SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 2-17620) UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 162

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (NO. 811-01027) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY

ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 162

VANGUARD WORLD FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Declaration of Trust)

P.O. Box 2600, Valley Forge, PA 19482

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s Telephone Number (610) 669-1000

Anne E. Robinson, Esquire

P.O. Box 876

Valley Forge, PA 19482

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[ ] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[X] on February 5, 2019, pursuant to paragraph (b)

[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

[X] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a

previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Amendment No.

162 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) to the registration statement on Form N-

1A (the “Registration Statement”) of Vanguard World Fund (the “Trust”) is being filed pursuant to

paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of delaying, until

February 5, 2019, the pending effective date of the Trust’s 159^th Post-Effective Amendment.

By way of further background, Post-Effective Amendment No. 159 was filed under Rule 485(a)(1) on

November 19, 2018 for the purposes of: (1) adding a new Admiral share class to Vanguard FTSE Social

Index Fund and (2) effecting a number of non-material editorial changes. Post-Effective Amendment No.

159 originally requested that the Amendment become effective 60 days after filing, pursuant to the

requirements of Rule 485(a)(1).

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 162 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A,

B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 159 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Valley Forge and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the
17th day of January, 2019.
	VANGUARD WORLD FUND
	BY:______s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*
	Mortimer J. Buckley
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on
the date indicated:
Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Mortimer J. Buckley*	Chairman and Chief Executive	January 17, 2019
	Officer
Mortimer J. Buckley
/s/ Emerson U. Fullwood*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Emerson U. Fullwood
/s/ Amy Gutmann*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Amy Gutmann
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
F. Joseph Loughrey
/s/ Mark Loughridge*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Mark Loughridge
/s/ Scott C. Malpass*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Scott C. Malpass
/s/ Deanna Mulligan*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Deanna Mulligan
/s/ André F. Perold*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
André F. Perold
/s/ Sarah Bloom Raskin*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Sarah Bloom Raskin
/s/ Peter F. Volanakis*	Trustee	January 17, 2019
Peter F. Volanakis
/s/ Thomas J. Higgins*	Chief Financial Officer	January 17, 2019
Thomas J. Higgins
*By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson
Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed on January 18, 2018, see File Number 33-32216,
Incorporated by Reference.