The students of ISA Wenhua Wuhan High School AP Centre are leaving today for the research tour in the United States!

In the early morning of 14 February 2023, 20 students from the AP Centre, accompanied by their headmaster and teachers, departed for Washington, D.C., USA to participate in the 60th North American Institute for Model United Nations. This was the start of a 21-day research tour to the USA.

The 60th North American Institute for Model United Nations will be held in Washington, D.C., USA from 15-19 February 2023. To prepare for the competition, all students will be trained by professional mentors from the summer bridging program onwards.

The North American Institute for Model United Nations (NAIMUN) is one of the oldest, highest profile, and most competitive model United Nations conferences for high school students in the United States and around the world. Approximately 3,300 students from more than 40 states and 20 countries in the United States will be hosted every year.

NAIMUN provides an unparalleled and academically rigorous event for students interested in international affairs, diplomatic strategy, and public speaking.

NAIMUN 为对国际事务、外交战略和公共演讲感兴趣的学生提供了无与伦比的且具有学术严谨性的模联活动。

The 60th NAIMUN had a total of 40 committees, the topics will be discussed ranging from the undiscovered perspective of climate change to the ongoing mission to protect women's rights in Afghanistan, which covers a wide range of internationally important issues, helping students understand the process of multilateral diplomacy, facilitating exchanges between students from around the world, improving presentation and debate skills, training critical thinking, teamwork and leadership skills, and also helping them to learn about different cultures, expand their international perspectives and understand the positions and situations of countries in history and in reality.

Here, students will play the role of diplomatic officials from different countries, expressing their views and making the most of their talents on the United Nations stage.

After the Competition, ISA Wuhan students will continue their study tour. On 27 February, they will visit the United Nations headquarters in New York and meet with officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / the Women and Children's Protection Organization.

The students will also visit Rutgers University, an American public Ivy League school, on 2 March and participate in activities on research topics in Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, and Business under the supervision of Rutgers professors.

During the camp, students will also visit a range of top representative institutions, including Harvard University, MIT, Columbia University, Yale University, West Point, Emerson College (Top 1 in the USA for Media and Journalism by College Factual, one of the top media schools in the USA), and Bentley University (Top 20 in the USA for B.A. Business). experiencing the academic environment of a world-renowned school.