gap-mobile:10px;--justify-content-desktop:;--justify-content-tablet:;--justify-content-mobile:;--align-items-desktop:center;--align-items-tablet:;--align-items-mobile:;--flex-direction-desktop:row;--flex-direction-tablet:row;--flex-direction-mobile:column\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block about-history-gallery-text\">\n<p class=\"about-landing-info-body\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">In 1955, educational pioneer Kurt Hahn delivered a speech at the NATO Defence College in Paris. During his visit, he was inspired by the cooperation and loyalty shown by military men who had very recently been on opposite sides in World War Two.<br><br>It was the height of the Cold War, and many saw the benefits of an idea that valued connection, compassion and service. By the end of the 1960s, the United World Colleges name had been coined, and a movement started to become a reality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block about-history-gallery-media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3567E6DC348A5C370BB008202EA39E85.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1351595\" style=\"width:733px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:;--max-width:90rem;--margin-top:4rem;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:8.625rem;--padding-right-mobile:1.625rem;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:8.625rem;--padding-left-mobile:1.625rem\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-columns-block has-2-columns\" style=\"--columns-desktop:2px;--columns-tablet:2px;--columns-mobile:1px;--column-gap-desktop:5.375rem;--column-gap-tablet:15px;--column-gap-mobile:10px;--justify-content-desktop:;--justify-content-tablet:;--justify-content-mobile:;--align-items-desktop:center;--align-items-tablet:;--align-items-mobile:;--flex-direction-desktop:row;--flex-direction-tablet:row;--flex-direction-mobile:column\">\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block about-history-gallery-media\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/History-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1349828\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block about-history-gallery-text\">\n<p class=\"about-landing-info-body\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">Today there are 18 UWC schools and colleges and UWC is represented in more than 150 countries through our national committees. Since we opened our doors in 1962, over 85,000 students from over 180 countries have studied at UWC schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-block-type=\"uwc\/history-block\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-history-block\"><section class=\"about-history-timeline\" data-block-content=\"{&quot;timelineTitle&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;groupYears&quot;:[{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;1960&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1962&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC was founded with UWC Atlantic admitting its first students, being hailed by The Times as \\&quot;the most exciting experiment in education since the Second World War\\&quot;.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-ACdininghall.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1967&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Lord Mountbatten becomes President of the movement, on condition of a concerted effort to internationalise; a year later, the growing movement was renamed the United World Colleges.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Lord-Mountbatten-of-Burma-President-of-the-UWC-Movement.jpg&quot;}]},{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;1970&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1970&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;National committees are created to promote the UWC movement in different countries and to select students for various colleges and schools.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-2015-students-on-intro-weeked-2.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1971&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Singapore International School officially opens as an associate member of the UWC.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-dover-campus.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1974&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Pearson College UWC opens in Victoria, Canada. Former Canadian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lester B Pearson was the inspiration behind the college.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1974-Pearson-College.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1975&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The Singapore International School becomes a full member of UWC, now called UWC South East Asia.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWCSEA_Dover-Campus-Plaza-overview.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1978&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;HM King Charles III becomes President of UWC.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-HRH-Prince-Charles-at-the-opening-of-LPC-in-1992_2.jpg&quot;}]},{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;1980&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1981&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Waterford Kamhlaba School in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), founded in 1963 as a multi-racial school in opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies, becomes Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa.\\n\\n&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-aerial-view-of-WK_fullsize_Connor-Baer-Leo-Penny-and-Nicolai-Davies.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1982&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Two more colleges, UWC-USA in New Mexico and UWC Adriatic in Italy, open.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture7.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1988&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;HM King Charles III and agronomist, Dr Luis Marcano Coello, help establish a UWC college in Venezuela \u2013 Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar UWC of Agriculture.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-SB_018.jpg&quot;}]},{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;1990s&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1990&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC short courses begin, helping more young people benefit from our pioneering model of education.\\n\\n&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-DSC_9028.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1992&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-LPC_Building.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1995&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;HM Queen Noor of Jordan and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela become joint Presidents of UWC. UWC Red Cross Nordic in Norway opens a joint venture with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the eight Nordic governments.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture6.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1997&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Mahindra College in Pune, India, opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Copy-of-DSC_2387.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1999&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;South Africa\u2019s first black President, Nelson Mandela, becomes Honorary President of UWC.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Nelson-Mandela-Centre-of-Memory_Matthew_willman.jpg&quot;}]},{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2006&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Costa Rica, formerly the Costa Rica SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College, joins UWC. UWC Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UWCCR_Nationalities_Blake-Ashby-credit-required-scaled.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2009&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Maastricht joins UWC, merging two existing international schools \u2013 the International School Maastricht and the International Primary School Joppenhof.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-DSC_0097.jpeg&quot;}]},{&quot;year&quot;:&quot;2010&quot;,&quot;subYears&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2012&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar UWC of Agriculture closes following actions taken by the Venezuelan government to make it a public university.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-SB_010.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2014&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Dilijan in Armenia, and UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany, open.\\n&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture3.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2015&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Changshu China opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-IMG_0696.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2016&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC Thailand opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWCT_Community-Events.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2017&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC ISAK Japan opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWC-ISAK_Approval-30-October-2016.jpg&quot;},{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2019&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;UWC East Africa opens.