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23 school-leavers from Armenia to get an opportunity to enter UWC
Colleges in 2015
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, November 15, 10:21
On November 15, at 1 pm, the Paramaz Avetisyan building of the
American University of Armenia will host Open Doors of the UWC Dilijan
College. The event will provide an opportunity to receive data about
the UWC, education system, criteria of admission and procedure of
admission to other colleges of UWC.
UWC Dilijan is the joint project of philanthropists Ruben Vardanyan
and Veronika Zonabend and their partners. At a press conference on
Friday, Veronika Zonabend said that this year 22 school-leavers from
Armenia have entered the UWC. 10 of them are studying at UWC Dilijan
College, with the other 12 - at other UWC Colleges in different
countries.
Zonabend said that all the specified students from Armenia have
received grants that cover 90-100% of the tuition fee. The total
amount of grants provided by the donors from Armenia and other
countries for education of Armenian teenagers is 1.5 million USD. In a
number of cases, travel costs have also been reimbursed.
According to Daria Brodnikovskaya, representative of the National
Committee of UWC Armenia, applications for admission to UWC Colleges
for 2015 are accepted until 11 December 2014. Pupils aged 15-17, who
have good progress in studies, can submit their applications.
In 2015, a total of 23 school-leavers from Armenia will get an
opportunity to enter UWC Colleges. 10 of them will study at UWC
Dilijan College, the rest -at other UWC Colleges in the USA, Italy,
Canada, China and other countries.
UWC has 14 schools and colleges across 5 continents, all with
distinctive characteristics but sharing the same mission, ethos and
values. More than 50,000 students from more than 181 countries have
studied at UWC schools, colleges and programmes. The International
Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is one of the most well regarded and widely
known secondary school qualifications in the world and is recognized
by the world's leading universities. Students from different countries
are selected by the National Committees of their countries. The UWC
Dilijan admission criteria are available on http://www.am.uwc.org/.
The tuition fee at UWC Dilijan is 35 thsd USD per annum. In the
meantime, due to the scholarship system most of the students pay only
10% of the specified amount.
At present the College has 96 students from 48 countries, including
countries of North America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Australia.
UWC Dilijan became the first college in the post-Soviet area to join
the UWC network. By 2023 the total number of students will be 650.
From: Baghdasarian
Colleges in 2015
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, November 15, 10:21
On November 15, at 1 pm, the Paramaz Avetisyan building of the
American University of Armenia will host Open Doors of the UWC Dilijan
College. The event will provide an opportunity to receive data about
the UWC, education system, criteria of admission and procedure of
admission to other colleges of UWC.
UWC Dilijan is the joint project of philanthropists Ruben Vardanyan
and Veronika Zonabend and their partners. At a press conference on
Friday, Veronika Zonabend said that this year 22 school-leavers from
Armenia have entered the UWC. 10 of them are studying at UWC Dilijan
College, with the other 12 - at other UWC Colleges in different
countries.
Zonabend said that all the specified students from Armenia have
received grants that cover 90-100% of the tuition fee. The total
amount of grants provided by the donors from Armenia and other
countries for education of Armenian teenagers is 1.5 million USD. In a
number of cases, travel costs have also been reimbursed.
According to Daria Brodnikovskaya, representative of the National
Committee of UWC Armenia, applications for admission to UWC Colleges
for 2015 are accepted until 11 December 2014. Pupils aged 15-17, who
have good progress in studies, can submit their applications.
In 2015, a total of 23 school-leavers from Armenia will get an
opportunity to enter UWC Colleges. 10 of them will study at UWC
Dilijan College, the rest -at other UWC Colleges in the USA, Italy,
Canada, China and other countries.
UWC has 14 schools and colleges across 5 continents, all with
distinctive characteristics but sharing the same mission, ethos and
values. More than 50,000 students from more than 181 countries have
studied at UWC schools, colleges and programmes. The International
Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma is one of the most well regarded and widely
known secondary school qualifications in the world and is recognized
by the world's leading universities. Students from different countries
are selected by the National Committees of their countries. The UWC
Dilijan admission criteria are available on http://www.am.uwc.org/.
The tuition fee at UWC Dilijan is 35 thsd USD per annum. In the
meantime, due to the scholarship system most of the students pay only
10% of the specified amount.
At present the College has 96 students from 48 countries, including
countries of North America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Australia.
UWC Dilijan became the first college in the post-Soviet area to join
the UWC network. By 2023 the total number of students will be 650.
From: Baghdasarian