The UWI outlines policy for start of new academic year.
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica, Wednesday, 22 July 2020. Following a meeting of its Executive Management Team (EMT) on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has determined its policy regarding the upcoming academic year 2020/2021.
The UWI EMT resolved that the Caribbean region’s effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic—as informed by science and the observance of appropriate public health and safety protocols—provides a significant level of confidence in the reopening of the education sector. The regional University will therefore start the new academic year across its five campuses and supporting countries on schedule, on August 30, 2020.
The UWI has been working to provide a range of options which include a hybrid face-to-face and online delivery of programmes at varying levels to meet the diverse needs of its student population, guided by national protocols for health and safety; steps are being taken to maintain physical distancing in classrooms and on residence halls. In addition, students seeking to travel to a campus country are advised to pay attention to, and comply with the protocols stipulated by regional governments.
Incoming undergraduate students, emerging from CSEC and CAPE can rest assured that there is a space at The UWI where they can achieve their fullest potential.
Adult learners should see the opportunity to enrol in existing programmes to retool for the restructured economies and new opportunities.
The UWI is also open for business to international students, including those who may have been enrolled at other universities and wish to transfer. Such students are invited to make contact with the Office of the Campus Registrar on the campus of their choice.
Each of The UWI’s campuses is currently evaluating its individual capacity and operations to further determine the specificity of its delivery. Details will be available in the coming weeks and current and prospective students are invited to follow updates from the campuses. Persons with queries for specific information may contact the appropriate Campus Registrar’s Office as follows:
Cave Hill Campus - cregoffice@cavehill.uwi.edu
Five Islands Campus - admissions.fiveislands@uwi.edu
Mona Campus - campusregistraroffice@uwimona.edu.jm
Open Campus - registrar@open.uwi.edu
St Augustine Campus - marketing.communications@sta.uwi.edu
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About The UWI
For over 70 years The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has provided service and leadership to the Caribbean region and wider world. The UWI has evolved from a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948 to an internationally respected, regional university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and an Open Campus. As part of its robust globalization agenda, The UWI has established partnering centres with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe including the State University of New York (SUNY)-UWI Center for Leadership and Sustainable Development; the Canada-Caribbean Institute with Brock University; the Strategic Alliance for Hemispheric Development with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES); The UWI-China Institute of Information Technology, the University of Lagos (UNILAG)-UWI Institute of African and Diaspora Studies; the Institute for Global African Affairs with the University of Johannesburg (UJ); The UWI-University of Havana Centre for Sustainable Development; The UWI-Coventry Institute for Industry-Academic Partnership with the University of Coventry and the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research with the University of Glasgow.
The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Social Sciences and Sport.
As the region’s premier research academy, The UWI’s foremost objective is driving the growth and development of the regional economy. The world’s most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education, has ranked The UWI among the top 600 universities in the world for 2019 and 2020, and the 40 best universities in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2018, 2019 and 2020. The UWI has been the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists. For more, visit www.uwi.edu.
(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)
