UWC Mahindra College offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) curriculum. Alongside standard courses, the College offers Art, Theatre, Film, Psychology, World Religions, Global Politics. On top of these, students also take context-building courses such as ‘This is India’ and Global Affairs, as well as specialized courses in Complexity Science and Systems Thinking.

UWC Mahindra also offers the Project Based Diploma (PBD) along with a Cambridge Pre-University Diploma. The PBD is a specialized program in its nascent years, where a selected group of students take the IBDP curriculum during their first year and utilize the second year to conceive and execute a real-world, impact-driven project.

UWC Mahindra College offers an immense variety of co-curricular activities through its Creativity, Action, Service (CAS) program, referred to as “Triveni” program, which facilitates project-based learning in four areas: Education, Peace and Justice, Sustainability, Communication and Culture and Outdoor Education. Students participate in at least one area and organize themselves in groups to execute campus and community projects as a real-world initiation into project management.

Community Service on campus and beyond happens through participation in Triveni projects, as well by working with the Akshara Program and local community initiatives in the valley. These include working with local schools, entrepreneurship programs, organic farming collectives and non-governmental organizations.

Besides regular sports such as basketball, rugby and football, the geographical location of the campus fosters an ideal setting for outdoor activities like hiking, cycling and fire service. A large number of students also participate in physically challenging outings during Travel Week and the inter-house sporting season known as MUWCILympics.

UWC Mahindra College conducts several short programs during the summer break which bring together 14-18 year-old students from around the world to learn about issues such as sustainability, globalization and gender. The primary focus is on providing students with a comprehensive introduction to important issues through interaction with field experts and making use of MUWCI’s geographical and cultural context. Encounter India (EI) is the College’s most popular short course, involving a week of context-building at UWC Mahindra followed by 2 weeks of group travel to several places in India. Other courses are Youth, Environment and Sustainability (YES) and Theater, Gender, Identity and Film (TGIF).

Students live together in five boarding areas known as “wadas” (the local term for “courtyard”). The campus also offers many informal locations for gathering and hiking, and several areas are well known among students for their gorgeous vistas of the valley during sunset.

Academic facilities include classrooms in the Academic Quarter, a science lab, a digital lab, a library, an art space overlooking the valley, specialized facilities for theatre and music practice, a large sporting ground for rugby, football, basketball and cricket. The Social Centre offers a gym, swimming pool, games and lounge area and a deli café. Students take meals thrice a day in the large dining room called the Caf.

UWC Mahindra College is located in a 170-acre biodiversity reserve in the Western Ghats, a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula. The villages in the adjoining valley provide abundant opportunities for learning and community engagement. The city of Pune is 30 km away and offers many options for weekend day trips for both resources and leisure.

Students apply through their UWC national committee. In special circumstances, students may also apply directly to UWC Mahindra. For more information, visit website