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. UWC Changshu China is located on the northern shore of Kuncheng Lake in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, around 100km from Shanghai city center. UWC Changshu China offers a transformative and challenging educational experience in a multicultural environment. Our students come from over 100 countries and regions with different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, and our faculty is equally diverse.
As an IB World School, UWC Changshu China offers a high-quality two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and a one-year Foundation Programme that helps prepare for the rigorous IB Diploma Programme. On top of that, co-curricular programmes and community living provide excellent opportunities for experiential learning. Students are encouraged to live up to UWC values, such as international understanding, mutual responsibility and respect, idealism, action and personal example. Students develop intercultural understanding and the genuine concern for others through residential life and the activities focused on Chinese language and culture, youth leadership and environmental activism.