Mission Statement
UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations, and cultures
for peace and a sustainable future.
Accreditation
UWC-USA is accredited by ISAS,
IBO and is a member of NAIS.
Introduction
The United World College-USA was founded in 1982 in Montezuma, New
Mexico through the philanthropy of the late Dr. Armand Hammer and
is part of an international movement that now includes eleven
two-year pre-university residential schools worldwide offering
the International Baccalaureate
Diploma curriculum plus a three-year
tertiary college of rural development and agriculture in Venezuela.
The UWC-USA enrolls just over 200 students, aged 16-19. Of these,
150 places are offered to students from more than 80 countries outside
the U.S. The remaining 50 places are offered to students from the
U.S. who are successful in the Davis
Scholar competition conducted nationally with the help of volunteers
from the U.S. Selection Committee and the UWC
alumni network. The Davis Scholar competition also selects the
U.S. students who are placed as America’s ambassadors to the
other United World Colleges.
 Atlantic
College in Wales, the first United World College, opened in
1962 and was instrumental in the creation of the International
Baccalaureate, the world's first and most widely recognized
international curriculum.
The strength of the UWC movement is evident in the volunteer
leadership of Her Majesty Queen Noor of the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan, the President of the United World Colleges and Nelson
Mandela, former President of South Africa, the honorary President.
While the UWC schools share a mission statement and a common philosophy,
individual characteristics shape each college into a distinct community.
Volunteers organizing as National
Committees in over 100 countries select their most promising
students through national competitions and nominate them for places
and scholarships to the colleges. In many other nations, government
or other non-governmental agencies oversee the competition to nominate
their best students.
These national competitive selection procedures assure that the
student population at each college is comprised of talented, highly
motivated, richly diverse young people committed to the ideals of
a united world.
For more information on the other UWC schools, please visit United
World Colleges.
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