Turning Values
Into ACTION
Find out if UWC-USA is a good fit for your student’s academic future.
UWC-USA is a two-year, college prep boarding school for students who want to make the world more just and sustainable.
Our school is intentionally diverse, academically rigorous, connecting students with an alumni network of more than 70,000 highly accomplished UWC alumni around the world.
The virtue and the strength of UWC is that it provides small, but powerful cells of innovation, catalysts for change, breaking barriers of habit, and opening broader vistas of experience for both pupils and educationalists."
Message from Dr. Victoria Mora, UWC-USA’s President:
Greetings,
If your student is interested in developing leadership skills, studying in an academically rich environment, and making friends from around the world, then please contact our admissions director, John Carpenter (john.carpenter@uwc-usa.org), or complete the form above and he’ll reach out to you. Our students come from over 90 countries each year and want to make a difference in the world. At UWC-USA we give them the skills and the network to make a difference.
Our past president, Nelson Mandela, speaks of how our students become “catalysts for change” in the wider world. I invite you to learn more about our remarkable alumni who are using their UWC-USA experiences to make the world more peaceful and just.
I look forward to connecting with you.
My best,
Victoria J. Mora, PhD
President, UWC-USA
Alumni Profiles
“My skill as a storyteller in documentaries today is deeply connected to my experience at UWC-USA where I had to learn how to fully understand the perspectives and concerns of people from very different backgrounds.”
“My experience at UWC-USA is the foundation for why I do what I do and is why I came to work for the Indian Health Services. I always wanted to pursue a career where I could make a difference and UWC-USA gave me the academic skills that set me up to do so.”
“UWC-USA has inspired me to go back to Afghanistan and Pakistan to work with refugee communities after I complete my Rhodes Scholarship. I want to help other girls like me pursue their dreams of education and independence.”
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