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22 hours ago

🇸🇪Atlas Exchange Program: A Week to Remember in Stockholm! 🇧🇦

During the past month, students from UWC and Gimnazija Mostar had the incredible opportunity to take part in the Atlas Program of Exchange with Globala Gymnasiet in Stockholm, Sweden — and what an unforgettable experience it was!

Engaging classroom visits in English and Physical Education took place, followed by a powerful student-led dialogue on global health, where students compared health challenges and approaches in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden.

Students participated in debates exploring global health differences and risk factors across countries, joined the traditional workers' rights march, while others explored Stockholm’s many free museums.

Before heading home, students worked with art teachers Saša Šantić and Zaher Husseini to paint a mural symbolizing the vibrant connection between our schools, cities, and communities — a lasting expression of solidarity and shared values.

UWC Mostar's Director of Advancement and Outreach also took part in the visit for the evaluation of the “Sustainable Cities” project in collaboration with Globala Gymnasiet, and in co-writing the application for a new collaborative project with Globala Gymnasiet and Gimnazija Mostar. This exciting initiative aims to empower youth to tackle global urban sustainability challenges through international cooperation and education.

Meetings were also held with UWC National Committee Sweden, further strengthening our ties with one of the most vibrant UWC communities in the world.

This trip exemplifies UWC Mostar’s deep commitment to global collaboration, peacebuilding, and sustainability — values that continue to guide and inspire us every day.

A heartfelt thank you to Karolina, the students, teachers, and leadership of Globala Gymnasiet for their warm hospitality and partnership.

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2 days ago

🎓✨ Just 1 week to go until our Graduation Ceremony!

Excitement is in the air, and guess who’s getting ready to welcome our amazing graduates? 🐰💙

Our beloved UWC Mostar plushy bunny mascot is all dressed up and waiting to celebrate this unforgettable milestone with us.

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Who we are

Entering the Mostar Gimnazija in 2006, our school building was still partly in ruin from a war that had ended only a decade before. Now, after more than twenty years of peace, UWC Mostar stands as a bright model for post-conflict education and reconciliation. Though national divisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina persist — we are still the only school in the country where Bosniak, Croat, and Serb youth live and go to school together — the college has affirmatively grounded itself in our community. And with nearly 200 students from 72 countries, staff from 10 countries, and with 1098 alumni all around the world, the global family of UWC Mostar grows year by year.

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Learning in Mostar

We learn in Mostar through late night talks in rooms, on walks from residence to school, sharing coffee with refugees in service activities, collecting oral histories for Balkan Studies projects, in buses traveling around the region for project weeks and, of course, through inspiring classes that aim to reimagine our relationships with facts and ideas that shape these worlds outside the classroom. While the International Baccalaureate forms the foundation for academics, any UWC Mostar student will tell you that the intellectual and emotional growth you undergo here cannot be contained by the IB. We are committed to the fact that learning takes place in the everyday.

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Living in Mostar

At UWC Mostar, the city is our campus, and our campus is the city. Unique amongst UWCs, our students and staff live all around the city of Mostar. We share our main school building with the Mostar Gimnazija, one of the best secondary schools in the country. Our cultural performances are held in a city youth center. Teachers and students meet in local coffee shops to discuss academics and plan the community festivals we host for the community. Music at the Sarajevo Jazz Festival are a short bus ride away. Integration and engagement are essential practices, core to our daily existence.

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