&quot;,&quot;imageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Campus-UWC-East-Africa-1-scaled.jpg&quot;}]}]}\"><div class=\"about-history-timeline-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"about-history-timeline-heading\"><\/h3><div class=\"about-history-timeline-buttons\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"active-timeline\">1960<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"\">1970<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"\">1980<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"\">1990s<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"\">2000<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"\">2010<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"relative\"><div class=\"about-history-timeline-arrows\"><button id=\"prev-button\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Previous<\/span><svg focusable=\"false\" width=\"53\" height=\"53\" viewBox=\"0 0 53 53\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"26.5\" cy=\"26.5\" r=\"26.5\" transform=\"matrix(-1 0 0 1 53 0)\" 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26.9246C33.738 27.198 33.738 27.6453 33.4386 27.9187L22.6463 37.7767C22.4966 37.9134 22.297 37.9838 22.1019 37.9838L22.102 37.9838Z\" fill=\"black\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div><div class=\"about-history-timeline-cards\"><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1960\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-ACdininghall.jpg\" alt=\"1962\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1962<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC was founded with UWC Atlantic admitting its first students, being hailed by The Times as &#8220;the most exciting experiment in education since the Second World War&#8221;.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1960\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Lord-Mountbatten-of-Burma-President-of-the-UWC-Movement.jpg\" alt=\"1967\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1967<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Lord Mountbatten becomes President of the movement, on condition of a concerted effort to internationalise; a year later, the growing movement was renamed the United World Colleges.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1970\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-2015-students-on-intro-weeked-2.jpg\" alt=\"1970\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1970<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">National committees are created to promote the UWC movement in different countries and to select students for various colleges and schools.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1970\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-dover-campus.jpg\" alt=\"1971\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1971<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Singapore International School officially opens as an associate member of the UWC.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1970\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1974-Pearson-College.jpg\" alt=\"1974\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1974<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Pearson College UWC opens in Victoria, Canada. Former Canadian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Lester B Pearson was the inspiration behind the college.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1970\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWCSEA_Dover-Campus-Plaza-overview.jpg\" alt=\"1975\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1975<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">The Singapore International School becomes a full member of UWC, now called UWC South East Asia.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1970\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-HRH-Prince-Charles-at-the-opening-of-LPC-in-1992_2.jpg\" alt=\"1978\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1978<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">HM King Charles III becomes President of UWC.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1980\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-aerial-view-of-WK_fullsize_Connor-Baer-Leo-Penny-and-Nicolai-Davies.jpg\" alt=\"1981\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1981<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Waterford Kamhlaba School in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), founded in 1963 as a multi-racial school in opposition to South Africa&#8217;s apartheid policies, becomes Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1980\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture7.jpg\" alt=\"1982\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1982<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Two more colleges, UWC-USA in New Mexico and UWC Adriatic in Italy, open.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1980\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-SB_018.jpg\" alt=\"1988\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1988<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">HM King Charles III and agronomist, Dr Luis Marcano Coello, help establish a UWC college in Venezuela \u2013 Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar UWC of Agriculture.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1990s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-DSC_9028.jpeg\" alt=\"1990\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1990<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC short courses begin, helping more young people benefit from our pioneering model of education.\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1990s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-LPC_Building.jpg\" alt=\"1992\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1992<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Li Po Chun UWC of Hong Kong opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1990s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture6.jpg\" alt=\"1995\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1995<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">HM Queen Noor of Jordan and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela become joint Presidents of UWC. UWC Red Cross Nordic in Norway opens a joint venture with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the eight Nordic governments.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1990s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Copy-of-DSC_2387.jpeg\" alt=\"1997\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1997<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Mahindra College in Pune, India, opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-1990s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Nelson-Mandela-Centre-of-Memory_Matthew_willman.jpg\" alt=\"1999\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">1999<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">South Africa\u2019s first black President, Nelson Mandela, becomes Honorary President of UWC.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UWCCR_Nationalities_Blake-Ashby-credit-required-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"2006\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2006<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Costa Rica, formerly the Costa Rica SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College, joins UWC. UWC Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-DSC_0097.jpeg\" alt=\"2009\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2009<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Maastricht joins UWC, merging two existing international schools \u2013 the International School Maastricht and the International Primary School Joppenhof.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-SB_010.jpg\" alt=\"2012\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2012<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar UWC of Agriculture closes following actions taken by the Venezuelan government to make it a public university.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"2014\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2014<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Dilijan in Armenia, and UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany, open.\n<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-IMG_0696.jpeg\" alt=\"2015\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2015<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Changshu China opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWCT_Community-Events.jpeg\" alt=\"2016\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2016<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC Thailand opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/main-UWC-ISAK_Approval-30-October-2016.jpg\" alt=\"2017\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2017<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC ISAK Japan opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><timeline-card><article class=\"timeline-card card-2010\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"timeline-card-img\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Campus-UWC-East-Africa-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"2019\"\/><div class=\"timeline-card-text\"><p class=\"timeline-card-year\">2019<\/p><p class=\"timeline-card-event\">UWC East Africa opens.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/timeline-card><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"--background-color:transparent;--width:100%;--max-width:80rem;--margin-top:0;--margin-right:auto;--margin-right-tablet:0;--margin-right-mobile:0;--margin-bottom:0;--margin-left:auto;--margin-left-tablet:0;--margin-left-mobile:0;--padding-top:0;--padding-right:0;--padding-right-tablet:50px;--padding-right-mobile:50px;--padding-bottom:0;--padding-left:0;--padding-left-tablet:50px;--padding-left-mobile:50px\" class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-section-block\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-uwc-today\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\"><strong>UWC Today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vector.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1350151\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-18\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">18<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"\">There are 18&nbsp;UWC schools and colleges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vector-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1350153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-gt-150\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Serif 4&quot;, sans-serif\">&gt;150<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\">We are represented in more than 150 countries through our national committees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Vector-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1350152\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" 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