In the Netherlands students hang out a Dutch flag slung with a rucksack or other bag, to celebrate their high school graduation. So what if you went to UWC Maastricht the past years, are still in the Netherlands staying with a host family and just...
Helen Tesfamariam (23) was born in Sudan. From the age of twelve she saved up to make the crossing to Europe. When she was seventeen, she unexpectedly received a scholarship to study at UWC Maastricht. It was the start of a new chapter of her...
We are Ruel Domi and Alona Amisha, and we just graduated from UWC Maastricht! Ruel is from Albania, he was a residential student and spent “only” the last two years living in Maastricht. Alona, who is from Israel and Russia, was born and raised in...
Ilari left UWCM in 2016 to study international politics and security. Her work now mostly focuses on the US policy in the Middle East. Check here her way of living the UWC mission. Please introduce yourself: I: My name is Ilari. I went to UWC Maastricht from...
Andrea is about to graduate from MIT with a degree in city planning. She is also involved in the Argentinian UWC national committee, especially in running the selections. Let Andrea tell you why to support an NC. Hi Andrea, can you please briefly introduce yourself? My name...
Alumni give back to the UWC movement in various ways. Matthew Solomon, Class 2014, joined us as the keynote speaker in the last Theory of Knowledge conference. Let him tell you what it was like! Can you please introduce yourself? M: I am Matthew Solomon, and right...
I’m Syuen, I’m from Malaysia and I graduated from UWC Maastricht in 2018. Looking back, my 2 years at UWCM truly felt like an experience like no other but most of all, it was home, made up of the beautiful people who I will forever...
Over 20 alumni both from UWC Maastricht and other UWC schools and colleges helped us to manage the arrivals of DP1s in the fall of 2020. The covid restrictions made the process more complicated than ever and we would have never done it without the...
My name is Ilari. I went to UWC Maastricht from 2014 to 2016. I am from Tirana, Albania. After graduating from UWC I went to Georgetown where I studied international politics and security with a certificate in diplomatic studies. I graduated this May among the...
Hey family! I am Pumla Maswanganyi, a South African born UWCMaastrichter, from the Class of ‘12 (also known as the ‘Pioneers’). Coming to Maastricht at 15, I would have never imagined just how transformative this wholejourney would be! From furthering my passion for the arts, to...
