Welcome by the Principal

Welcome to graduate studies at the UWI, Mona. We recognize that you have come from far and near and sometimes at great financial or familial sacrifice, to embark on furthering your academic career. It is our commitment to provide you with a caring community, dedicated to nurturing your scholarship and generating new knowledge. We accomplish this by ensuring that Graduate Studies and Research focuses solely on the needs and development of students pursuing advanced degrees: masters-level degrees and PhD degrees: with the objective of helping you to realize your academic goals.

In the region and beyond, our degree programmes continue to be recognized as models of excellence, a status we guard jealously as we are mindful of the benefits that attend institutions of high repute. In spite of the harsh economic climate within which the UWI must operate, we continue to meet, and in some instances surpass, global performance standards - making our institution the most attractive university for regional scholars to attend. Members of our faculty, with their diverse backgrounds, impressive qualifications and real-world experience, also contribute to our premier status, which will bring untold value to the learning experience.

This investment of your time, talent, finances and scholarship is expected to foster your personal growth, ethical values, critical thinking skills and grounding in your chosen discipline. Fine graduate students like you who choose to pursue your graduate studies here, are our best testimony to the value of a UWI education.

Gordon Shirley
Pro Vice Chancellor & Principal
UWI, Mona Campus