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Kurt Hahn is a German educational worker and the first one to introduce the idea of ​​United World Colleges (UWC). He believed that much can be done to overcome religious, cultural and rational misunderstanding and avoid conflict, if young people from all around the world gather together. He considered that students at the age of 16 to 18 are sufficiently related to their cultures, but still open to new influences in order to learn from one another.
      
The first UWC, the College of the Atlantic, was opened in 1962. Nowadays, there are thirteen UWC Colleges across 5 continents. Nearly 40,000 students from 180 different countries have studied at UWC and there are over 120 national committees.
      
 In the complex, globalized world of the 21st century, the objectives and priorities of UWC are just as important as they were in 1962 – probably even more.

1962 – UWC of the Atlantic opens in South Wales and is named as "the most exciting experiment in education after the Second World War."

1967 - Lord Mountbatten becomes a President of the organization and the movement is called UWC.

1971 – The International School in Singapore is officially opened as an associate of UWC.

1974 - Pearson United World College is open. Lester B. Pearson, former Prime Minister of Canada and Nobel Peace Prize winner is an inspiration for the opening of this college.
 
1978 – The Prince of Wales becomes a President of UWC.

1970 - Increased number of national committees reaches an agreement on opening UWC in their countries and selecting students for them.
 
1975 – The International School in Singapore becomes an absolute member of the UWC movement and is officially renamed in UWC of South East Asia.

1981 – Waterford Kamhlaba school in Swaziland, opened in 1963 as a multi cultural school, becomes an absolute member of UWC.

1982 - UWC USA in New Mexico, USA, and UWC Adriatic near Trieste in Italy are opened.

1988- The Prince of Wales and the agronomist Dr. Luis Marcano Coello play a key role in the opening of the Simon Bolivar United World College in Venezuela.

1992 - Li Po Chun UWC in Hong Kong is opened.

1995-Noor, the Queen of Jordan and Nelson Mandela become presidents of the UWC movement. The Nordic UWC in Norway is opened with the help of the Red Cross and the eight Nordic governments.

1997 - Mahindra UWC in Pune, India, is opened.

1999 - Nelson Mandela becomes an Honorary President of UWC.

2006 - UWC in Costa Rica and UWC in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, are opened.

2009 - UWC in Maastricht, the Netherlands, is opened.