United World Colleges

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United World Colleges

Summary

United World Colleges is an educational organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of educational_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • United World Colleges's image is recorded as Uwc-colleges-fi.gif[3].
  • United World Colleges's instance of is recorded as educational organization[4].
  • United World Colleges's instance of is recorded as Q4330230[5].
  • United World Colleges's founder is recorded as Kurt Hahn[6].
  • United World Colleges's logo image is recorded as UWC International RGB screen.jpg[7].
  • United World Colleges's headquarters location is recorded as London[8].
  • United World Colleges's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 153695468[9].
  • United World Colleges's GND ID is recorded as 4285520-2[10].
  • United World Colleges's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86864362[11].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as United World College of Costa Rica[12].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as Red Cross Nordic United World College[13].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as United World College of the Adriatic[14].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as UWC Mahindra College[15].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as United World College Dilijan[16].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as UWC Atlantic College[17].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as Pearson College UWC[18].
  • United World Colleges's child organization or unit is recorded as UWC ISAK Japan[19].
  • United World Colleges's Commons category is recorded as United World Colleges[20].
  • United World Colleges's chairperson is recorded as Queen Noor of Jordan[21].
  • +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United World Colleges[22].
  • United World Colleges's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jl7r[23].
  • United World Colleges's official website is recorded as https://uwc.org[24].
  • United World Colleges's topic's main category is recorded as Category:United World Colleges[25].
  • United World Colleges's topic has template is recorded as Template:United World Colleges[26].
  • United World Colleges's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'United World Colleges'}[27].

Body

Founding

United World Colleges's founder is recorded as Kurt Hahn[6]. +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[22].

Leadership

United World Colleges's chairperson is recorded as Queen Noor of Jordan[21].

Operations

United World Colleges's headquarters location is recorded as London[8]. Subsidiaries include United World College of Costa Rica[12], a school[28], in Costa Rica[29], founded in 2006[30]; Red Cross Nordic United World College[13], an international school[31], in Norway[32], founded in 1995[33]; United World College of the Adriatic[14], a college[34], in Italy[35], founded in 1982[36]; UWC Mahindra College[15], a college[37], in India[38], founded in 1997[39]; United World College Dilijan[16], a boarding school[40], in Armenia[41], founded in 2014[42]; and UWC Atlantic College[17], an independent school[43], in United Kingdom[44], founded in 1962[45].

Why It Matters

United World Colleges ranks in the top 1% of educational_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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