Top Colleges in Jamaica

University of Technology

• Located in the Kingston metropolitan area, the University of Technology started out as the Jamaican Institute of Technology in 1958 and earned university status during the middle part of the 1990s. The University of Technology offers more than 1,000 course programs under built environment, business and management, health and applied sciences, engineering and computing, and liberal arts. The institution also houses its own virtual School of Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship to provide support for research and publications. The University of Technology also follows the Prior Learning Assessment, an internationally accredited program of assessment that provides adult learners age 25 and older with the opportunity to earn credit for past learning gained through work and experience.

  University of Technology
  237 Old Hope Road
  Kingston 6
  Jamaica, West Indies
  (011)-876-927-1680
  utech.edu.jm

Northern Caribbean University

• Located in Mandeville, Manchester, in west central Jamaica, Northern Caribbean University is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica. The Seventh Day Adventist Church manages the institution, which offers undergraduate and graduate courses under six colleges: Arts and General Studies; Natural and Applied Sciences; Graduate Education and Leadership; Business and Hospitality Management; Teacher Education and Behavioral Sciences; and Religion and Theology. Northern Caribbean University is the sister school of Hyacinth Chen Nursing School. The campus features four National Historic Sites as declared by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Northern Caribbean University also serves as home to E. G. W. Research Center and the Office of Research and Publications. The school also offers scholarships and financial grants.

  Northern Caribbean University
  Mandeville, Manchester
  Jamaica, West Indies
  (011)-876-962-2204
  ncu.edu.jm

University of the West Indies

• An autonomous regional institution, University of the West Indies has three major campuses: Mona in Jamaica; St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago; and Cave Hill in Barbados. University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The undergraduate degree programs include literature, English, history, language, linguistics and philosophy, educational studies, mathematics and computer science, performing and visual arts, media and communications, Caribbean studies, modern languages and literature, gender and development, geography and geology, government, humanities, library and Information studies, theology and sociology, psychology and social work. Prospective students can take advantage of scholarship and financial assistance the institution offers.

  University of the West Indies
  St. Andrew Parish, Mona
  Jamaica, West Indies
  (011)-876-927-1660
  mona.uwi.edu