UWC Dilijan College

UWC Dilijan is the first international boarding school of the UWC education model in the post-Soviet Union. The college opened in 2014 in the Armenian town of Dilijan and currently has 213 students enrolled from 82 countries and 44 academic staff members from 16 countries. UWC Dilijan represents an exciting extension of the UWC movement into the Caucasus region at the junction of Asia and Europe. Established in 1962, UWC educational movement now comprises 17 international schools and colleges, national committees in more than 150 countries, and a series of short educational programmes. UWC Dilijan was initiated and masterminded by impact investors and entrepreneurs Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend with the support of other Founding Patrons. The college was built with generous donations from over 330 benefactors. Its admissions policy aims to make enrolment available to anyone, regardless of socio-economic background, on the basis of demonstrated need. 96% of students receive full or partial scholarships, 82% is an average scholarship. The UWC Dilijan academic programme - The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) - is an assessed programme for students aged 16 to 19. UWC Dilijan has two generations of alumni of 2016 and 2017; many of them are continuing their education at the leading universities worldwide - Princeton, Yale, Columbia, UCL, Duke, Berkeley, McGill, University of Edinburgh, Minerva School at KGI and many more.