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Join the Tradition .. and show your Pelican Pride!

The "Sons and Daughters of the Pelican" can take great pride in the early history of their Alma Mater:

• The UWI was founded in 1948
  • In 1942 Sir Philip Sherlock promoted the formation of a local University College and a Committee was set up.
  • In 1945 the Irvine Report was accepted and a site at Mona was selected in Jamaica.
  • Dr. Thomas Taylor, a noted Biochemist was the first Principal
  • The first office of the University College of the West ̽»¨ÏµÁÐ was at 62 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston and it opened on Feb 1, 1947. It was then relocted to Gibraltar Camp at Mona, which had been the site of a camp for refugees from Gibraltar and Malta as well as German and Italian prisoners of war.
  • Oct 3, 1948 - The official opening of the Mona Campus with 10 female and 23 male Caribbean students entering the Faculty of Medicine
  • October 1949 - Natural Sciences opened
  • October 1950 - Faculty of Arts opened
  • 1960 - St. Augustine campus established from the former Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture.
  • 1963 - Cave Hill campus established (Law)
  • April 2, 1962 - the new Royal Charter constituting and founding ̽»¨ÏµÁÐ was passed and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was the first Chancellor.
  • 2008 - The UWI Cpen Campus was established as the fourth UWI Campus   
  • 2019 -The Fifth UWI Campus was established at Five Islands, Antigua and Barbuda 

Central Office: UWI Regional Headquarters - headed by the Vice Chancellor, responsible for all 17 UWI countries

Halls of Residence:

• Mona - Chancellor, Irvine, Mary Seacole, Hamilton, Leo-Rhynie, Nettleford, Preston, Taylor
• St. Augustine - Canada, Joyce Gibson-Innis,,Freedom, Trinity
• Cave Hill - Sherlock, Frank Worrell

Campus Colours:

• Cave Hill - Yellow
• Mona - Red
• Open - Burnt Orange
• St. Augustine - Blue

The UWI Motto - "Oriens Ex. Occidente Lux" - "Light Rising from the West"

The UWI Mascot - The Pelican"