University of the West Indies

This article is about the University of the West Indies system and its flagship constituent unit in Mona, Jamaica. For other uses, see University of the West Indies (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with University of the French West Indies.

The University of the West Indies
MottoLatin: Oriens Ex Occidente Lux
Motto in English
"A Light Rising From The West"
TypeRegional university, public, autonomous
Established1948; 76 years ago (1948)
ChancellorDr. Dodridge Miller
Vice-ChancellorHilary Beckles
Academic staff
1,200
Studentsnear 50,000 (across 5 campuses)[1]
CampusMona, Jamaica (headquarters)
Colors
AffiliationsAssociation of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Caribbean Community
MascotThe Pelican
WebsiteUWI Regional Headquarters
UWI Cave Hill
UWI St. Augustine
UWI Mona
UWI Open Campus
UWI Five Islands Campus
St. Augustine UWI Campus

The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies,[2][3] is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Each country is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory.

The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica, serves as the headquarters of the University Of The West Indies. Besides UWI Mona,[4] the university has four major university centres: UWI Cave Hill (Barbados), UWI St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago), UWI Five Islands (Antigua and Barbuda), and the regional UWI Open Campus in the UWI-funding Caribbean nations.

The aim of the university is to help "unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth" in the West Indies, thus allowing improved regional autonomy.[5] The university was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.[6]

  1. ^ "The University of the West Indies". THE World University Rankings. Times Higher Education. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "History of the UHWI - University Hospital of the West Indies". uhwi.gov.jm.
  3. ^ "Grading Scale".
  4. ^ "Our Partners | International Students Office". www.mona.uwi.edu.
  5. ^ The University of the West Indies, A Quinquagenary Calendar 1948-1998, Douglas Hall, 1998. Jamaica, The Press, University of the West Indies
  6. ^ "Happy 90th Birthday to the Visitor!!!". wordpress.com. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.