Mission Statement

The St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies is committed to the development of Caribbean countries. At all times, it will seek to contribute to that development by producing graduates and research of high quality, relevance and usefulness in sufficient quantity and at minimum cost.

The St. Augustine Campus, by the conduct of its own staff and students as well as by the content of its academic programmes, will strive towards the inculcation of social values of shared communal responsibility, social justice, and respect and tolerance for differences in beliefs, philosophy, ethnicity, and culture.

The St. Augustine Campus aims at being an intellectual bridge to the wider Caribbean region and the rest of the world, assisting its member countries to benefit from the rapidly growing and constantly changing world of stock ideas, knowledge, and expertise and itself contributing to that stock in ways that enhance the international standing of the Caribbean.

The enduring mission of the University of the West Indies is to propel the economic, social, political and cultural development of the West Indian society through teaching, research, innovation, advisory and community services and intellectual leadership.

The mission requires UWI to:

• Provide the population of the region with access to high quality academic programmes that are effectively delivered and that help to build strong individual, national and regional capacities in response to changing human resource needs.

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• Provide complimentary opportunities for higher education that foster intellectual development, creative activity and self-actualization, enhance social and interpersonal relations, and enable students to have a broader frame of reference for specialized knowledge.

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• Conduct rigorous basic and applied research that serves to explore solutions to priority national and regional problems and challenges; create significant new knowledge; exploit developmental potential and comparative advantages; elucidate important contemporary social issues; situate self and society in a changing world order; and provide a sound basis for public policy formulation and decision making.

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• Maintain a capacity to supply a wide range of expert technical, professional and advisory services to meet the needs of regional governments and the private sector.

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• Assist its students and the population at large to achieve informed self-awareness through a deep understanding of the main economic, social, political and cultural currents that have combined to define West Indian society.

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• Help the region to comprehend the nature and significance of contemporary issues and emerging global influences.

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• Strive to be a significant contributor to global intellectual growth and human development by active scholarship that harness the creative energies, cultural diversity, social experiences, biodiversity and other assets of the region.

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• Assist generally in strengthening education and training systems, at all levels, throughout the region, and aid the development of the tertiary level education system in particular.

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• Assist the region to evaluate, assimilate, adapt and harness major new technologies in order to optimize potential benefits or limit negative impacts.

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• Develop strategic alliances with other institutions to expand access to tertiary education, as well as the scope of teaching and research.

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• Foster an intellectually stimulating environment that can attract academic staff and students of high quality and in which ideas contend vigorously.