UWC (United World Colleges) is a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. MUWCI is one of 18 UWCs worldwide. Set on a lush 175-acre biodiversity reserve outside Pune, India, we are an international, pre-university residential college. Our IB programme has a unique focus on academic challenges, experiential learning, and community living.
UWC’s seeds were sown at the height of the Cold War. German educator Kurt Hahn, while attending a conference at the NATO Staff College in 1958, was impressed with how former World War II adversaries were working together. He believed that educating young people from around the world together would help prevent future conflict, and in 1962 the first UWC was borne from this idea. Hahn believed that education should help students navigate both success and failure and make them resilient, and he envisaged a new college that equipped its students to deal not just with formal education but also with life.