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Working Professionals Invited by UWI to Level Up

For Release Upon Receipt - June 8, 2022

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago. Wednesday 8th June 2022 – As the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) ramps up for face-to-face operations from September 2022, prospects are being invited to a specially tailored session that will offer in-depth information and advice for future students considering Postgraduate education. This specially tailored session partly sponsored and hosted by the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre will be held on Tuesday 14 June, 2022.

Pursuing a Postgraduate degree can improve your job prospects, helps progress your career or explore a new one and places you on the best pathway to success. It also allows you to contribute deeply to your chosen field of study by becoming a specialist. Professor Hariharan Seetharaman, Director Graduate Studies, notes that landmark research, inventions and innovations in every academic field are the hallmarks of a progressive society. 

 “This has been the top agenda of The UWI”, he said. “We hope to create more awareness of the wide cross-section of programmes offered and the exciting research opportunities available. Anyone seeking to level up their future should attend our Postgraduate Open Day,” he explained. 

Prospects will have the opportunity to connect with current Postgrad students, lecturers, researchers, faculty, Campus Executive Management and Deans at the cocktail-styled informational event and gain insight into the UWI Postgraduate experience through these interactions. 

Information on available programmes and courses as well as on the application procedure can be found at sta.uwi.edu/apply. Persons interested in attending the Hilton session can register on https://uwi.jotform.com/221433569764968 . The session begins at 6.00 p.m. until 8.00 p.m.

Persons interested in attending are urged to register today as space is limited. 

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About The University of the West Indies 

The UWI has been and continues to be a pivotal force in every aspect of Caribbean development; residing at the centre of all efforts to improve the well-being of people across the region.

 From a university college of London in Jamaica with 33 medical students in 1948, The UWI is today an internationally respected, global university with near 50,000 students and five campuses: Mona in Jamaica, St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago, Cave Hill in Barbados, Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda and its Open Campus, and 10 global centres in partnership with universities in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. 

The UWI offers over 800 certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Culture, Creative and Performing Arts, Food and Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, and Sport. As the Caribbean’s leading university, it possesses the largest pool of Caribbean intellect and expertise committed to confronting the critical issues of our region and wider world. 

The UWI has been consistently ranked among the top universities globally by the most reputable ranking agency, Times Higher Education (THE). In the latest World University Rankings 2022, released in September 2021, The UWI moved up an impressive 94 places from last year. In the current global field of some 30,000 universities and elite research institutes, The UWI stands among the top 1.5%. 

The UWI is the only Caribbean-based university to make the prestigious lists since its debut in the rankings in 2018. In addition to its leading position in the Caribbean, it is also in the top 20 for Latin America and the Caribbean and the top 100 global Golden Age universities (between 50 and 80 years old).  The UWI is also featured among the leading universities on THE’s Impact Rankings for its response to the world’s biggest concerns, outlined in the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Good Health and Wellbeing; Gender Equality and Climate Action. 

For more, visit www.uwi.edu. 

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of “The”)

 

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