The Induction Week is designed to help our new students settle in, make new friends, and get acquainted with the college and the academics. We are thrilled to welcome our students at the start of an incredible journey! They are not just joining a school, but a vibrant community filled with opportunities, challenges, and unforgettable memories waiting to be made.
This June, UWC Mostar welcomed 20 participants, 2 facilitators, 6 volunteers, and a coordinator connecting and learning with people from different cities from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Albania at the Bridging Cultures Summer School.
Congratulations, Class of 2024! The world is yours to shape, and I have no doubt that you will do so with grace, integrity, and boundless kindness. Go forth and make us proud.
Representing UWC Mostar University Counseling Department, Amina Čolaković visited Hong Kong this March and had the opportunity to be a part of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and visit five faculties of HKUST alongside 30 counselors from 16 countries of the world at the "HKUST Counselors' Fly-In 2024".
WAF 24 official opening took place this month at the Center for Culture in Mostar. The gallery was completely full with visitors enjoying more than 100 art works by 36 talented young artists from all over the world - UWC Mostar students.
UWC Mostar in cooperation with Pedagoški zavod Mostar and Zavod za skolstvo Mostar organized Mathematics workshop held by UWC Mostar Mathematics teachers Elmir Čatrnja, Josipa Gotovac and Marija Lovrić.
As a part of the EU Scholarship Programme for Cypriot Youth at UWC, 12 UWC Mostar students participated in Immersion week in Cyprus.
Every year, UWC students across all colleges attend a week-long project. It is one of the most educational parts of co-curricular learning at UWC Mostar.
In the school year 2023/2024 UWC Mostar welcomed 108 new students from 55 countries of the world. With a lot of activities and a welcome programme dedicated to them, our new cohort is at home in Mostar!
Zoé Hamel, UWC Mostar's Math teacher and Outdoor Coordinator contributed not only to the UWCmission, but also greatly contributed to the promotion of sports and running in the City of Mostar,which was recognized and awarded by the organizers of the Mostar Half marathon - polumaraton.
UWC Mostar with its unique mission contributes to the local community and the development of peace in a post-conflict and transitional society through various activities and events, but also through our own participation and contribution. Worth noting is that UWC Mostar organises around 100 activities during an academic year, with majority of them in cooperation with the local community!
Director of Outreach and Advancement at UWC Mostar, Haris Idriz, is appointed as the Chair of the Commission for International Cooperation of the Association of Student Dormitories of Southeastern Europe.
Educational workshops "History Teachers and their role in creating a vision of education” welcomed 23 participants from BiH, including representatives of the Institute for Education Mostar and representatives of the OSCE Mission in Mostar, paricipating in three workshops held by Bojana Blagojević Dujković, Euro Clio HIP, Melisa Forić Plasto, Euro Clio HIP and UWC Mostar's History teacher Dženan Hakalović.
Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, together with Christopher Blair, Senior Political Advisor, and Ioannis Piliouris, Head of Mostar Office met with UWC Mostar Head Sonia Rawat and representatives of the OKC Abrašević and People in Need Bosnia and Herzegovina who are reshaping the public space in Mostar through innovative projects in education, culture and arts.
Druga gimnazija Sarajevo welcomed IB schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina including UWC Mostar representatives Selma Šarančić, Elmir Čatrnja, Andrew Theron, Maja Abadžija, Ian Stroughair, Emina Alibegović and Iva Marinović.
As the Autumn colors take over and winter slowly makes itself felt, we feel grateful for the Mostar Sun.
It is the 60th anniversary of the UWC movement and UWC Atlantic, the first college in the movement.
This has been an exciting month here at Mostar with a lot of interaction with the local community...
We wrapped up this term with a great and significant event "History without borders" - Teaching history through a multiperspective approach in Bosnia and Herzegovina
UWC Mostar Newsletter 51 school year 2018/2019
The UWC Movement was born out of a wish to foster and unite young leaders who together can build a more peaceful world.
UWC Mostar Newsletter 52 school year 2019/2020
UWC Day - the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, takes place on 21 September every year, to coincide with the UN nternational Day of Peace. Each year, UWC Day is celebrated by thousands of people worldwide, including students and staff at UWC chools and colleges, national committees, UWC alumni and friends.
UWC Mostar Newsletter 53 Spring year 2020
UWC MOSTAR TEAM are the winers of “Zayed Sustainability Prize” 2020. Established in 2008, this annual award recognises and rewards the achievements of those who are driving impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainability solutions across five distinct categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools.
UWC Mostar Newsletter 50 school year 2017/2018
As a part of introduction of UWC Mostar’s new Headteacher to the city of Mostar, Mark Feltham has met with key figures in the life of the city.
UWC Mostar Newsletter 49 school year 2017/2018
UWC Mostar is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Mark Feltham as the new Head of United World College in Mostar, starting in July 2018.
UWC Mostar Newsletter 48 school year 2017/2018
Read about International Day of Tolerance, UWC Mostar student initiated activities, Helping the refugees in Serbia, International cooperations...
