UWC Zimbabwe typically receives offers for places from 4-8 UWC schools. These UWCs vary from year to year. Each school has a special character and focus, but all the schools are strongly rooted in the UWC ideals and traditions. Candidates do not choose their school, the National Committee matches the selected students to the school that will both challenge and support them best and then nominates the students to the school. The school assesses the nomination and decides whether to accept the student. The National Committee and school decisions are final. 
 

All students who are accepted for a place at a UWC will complete a financial assessment to determine how much financial support the school and NC will need to provide to enable the student to attend UWC. No students will be turned down because of lack of financial support. 

In 2024, the Zimbabwe National Committee will be selecting students to nominate to the following schools: 

• UWC Atlantic College (United Kingdom)
• UWC Changshu (China)
• UWC Dilijan (Armenia)
• UWC East Africa (Tanzania)
• UWC Robert Bosch (Germany)

In addition to these places, which are reserved for Zimbabwean nominations, we also have the opportunity to send in nominations for a Special Open Nomination at UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany. UWC RBC has set aside three distinct scholarships for students from any country around the world. Each of these scholarships are focused on a specific theme of the college's mission:

1. The French A Scholarship: UWC RBC is in Germany, near the border with France. Given the history of the region, the college is committed to maintaining a strong French language programme. A student on this scholarship would have a native or near-native level of French, and would commit to taking French A as their language option. 

2. The German B Scholarship: UWC RBC is a German school with a commitment to encouraging students to stay on in Germany for tertiary education. This scholarship is aimed at students who are second-language German speakers with a commitment to deepening their proficiency and then applying to German universities. We are looking for students with some prior exposure to German and a commitment to becoming fluent. 

3. The Sustainability Scholarship: UWC RBC is strongly committed to sustainability within its mission. A student nominated for the Sustainability Scholarship would provide evidence of their prior commitment to sustainability, and if successful, would commit to showing strong participation and leadership in the school's sustainability programmes on campus. 

We would strongly advise any prospective candidates for the UWC RBC Special Open Nomination to research UWC Robert Bosch in order to demonstrate their understanding of the concept for the specific programme that they are applying for.

Any candidate who has applied for one of the UWC RBC Special Open Nomination Scholarships and is not successful will be automatically entered into the general pool of candidates for the other UWC schools.