The Choice of a Lifetime - University of the West Indies - Uwi.edu

Welcome to Mona
You’ve made the perfect choice.
By choosing the UWI,
Mona Campus, you are
about to embark on a
life-changing experience
– while you get a firstclass
education. Now you’ll
be able to choose courses
designed to gain proficiency
in your desired
field(s) and broaden
your horizons. Your
coming to UWI, Mona
is the start of a lifelong
journey in which
you will gain, among
other things, a far
deeper understanding
of your environment
and the
experience to prepare
you to make
a positive impact
on the world.
UWI, Mona, the oldest and largest of the four campuses,
gives you the chance to study in four faculties:
Humanities and Education, Medical Sciences, Pure
& Applied Sciences and Social Sciences. You may
also opt for first-year studies in Law.
Choosing UWI puts you in great company with the
great leaders who have attended the region’s finest
tertiary institution. Some thirteen of our regional
Prime Ministers – plus Heads of State in other parts
of the world – are graduates of this institution.
Make use of every opportunity to develop new passions
and friendships and broaden your horizons
outside the classroom. Be mindful also that you are
entering university at a time of exciting global
change and challenge.
Whatever your course of study, the benefits of
being here will extend beyond any academic qualifications
you would have gained. The campus is a
melting pot of cultures, ideas, issues, personalities,
trends and belief systems, and has contributed in
many ways to the development of the regionally
aware and conscious individual who is intellectually
and socially prepared to lead. Congratulations
and welcome!
Prof. Gordon Shirley,
Pro Vice Chancellor
& Principal, UWI, Mona
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