University of the West Indies
| The University of the West Indies | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1948 |
| place | Mona ( Jamaica ) St. Augustine ( Trinidad and Tobago ) Cave Hill ( Barbados ) |
| Chancellor | Robert Bermudez |
| Students | over 45,000 ( 2019 ) |
| Networks | IAU |
| Website | www.uwi.edu |
The University of the West Indies ( UWI ; in German about University of the West Indies ) is a university in the Caribbean .
history
In 1943 the British government set up the "Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies", which was headed by Cyril Asquith and was supposed to develop recommendations as to where in the British colonies it was advisable to establish universities and according to which standards they should operate. She recommended establishing a university college in the British West Indies . With "University College" was meant a non-independent university, but which was to be supervised by a university. The commission recommended Jamaica as the location. In 1948 the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) was founded; it was subordinate to the University of London . Teaching began with 33 medical students.
The choice of the first location fell on Jamaica because in Mona near Kingston the area of the "Gibraltar Camp" was available, a camp in which Gibraltarians and Maltese evacuated during the Second World War as well as prisoners of war from Germany and Italy were housed. The Papine and Mona sugar plantations were located on the site of today's university until 1908. An aqueduct, remains of which are still preserved, carried water to the sugar mills. The current chapel at the main entrance to this campus was originally the sugar store of a plantation in Trelawny . The building was dismantled there and reassembled on the Mona campus.
In order not to neglect other colonies, the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA) in Trinidad was merged with the UWCI in 1960. This added another campus in St. Augustine . In 1963 a campus was added in Cave Hill ( Barbados ). Another campus followed in 1965 with the theological Codrington College , also in Barbados.
When the West Indian Federation broke up in 1962 and the ties of the former colonies and now independent states to the United Kingdom weakened, the University College was upgraded to a university.
campus
The university has three main offices in Mona (Jamaica), St. Augustine ( Trinidad and Tobago ) and Cave Hill in Barbados, a subsidiary in the form of a medical faculty in San Juan (Trinidad and Tobago) and the Center for Hotel and Tourism Management “In Nassau, Bahamas.
| Cave Hill Campus | Mona Campus | St. Augustine Campus |
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| Humanities & Education | Humanities & Education | Humanities & Education |
| Law | Law | Law |
| medicine | medicine | medicine |
| Science & Technology | Science & Technology | Science & Technology |
| Social science | Social science | Social science |
| Sports | Sports | Sports |
| Engineering | Engineering | |
| Agronomy |
carrier
The university is supported by 16 states and territories in the Caribbean and Bermuda :
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Anguilla
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Bahamas
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Barbados
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Belize
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Bermuda
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British Virgin Islands
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Cayman Islands
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Dominica
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Grenada
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Jamaica
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Montserrat
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St. Kitts and Nevis
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St. Lucia
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Turks and Caicos Islands
University partnerships (selection)
- European University Institute (EUI), since 2020
Notable graduates
- Kenneth Anthony , former Prime Minister of St. Lucia
- Owen Arthur , Prime Minister of Barbados
- Denzil Douglas , Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Wendy Fitzwilliam , Miss Universe 1998, Trinidad and Tobago
- Carolyn Gomes , United Nations Human Rights Award 2008
- Ralph Gonsalves , Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Lisa Hanna , Miss World 1993, Jamaica
- Pearlette Louisy , Governor General of St. Lucia
- Patrick Manning , Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Keith Claudius Mitchell , Prime Minister of Grenada
- Hansle Parchment , Jamaican athlete
- Percival J. Patterson , former Prime Minister of Jamaica
- George Maxwell Richards , past President of Trinidad and Tobago
- Walter Rodney , historian and politician, Guyana
- Derek Walcott , Nobel Laureate from St. Lucia
- Rodney Williams , Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda
The first Vice Chancellor, Sir Arthur Lewis , received a Nobel Prize in Economics . It was the first award for a black person in a category other than the Nobel Peace Prize .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About The UWI. An institution with a rich history. In: www.uwi.edu. The University of the West Indies, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019 .
- ^ The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Chancellor. In: www.uwi.edu. The University of the West Indies, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Welcome to UWI. In: www.uwi.edu. The University of the West Indies, 2019, accessed August 3, 2019 .
- ^ List of IAU Members. In: iau-aiu.net. International Association of Universities, accessed August 3, 2019 .
- ^ Report of the West Indies Committee of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies, Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by Command of His Majesty . His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1945, Chapter 12: University Education in the West Indies , pp. 94-103, here p. 95.
- ^ Report of the West Indies Committee of the Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies . His Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1945, p. 97.
- ^ Suzanne Francis-Brown: Mona Past and Present. The History and Heritage of the Mona Campus, University of the West Indies . University of the West Indies Press, Kingston 2004, ISBN 976-640-159-4 , pp. 10-11.
- ↑ http://www.uwi.edu/bermuda.asp
- ^ The EUI makes ties with the Caribbean: New Partnership with the University of the West Indies. In: European University Institute. July 14, 2020, accessed July 22, 2020 (UK English).