UWC Dilijan
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UWC Dilijan College | |
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Getapnya Street 7 | |
Coordinates | 40°44′20″N 44°49′57″E / 40.73889°N 44.83250°ECoordinates: 40°44′20″N 44°49′57″E / 40.73889°N 44.83250°E |
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Type | International Baccalaureate World School |
Established | October 18th 2014 |
Founder | Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend |
Oversight | United World Colleges |
Headmaster | Gabriel Abad Fernández |
Faculty | 42 (from 16 countries) |
Gender | Mixed |
Language | English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Armenian |
Houses | Riverside, Mountainside |
Newspaper | Atlas, UWCDigest (internal) |
Website | www |
UWC Dilijan College is the 14th member of the United World Colleges movement, one of eighteen colleges around the world, and the first international boarding school in Armenia. The college matriculated its first 96 IB1 students (11th graders) in September 2014. Currently, the school offers IB Diploma years 1 and 2 (grades 11-12). The school now hosts 227 students and is planning to expand further.
A portion of the school is on the premises of Dilijan National Park.[1]
Mission[]
UWC Dilijan is a community working towards a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable world through a balanced, challenging and transforming education with people from diverse backgrounds.
The mission of the UWC movement and of the school is to "make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future".
The college aims to be an integral part of Dilijan and to have positive personal, local and global impact.
Governance[]
UWC Dilijan evolved from the original idea to create Dilijan International School of Armenia, first conceived in 2006 by Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend with the support of other Founding Patrons (Gagik Adibekyan from Russia, Noubar and Anna Afeyan from United States, Vladimir and Anna Avetissian from Russia and Oleg Mkrtchyan from Ukraine, as well as 4 anonymous patrons).
The college officially opened on 11 October 2014 for the 2014–2015 academic year, in the presence of the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the president of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić, Catholicos Karekin II of Armenia and Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syrian Orthodox Church.
Students[]
On 28 May 2016, the first graduates of UWC Dilijan, 96 students from around 48 nations worldwide, completed two years of schooling and took part in the inaugural graduation ceremony.
In the academic year 2017-18 UWC Dilijan became home to 213 students from 82 countries. They continue their education in leading universities worldwide such as Yale University, Columbia University, University College London, ETH Zürich, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), McGill University, Duke University, the Minerva Schools at KGI, Queen Mary University of London, the University of Warwick, The University of California, Berkeley, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Rochester, and many more.
Gallery[]
Main entrance to academic building
Academic building from the side
Inside the main building
Walkway between the academic and recreational buildings
Recreational building
Playing field and part of a village in the background
Playing field and lodging area
Playing field and lodging area
Playing field and lodging area
Indoor playing court
Indoor swimming pool
Indoor pool with outdoor playing field
Residential area
The campus is situated along a flowing river
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Key Information." UWC Dilijan. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
External links[]
- United World Colleges
- International schools in Armenia
- Secondary schools in Armenia
- Boarding schools in Armenia
- International Baccalaureate schools in Armenia
- Educational institutions established in 2014
- 2014 establishments in Armenia