The first of the twelve United World Colleges, Atlantic College aims to enable its students to become positive agents of change through action and life choice, fulfilling individual potential and recognising individual responsibilities as global citizens. The breadth of the academic programme, the unsurpassed range of service activities and the sheer diversity of student intake give Atlantic College students the space and impetus to develop in unusually full and distinctive ways. Most leave to pursue degrees in the world's most exciting universities. Around 350 students come from more than 75 countries each year to live, study and serve together at a pace and with a passion unique to United World Colleges.