YEREVAN, APRIL 17, ARMENPRESS. The United World College Dilijan (Dilijan International School) will open its doors for the first 100 hundreds students, 10 of which are Armenians, while the rest come from 50 countries of the world. In a conversation with “Armenpress”, the Development Director of the Dilijan International School Zarmine Zeytuntsyan stated that all the students, who entered the school, will study exclusively on scholarships. Among other things, the Development Director of the Dilijan International School Zarmine Zeytuntsyan underscored that the admission for the current year has already been over and the admission for the coming year will be launched in October.

The United World College Dilijan (Dilijan International School) is the 13th member of the United World Colleges (UWC) movement, one of fourteen colleges around the world, and the first international boarding school in Armenia. It will accept its first intake of 100 11th graders in September 2014. Initially the school will only operate grades 11-12, and is scheduled to accept the first class of 8th graders in 2017. It will reach a full capacity of 650 students in 2023.

The mission of the UWC movement and of the school is to "make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future". The college will follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program for grades 11-12, while using IGCSE curriculum for the grades 8-10.