UWC Costa Rica
United World College (UWC) of Costa Rica is a non-profit foundation and two-year residential pre-university program that values experiential learning alongside providing its 16-19-year-old students with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, an internationally recognised educational programme developed in close collaboration with UWC in the late 1960s.
Our educational program encompasses three main areas: Academics (International Baccalaureate Diploma), Co-Curricular and Residence Life. All activities and learning opportunities incorporate one or more of UWC Costa Rica´s six competencies: social responsibility, diversity, conflict transformation, sustainability, leadership, and healthy lifestyle.
Our mission is to educate UWC graduates each year who, through their own action and personal example, can become leaders in their communities and demonstrate their commitment to making a positive difference in the world.
As the only UWC in Latin America, we offer a bilingual program, opportunities to learn more about the social, political, and cultural history of the region, and options to explore Costa Rica. Costa Rica´s long-standing history of peace, democracy, environmental protection and absence of a national military provides the ideal setting to develop UWC Costa Rica´s curriculum.
Today, UWC Costa Rica is currently home to 204 students representing 70 different countries, so there are myriads of exotic food, new languages, and stories to share. Ten minutes away from a state-of-the-art hospital, UWC Costa Rica’s campus is nestled within the friendly neighborhood of Santa Ana: an extremely safe and caring community that has taken our college under its wing not only by welcoming our students and providing many opportunities to interact educationally but also through creating a secure environment that is a dynamic place for our students to study and live.
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Our educational program encompasses three main areas: Academics (International Baccalaureate Diploma), Co-Curricular and Residence Life. All activities and learning opportunities incorporate one or more of UWC Costa Rica´s six competencies: social responsibility, diversity, conflict transformation, sustainability, leadership, and healthy lifestyle.
Our mission is to educate UWC graduates each year who, through their own action and personal example, can become leaders in their communities and demonstrate their commitment to making a positive difference in the world.
As the only UWC in Latin America, we offer a bilingual program, opportunities to learn more about the social, political, and cultural history of the region, and options to explore Costa Rica. Costa Rica´s long-standing history of peace, democracy, environmental protection and absence of a national military provides the ideal setting to develop UWC Costa Rica´s curriculum.
Today, UWC Costa Rica is currently home to 204 students representing 70 different countries, so there are myriads of exotic food, new languages, and stories to share. Ten minutes away from a state-of-the-art hospital, UWC Costa Rica’s campus is nestled within the friendly neighborhood of Santa Ana: an extremely safe and caring community that has taken our college under its wing not only by welcoming our students and providing many opportunities to interact educationally but also through creating a secure environment that is a dynamic place for our students to study and live.
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