In addition to equipping our students with professional knowledge and practical skills, we aim to endow them/you with strong communication and problem-solving skills and professionalism appropriate for the workplace. Our cultivated relationships with local industry partners continue to yield professional placements which enable students pursuing any faculty major to gain real-life work experience and build a network of potential employers and industry leaders.
Our approach to scientific learning is collaborative and experiential, pillared on the understanding that answers to real-world problems require multiple perspectives, teamwork, and hands-on discovery. The Faculty consists of two academic Departments [the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences (BCS) and the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics (CMP)], a graduate research Centre [The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)] and an affiliate institute [The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)]. We offer several three-year degree programmes, B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Ecology, Electronics, Environmental Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Meteorology, Microbiology, and Physics; and continue to offer a four-year B.Sc. Software Engineering degree. Joint programmes with the Faculty of Social Sciences (Management, Accounting and Economics) and the Faculty of Humanities and Education (Education and Psychology) also continue to attract considerable interest.
At its core, science probes the essence of things, technology benefits humankind by applying its findings, and our community of researchers – students, faculty, and staff – engage in world-class scientific inquiry, aimed at addressing issues facing not only our region but the world at large. We explore alternative sources of energy, analyse climate variability, champion marine conservation efforts, and interrogate and model the metabolic effects of non-communicable diseases in local populations to create a sustainable environment for future generations to inherit. Furthermore, our technological advancements have opened new horizons in multidisciplinary research, marrying machine learning and artificial intelligence, with health care, forensics, and education.