Admissions policy.
The rules the College applies when deciding an application, written so that a decision can be checked against them afterwards. Where a rule does not yet exist, this page names the gap instead of implying a rule.
Four rules that govern every decision.
Admission is on placement, not on merit
The IEFC is not selective. The question at admission is which of the six levels you belong in, not whether you are good enough to be admitted. There is no ranking, no quota and no competitive round.
The same fee for everyone
$3,166.67 per level and $19,000 for the programme, regardless of nationality, residence or how the application arrived. There is no international rate and no negotiated rate.
A decision is recorded with a reason
Applications that are declined or withdrawn stay on the record with their state, so that a decision can be looked up by whoever made it. Nothing is deleted to tidy the numbers.
Nothing is required that is not used
The application asks for a name, an email address and a country. It asks for no documents, no photographs, no identity papers and no fee, because none of those is needed to place a learner in a language level.
The College reserves the right to decline, on stated grounds only.
- 01The College cannot serve the applicant. The clearest current case is an applicant under 18, for whom no safeguarding policy exists. Declining on this ground is a statement about the College’s readiness, not about the applicant.
- 02The application is not genuine. Submitted on someone else’s behalf without their knowledge, or made in a name that is not a person’s.
- 03Payment cannot be lawfully accepted. Where sanctions or payment regulation prevent the College from taking money from a jurisdiction.
Nothing else is a ground. In particular, a low placement result is never a ground for declining — a beginner is precisely who Level I was written for.
What is collected, where it goes, and who is accountable.
| What | Why | Where it is held |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | To address you, and to place the application on the record | The College’s database, hosted by Cloudflare |
| Email address | The only channel by which placement, offer and enrolment move | The same database, plus the email service that delivers the messages |
| Country of residence | To offer payment methods that work where you are | The same database |
| Self-assessed level | Context for the placement conversation. Non-binding. | The same database |
No Data Protection owner has been appointed. The data listed above is collected, transmitted over an encrypted connection and stored, but the College cannot yet name a person accountable for how it is handled, retained or erased. That post is on the College’s appointments schedule. Until it is filled, requests about your data go to info@worldwencollege.co.uk and are answered by the founding team.
Anything the general contact form might suggest
The enquiry form on the Contact page does not send anything to the College’s systems at all — it opens your own email application. Only the application form stores data.
For any purpose
Applicant data is not passed to agents, advertisers or partners. There are no partners.
Named, because their absence affects you.
No policy, no named lead
Bears directly on applicants under 18. See Entry requirements.
No formal procedure
A complaint today is answered by the founding team. There is no independent stage, because there is no appointed body to escalate to — both academic bodies stand at zero appointed members.