IDEA FAIR, KIDS FESTIVAL 2016, VISIT OF NASA ENGINEER NAGIN COX, AND... CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF UWC MOSTAR
Partners and friends recognize the 10-year work of UWC Mostar, MSYP 2016 “Waves for Change”, Mostar Endowment “Bridge to the Future”
On May 20 th 2017, UWC Mostar wished good luck to the 10 th generation of graduates. 98 students from 46 countries of the world received their diplomas for successfully completing their education at UWC Mostar.
UWC Day, UWC Council meeting in Mostar, European Researchers’ Night, Education in conflict and post conflict contexts, Official reception for UWC Mostar students in the City Hall, Project weeks 2015
Graduation Ceremony 2015, 3rd Festival for Children in Mostar, Street Arts Festival,Community Care Day(s)
MUN 2015, Endowment scholarships, Marking the Earth Hour, Humanitarian actions, Independant projects by UWC Mostar students
Project weeks at UWC Mostar, KEPASS Programme cooperation, Winter Arts Festival, UWC Mostar at the annual high school fair
Official opening of the first UWC Mostar residence, Prominent support for Mostar Endowment „Bridge to the Future“, Welcoming the 9th generation of UWC Mostar students, Celebrating UWC Day
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2021/2022
While UWC was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the Head of UWC Mostar was nominated for a prestigious award „Večernjakov Pečat“ in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The nomination was in the category of „Pride of BIH - success of the year“.
ANNUAL REPORT SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023
It is with great pride that I present to you, this Annual Report bringing to you a glimpse of the amazing work that continues to happen at UWC Mostar. Our life blood, our wonderful students from 70 countries in the world, our dedicated local and international staff, our willing local partners without whom much of our mission oriented work would not be possible, our enabling College Board & the Foundation Education in Action Board, our engaged alumni, our precious National Committee partners as well as our awesome colleagues at the UWC International Office; all contribute to making the intense mission-oriented work at the college possible.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2020-2021
We still remember our Opening Ceremony in Abrašević, that humming sound of all of us gathered together as a community, all the smiling and cheerful faces around you and a feeling of excitement for a new adventure we were about to embark upon together. Classes and CAS activities, Project Weeks and inter-residential sports, hikes and skiing trips – new ideas, new initiatives and most of all new friendships.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2019-2020
It is not very easy to find appropriate words to describe the tremendous journey UWC Mostar had to take in Academic Year 2019-2020. What started as a promising year of high hopes and aspirations, entually turned into a year of uncertainties and some of the greatest challenges of our times.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2018-2019
There is something magnetic about this place, no matter how much you try to resist, it keeps on captivating you with all its colors and sounds. I came to realize there are more and more wonders for me to explore within the walls of our College, then there would be anywhere outside.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2017-2018
UWC Mostar was set to be more than just a school. Therefore UWC Mostar students, teachers and staff are required more than just to finish their daily job. UWC Mostar was set up as part of a broader mission that will influence and inform developments in teacher education and post-conflict educational policies and pedagogical developments.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2016-2017
To equip the next generations of young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the knowledge, skills, leadership qualities and international values, necessary to bridge the still existing ethnic divisions and move their country into the 21st century.
“It is our conviction that this push for quality international education in Bosnia-Herzegovina can only succeed if it is introduced into at least two schools – hence our proposal for simultaneous action in Mostar and Sarajevo. Mostar will be the important torchbearer, but should not be alone. The team is also convinced of the potential for very significant further development. The key to long term success lies however in the successful launch of a pilot scheme. The re-opening of the Mostar Gymnasium offers an unrepeatable opportunity. It must be taken.” – Besse, Torsti and Sutcliffe in September 2004
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2015/2016
It is a miracle that UWC in Mostar exists at all. In the words of the poet Szymborska, it takes many someones to push the rubble to the side of the road after the cameras leave.
Taking into account key criteria, the research of the Unit- ed World College’s (hereinafter UWC Mostar) impact on the local community (and vice versa) is characterized by explorative, descriptive, cross-sectional, ad hoc and non-experimental research.
Study of cultural contact and social impact of the United World College in Mostar
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2012/2013
The experience in UWC goes way beyond the companionship between cultures, way beyond daily discussions and History classes with people from France, Italy, Israel, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2013/2014
Our affairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina have never been straightforward, but the challenges were our choice and are the motivation for our presence and our activities.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2014/2015
The purchase and impressive renovation of the Old Post Office in the town’s historic centre has also opened a new chapter. The German UWC National Committee, the German Government, the Heidehoff Foundation, and some private and anonymous donors, have made it clear that the College is inally here to stay.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2009/2010
Yet another year is behind us. It was successful, because we survived, managed to enroll another generation and achieved IB results better than the average of the twelve United World Colleges
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2010/2011
Beside individual achievements and possibilities opening up for our children who were lucky to be educated in this school, we should by no means neglect the importance that the UWC Mostar can have for our school system and our country.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2011/2012
Besides learning how to accept and respect the variety of people who surround you, at UWC Mostar you accept even the undiscovered variety which lies within you. This variety becomes a treasure...
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2006/2007
Following five years of preparations, United World College in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was finally inaugurated with our first generation beginning in September 2006.
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2007/2008
In May 2008, the first generation of our students graduated from UWC Mostar
ANNUAL REPORT School Year 2008/2009
This year we faced severe challenges on the financial front.