BH Government Recognises Importance of Integrated Education at UWC Mostar

09 September 2008

The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina granted 60,000 KM to the United World College in Mostar (UWCiM) and International Baccaulerate Diploma Programmes (IBDP) in Second Gymnasium Sarajevo and Gymnasium Banja Luka.

This donation clearly shows that BH governments recognises the importance of integrated high school educational programmes. UWCiM, together with the other two IB programmes in BiH aims to demonstrate a quality educational model which will serve as a reference for the process of educational reform in the country.

United World College in Mostar (UWCiM) is the core part of the Initiative of the United World Colleges (UWC) and International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The College, which is housed within the building of Gymnasium Mostar, opened its door to first generation of students in September 2006.

United World College in Mostar is one of only 12 United World Colleges in the world. It offers education according to standards of the International Baccaulerate, which is the most recognised secondary school diploma in the world.

In UWCiM a curriculum, which is not nationally biased, is taught to mixed groups of students of all national backgrounds from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world. Students are awarded full scholarship for their 2 years of study. The IB Diploma Programme at UWCiM is taught by the experienced IB professors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Norway, Spain and UK. Students, aged 16 � 19, live and study their subjects together, including history, which is unique example in post-war BiH.

The first generation of 88 students at UWCiM has succesfully finished its programme in May 2008. The significant number received scholarships to study at the prestigious world universities such as Princeton University, Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

On Monday, September 8, the United World College in Mostar welcomed its third generation of 106 students.