Cave Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados
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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 four campuses through the region, which are Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados and the Open Campus which serves students across the region. 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]
University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus
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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.
Since 2004, the Cave Hill campus is the site of the West Indies Federal Archives Centre.
Faculties
- Humanities and Education
- Law
- Medical Sciences
- Science and Technology
- Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Education
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Departments
- School of Education
- Department of History and Philosophy
- Department of Language, Linguistics & Literature
- Graduate Programme in Cultural Studies
Specialised Units & Centres
- Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
- Language Learning Centre
Affiliated Centres
- Codrington College
- Centre for Gender and Development Studies
Faculty of Law
Specialised Units & Centres
- Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLIC)
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
Departments
- Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences
- Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics
Specialised Units & Centres
- Centre for Resource Management & Environmental Studies (CERMES)
Affiliated Centres
- Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Departments
- Department of Economics
- Department of Government, Sociology & Social Work
- Department of Management Studies
Academic Units & Centres
- Cave Hill School of Business
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
See also
Barbados Community College
References
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