UWC Mission

UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.


United World Colleges promote:

International and intercultural understanding
The celebration of differences
Personal responsibility and integrity
Mutual responsibility and respect
Compassion and service
Heightened interaction with the environment
A sense of idealism
Personal challenge
Action and personal example

UWC COSTA RICA
- The college offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
- Most courses are offered in English as well as Spanish, making the College the first fully bilingual UWC.
- Students participate in activities and service programmes which involve working closely with the local community in the incomparable natural environment of Costa Rica.
- An extensive scholarship programme means that students are selected on the basis of merit and regardless of their social or economic status.
- Given its historic connection with SOS Children’s Villages, UWCCR aims to ensure that students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are admitted to the school each year
- Given its geographical location, the College also seeks to provide places for students from all Latin American countries as well as from the Caribbean.
- In addition, close to half the student population will come from other regions in the world
- The College is built on three pillars: Peace, Multiculturalism and Environment
   

 

 
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Swine Flu

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New
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Earthquake in Costa Rica
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Application
2009
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2009 HandBook

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