Li Po Chun United World College

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Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong
Address
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10 Lok Wo Sha Lane, Sai Sha Road, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong


Hong Kong
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TypeIB World School
Established6 September 1992; 32 years ago (1992-09-06)
PrincipalDr. Spencer A. Fowler
Faculty29
Number of students258
TuitionLocal student: HK$308,000
Overseas student: HK$406,000
AffiliationUnited World Colleges
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Li Po Chun United World College
Traditional Chinese香港李寶椿聯合世界書院
Simplified Chinese香港李宝椿联合世界书院
Literal meaningHong Kong Li Po Chun United World College
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Lǐ Bǎochūn Liánhé Shìjiè Shū​yuàn
Yue: Cantonese
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The Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong (LPCUWC, Chinese: 香港李寶椿聯合世界書院), established in 1992, is an International Baccalaureate boarding school in Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong. It is the eighth member of the 18-member United World Colleges movement.

Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong is a subsidized school, from the Hong Kong Government's Direct Subsidy Scheme. According to the Wall Street Journal in late 2007 and the Brown Daily Herald in 2014, the college has top university acceptance rates and is identified as one of the world's top 50 schools for its success in preparing students to enter Ivy League universities, one of only two schools located outside the US.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong".
  2. ^ Staff writer (28 December 2007). "How the Schools Stack Up". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. ^ Chung, David. "Top high schools find admissions success". Brown Daily Herald. Brown University. Retrieved 2 August 2014.