Cave Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados
Cave Hill, St. Michael is a suburban area situated in the parish of St. Michael. It is located about 4 km north-west of the capital-city Bridgetown along the west coast of Barbados.
The University of the West Indies comprises three campuses through the region, which are Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago and Cave Hill in Barbados. The total student body is approximately over 39,000 which is distributed amongst the Faculties of Law, Humanities & Education, Pure and Applied Sciences, Social Sciences and the School of Clinical Medicine & Research ; Arts & Education, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences and Pure & Applied Sciences at Mona; and Agriculture & Natural Sciences, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences at St. Augustine. Barbados now boasts a student population of 10,000.[1]
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[edit] University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus
The Cave Hill Campus overlooks the island’s capital, Bridgetown, which is a mere five miles away. Despite its expansion in recent years, the campus maintains much of its original architecture of simple, low-rise buildings. The scenic attractiveness and relatively small size of the university community creates an inviting, intimate and friendly atmosphere.
This campus has 5 faculties which comprise academic departments. In addition, there are 5 research units and centres and 2 graduate institutions Cave Hill Campus. The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus' academic programmes offer diversity at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
[edit] Faculties
- Humanities and Education
- Law
- Medical Sciences
- Pure and Applied Sciences
- Social Sciences
[edit] Faculty of Humanities and Education
[edit] Departments
- School of Education
- Department of History and Philosophy
- Department of Language, Linguistics & Literature
- Graduate Programme in Cultural Studies
[edit] Specialised Units & Centres
- Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
- Language Learning Centre
[edit] Affiliated Centres
- Codrington College
- Centre for Gender and Development Studies
[edit] Faculty of Law
[edit] Specialised Units & Centres
- Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLIC)
[edit] Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
[edit] Departments
- Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences
- Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics
[edit] Specialised Units & Centres
- Centre for Resource Management & Environmental Studies (CERMES)
[edit] Affiliated Centres
- Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
[edit] Faculty of Social Sciences
[edit] Departments
- Department of Economics
- Department of Government, Sociology & Social Work
- Department of Management Studies
[edit] Academic Units & Centres
- Cave Hill School of Business
[edit] Affiliated Research Units & Centres
- Centre for Gender and Development Studies
- Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies(SALISES)
- Shridath Ramphal Centre - International Trade Law, Policy and Services
- School of Clinical Medicine and Research
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- Map of the UWI Cave Hill Campus
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