IPC - the general picture

The International People´s College was founded in 1921 by Peter Manniche, who - in the ashes of the First World War - created the idea of a Folk High School for students and staff from all over the world. The purpose was to promote international and intercultural understanding and to contribute to a more peaceful world. Since then young people over the age of 18 from all continents, countries and cultures of the world have had the opportunity to get together, study and live in mutual respect under the same roof in Helsingør, Denmark.
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The study program of IPC offers a wide range of global issues and classes. We focus on world politics, but stay independent of religious or political ideologies.
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The main idea of IPC is to bring as many different cultures together and to create dialogue, understanding, interest and mutual respect in a world, where tolerance is a necessity and diversity is an adventure.
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As a rule we have students from several dozens of countries, for example:
Australia, Bangladesh, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uganda, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam or Zambia

Teachers and staff come from a variety of countries too: Bosnia, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Lebanon, Denmark, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Philippines and Sweden

Read about the core values of IPC