THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, WEST INDIES
NEWS RELEASE Note to Editor: Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UWISTA Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/UWI_StAugustine Download hi-res photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theuwi/sets. To subscribe to UWI news, click http://sta.uwi.edu/news/news_rss.asp. For more information please contact The Marketing & Communications Office 662-2002 Ext. 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Issued: December 03, 2010 For Release: Immediately Subject: Applications invited for the UWI Open Scholarships 2010/2011
The University of the West Indies (UWI) is inviting applications for the prestigious UWI Open Scholarships 2010/2011. Each year the University awards scholarships to top performing students across the region to pursue undergraduate degrees at the regional institution. The UWI Open Scholarships will cover tuition, residence costs, both on and off campus, and contributions to books and meals. Pro Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Studies at the University, Professor Alvin Wint said, “The Open Scholarships programme is one of the ways that UWI is attracting and rewarding high achievers among the region’s students. The scholarships are particularly attractive to students from our contributing countries where, unlike Barbados and Trinidad, tertiary tuition is not government subsidised. We are very happy to offer the Open Scholarships in these financially trying times.” For the academic year 2009/2010, 41 students were awarded UWI Open Scholarships valued at US$ 1.1 million. Eligible persons are high school or state college graduates who are first-time applicants to a government-sponsored undergraduate degree programme offered at any of the University’s four campuses. Current first-year UWI students are also eligible to apply for the Open Scholarships and all applicants must be citizens of one of UWI’s contributing countries. In keeping with international best practices, the application process, which is in its second year as a completely online procedure, will require students to complete a 500 word personal essay outlining career aspirations and reasons for choice of degree programme at UWI. Applicants must also provide evidence of , community involvement and co-curricular activities. All applications for the UWI Open Scholarships 2010/2011 must be submitted at www.uwi.edu/openscholarship2011 by January 31, 2011. For more information on the UWI Open Scholarships contact: The Office of the Board of Undergraduate Studies Email: obus@uwimona.edu.jm Telephone: (876) 977-7916 or (876) 970-0244
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UWI CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES
Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos
ABOUT UWI Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.