UWC Zimbabwe follows a thorough and well-rounded selection process to identify motivated and talented young individuals who align with UWC’s values and mission.
Before starting your application, we suggest you:
- Check our eligibility criteria to determine if this is the correct route for you to apply.
- Check the UWC selection criteria to determine if you are a good fit for a UWC experience.
You’ll then be ready to start your UWC journey!
Procedure
The Zimbabwe National Committee applications for the September 2026 (January 2027 at Waterford Kamhlaba) Entry open in December 2025.
Application deadline is in February 2026.
Eligible applicants: recent O-Level graduates who wrote O-Level/IGCSE exams in June or November 2025.
Requirements
1. Cover letter, detailing your motivation for applying to UWC. What interests you about the UWC schools and ideals? What makes you a strong candidate? How do you currently live the UWC ideals in your own life?
2. Full academic records from the beginning of high school. If possible, please submit your school reportsand grades from each year.
3. ZIMSEC or IGCSE Grades. Candidates whose November 2023 grades have not yet been released are encouraged to apply. Please submit your school’s predicted grades.
4. Biography. In your biography, please specify: Your full date of birth (date, month and year). All primary and secondary schools that you have attended. Please note whether you received any financial assistance for your schooling. Your family background – Where do you come from? Who do you live with? What do your parents/guardians do? Your extra-curricular activities and interests in recent years. Your academic interests.
5. Explain any disruptions to your education and how you navigated them.
6. Taking into account the mission of UWC, write an essay about what you consider to be the most important social problem in your surroundings. What would you propose as a solution for this issue? What role might you play in implementing your proposed solution?
7. Two letters of recommendation from school or community leaders. These can be written by a teacher, headteacher, pastor, sports coach, or activity leader. It is a good idea to ask someone who knows you well enough to speak to your character.
8. Contact details: Please include at least one email address and two phone numbers where you can be contacted quickly.
Submission Formatting – please follow the instructions carefully:
a) Submit all documents to [email protected].
b) Submit all documents as attachments to an email. Please do not send a link to a Google Drive.
c) Label all documents “Your Surname_Document Contents”. E.g. “Moyo_Biography”.
d) Include your full name in the header of each document that you submit.
Please send any application questions to our email: [email protected]
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted by the end of March, your application has not progressed to the next stage. No application materials will be returned.