The University of the West Indies

Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean, with traditional campuses in Barbados (Cave Hill), Jamaica (Mona) and Trinidad and Tobago (St. Augustine). UWI recently initiated its Open Campus, a multi-option and multi-mode online campus with over 40 physical site locations across the region in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

UWI mISSION sTaTEMENT

The enduring mission of The University of the West Indies (UWI) is to propel the economic, social, political and cultural development of West Indian society through teaching, research, innovation, advisory and community services and intellectual leadership. (UWI Strategic Plan 2007-2012)

UWI VISION sTaTEMENT

By 2012 the UWI will be an innovative, internationally competitive, contemporary university deeply rooted in the Caribbean, committed to creating the best possible future for all its stakeholders. It will be the university of first choice for the region’s students and talented academics. It will provide a truly supportive environment that rewards excellence and it will be agile enough to thrive in a dynamic global environment.