UWC Mentorship Program 2025

1st ever cohort.
20 Alumni Mentors.
36 Mentees.
Undergrads. Current UWC students.
Research. Entrepreneurship. Industry.

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Student Testimonials

2025 Cohort

"The UWC Science Mentorship Program arrived as a perfect opportunity for me to get a glimpse of what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I applied full of hope and was honored to be selected, being allocated with a mentor whose studies have focused on physics and materials science, fields I am deeply interested in. Following his suggestion and thanks to our meetings and the support provided by the organizers, I was able to work on the Ising Model in one dimension, a topic I had never even heard about before but that encompassed something I’m fascinated with: the understanding of material properties by studying behaviours at the nanoscale."

Andrea Alvarado Ramírez
UWC Costa Rica

Edifying. Challenging. Exciting.

I conducted theoretical research on how to cool atoms near the absolute zero using the Doppler cooling method and how to trap those atoms (cooled) in a very confined space using the Magneto -Optical Trap (MOT).

I gained a deep understanding of concepts mostly in quantum theory such magnetism/electricity at a quantum level and their interaction with atoms, quantum momentum, Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

I enhanced my coding skills with Python as well. Beyond that, I also developed my analytical skills and my knowledge in statistical analysis with the workshops.

I've gained an infinite love for physics and an absolute trust in its ability to decrypt the secret of the universe.

Germain Yawovi Afoutou
UWC Robert Bosch College, 2024-2026

Lots of Opportunities.

I conducted research on the composition of dark matter and some of the particles it could possibly be made of. It's really enigmatic because these particles only interact with gravity, which in the grand scheme of things very weak, so they are highly elusive.

I've acquired knowledge on how to choose the type of analysis I will do with a dataset, relevant collection methods of data, how to write a literature review, object oriented programming, and career paths in physics.

Before, my ideas were all over the place, I knew what I roughly wanted to do, but I wasn't fully sure, but after the help I have received, I know where I want to take my further research. I have taken away more refined ideas with a clearer goal.

Aarush Gupta
UWCSEA East, Class of 2028

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