- UWC Mostar is a highly successful international school for students aged 16 to 18 located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- The College was founded in 2006 with the core mission of promoting understanding between different national and ethnic groups through education
- UWC Mostar was established against the background of the violent breakdown and division of the former Yugoslavia along ethnic and religious lines that occurred between 1991 and 1999
- Since inception in 2006 the College has been exceptionally successful in achieving its core objectives:
- The College is unique throughout the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina in teaching students from Bosniak, Croat and Serb communities in the same classrooms, with the same teachers, in preparation for the same examinations
- The College draws in a highly diverse group of students from throughout the world and across Bosnia. All students attend on scholarship and are selected in a rigorous process that is independent of political, ethnic, religious or financial background
- The College promotes its principles of mutual respect and tolerance in the local community through the organisation of events involving other young people from all three ethnicities
- The College has already established an exceptionally strong academic record, with over 70% of students winning competitive scholarships at world-class universities outside Bosnia
- The endowment is a fund to provide long term financing for scholarships.
- The gifts of donors become the assets of the endowment and are invested in stock markets and other financial products. The income and capital gains of the investments are used to make donations to UWC Mostar to cover the costs of students receiving a scholarship.
- The aim of the endowment is to preserve the value of the assets over the long term and therefore providing scholarships into perpetuity.
- The Endowment Fund has established governance structures that ensure that the best-in-class stewardship of donor capital is put in place.
- The target size for the Endowment Fund is €30M, ensuring permanent funding for operating expenditure for UWC Mostar. As of the start of 2023 we've reached 73% of our goal with the current value of the endowment being €22M.
- The Endowment has awarded scholarships to students at UWC Mostar since 2014
- Up to the start of 2024, 161 students have received a scholarship to attend UWC Mostar from the endowment.
- We would like to encourage all alumni to make a donation towards to the endowment. Even a small donation will make a big difference. The funds will be used to support all aspects of the College operations and fund scholarships for incoming student classes.
- Any alumni gift will be matched 2 times so every €1 donated will become €3 instantly.
