OUR MISSIONS
To provide multiple pathways for students, within a developmental soccer experience, that helps students achieve their career goals, fitting their academic and athletic interests within a fully integrated student experience.
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Our mission is to develop excellence, confidence, and integrity and provide the foundation for life-long learning and ethical leadership. In mind, body and spirit, our mission is to prepare students to succeed in a global world.
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WHO IS UNIVERSITY DEGREES ABROAD [UDA]?
A professional organization of educators who provide opportunities for students to seek a university degree in the UK or the USA while playing in a professional soccer academy.
“Menaul School is thrilled by this partnership with UDA. We bring strong “World Smart” academics, a rich and safe residential experience for our students and great athletic facilities based on our 125 years of tradition preparing students to succeed in Mind, Body and Spirit. UDA brings professional level coaching and training for serious young soccer players who also seek to be scholars prepared for university study.”
Lindsey Gilbert
President and Head of School M. Ed Education Leadership |
"Menaul School has a long history of welcoming students from around the world, and we are excited to continue this tradition into the 21st Century. We want all students to be able to understand the world around them and to find their place in the world at Menaul School. We provide a friendly environment that celebrates our individual students and our collective community of diverse cultures, customs, and perspectives."
Laura Hille
International Admission Director MA International Affairs |
Director of Soccer Operations
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former professor at Heidelberg University
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MENaUL SCHOOL
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Since 1896, Menaul School has helped students develop confidence and integrity and to strive for excellence always. In mind, body, and spirit, our mission is to prepare you to succeed in life. At Menaul School, you will build the foundation for life-long learning, ethical leadership, and global citizenship.
While at Menaul School, you will become part of a community that offers a welcoming environment and embraces the core values of Diversity, Respect, Intellectual Curiosity, and Spiritual Growth. Whether it in the classroom or the field of play, Menaul School’s community of faculty, staff, and students will help you expand your horizons and prepare for the future. You will participate in a rigorous but diverse academic setting that emphasizes your academic distinction, self-awareness, and physical well-being. Menaul School will fully prepare you to enter the university of your choice and continue developing academically and personally. |
You can read more about our Upper School academics and view our course guide here.
Menaul School offers you individualized attention with a 7-to-1 teacher ratio and small class sizes. You can earn Advanced Placement (AP) credits, participate in short-term exchanges, and study alongside students from around the world. You will learn teamwork by working with people from various cultures, countries, and backgrounds. Menaul School will put you in the best position to thrive and grow, and to be World Smart, equipped with the tools to understand opportunities and trends of our globalized world and to solve 21st Century challenges. |
LOCATION
Menaul School is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a vibrant metropolitan city in the Southwest United States that is home to a thriving community of diverse cultures and landscapes. Nestled next to the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande River, we enjoy all four seasons and over 300 days of sunshine per year. As a student here you can take advantage of year-round outdoor activities including hiking, biking, white water rafting, horseback riding, camping, skiing, snowboarding, and more. Our campus is close to restaurants, museums, movie theaters, parks, art galleries, amusement parks, and shopping centers. Albuquerque is a hub for learning and innovation with several universities and close proximity to national laboratories that are leading cutting-edge research.
Menaul School’s urban campus has a quiet, college-like environment with green spaces separating our multiple buildings.
Menaul School’s urban campus has a quiet, college-like environment with green spaces separating our multiple buildings.
Albuquerque Manifesto |
MEnaul School Campus |
UDA provides multiple pathways for its students; with the development of the UDA academy program at Menaul HS, the pathways have now been extended to students graduating from high school.
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Menaul School students are accepted to world-class universities. We offer one-on-one college counselling to help students determine the best fit for them.
US New Mexico Pathway: www.udanmsu.org International students who graduate with a diploma from Menaul School receive resident/local/in-state tuition at public universities in New Mexico (which can represent tuition savings of over $15,000 per year). UK Pathways at the University of Chester or at the University of Gloucestershire, England. (www.udauoc.org) (www.udauog.org) Students leave University and enter into the UDA Dream Maker Program for lifelong connection. (udauk.org/dreammaker) |
UDA Core VALUES
We aim to put the best interests of people at the center of our decisions for all connected to UDA.
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UDA strives to operate in the best possible ways that exhibit reliability, transparency, competence, and positive demeanor.
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UDA aims to build a trusted working relationship with colleagues, students, families, and business associates.
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UDA seeks to help people build purposeful and productive lives through its connections.
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UDA encourages people to think beyond the 'norm' and challenge the ideas of the status quo. Our motto is, "There Is No Box."
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