{"id":40,"date":"2022-05-27T10:47:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/graduate-students\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:40:04","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/orientation\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"pagecontent bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Graduate New Student Orientation<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>The Welcome and Orientation Forum for new graduate students entering in Semester 1 is scheduled for <strong>August 25th, 2026<\/strong> in <strong>Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), Roy Marshall Teaching Complex<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Orientation for MPhils, PhDs &amp; DM students is scheduled for <strong>August 27, 2026<\/strong> in the G<strong>raduate Lecture Theatre (GLT) in the Postgraduate Building, Lazeretto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-danger\"><strong>Once the schedule for all other orientation activities is confirmed, this page will be updated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Students Entering in Semester 2&nbsp; (January 2027)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tRegistration for students entering in Semester 2 will take place in January 2027.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Postgraduate Students Registration Guide and the Registration Schedule will be posted on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cavehill.uwi.edu\/chol\/registration.aspx\">CHOL: Registration<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>The Online Self-Pace&nbsp;Orientation&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo help you prepare for registration and the new academic year, you will receive correspondence with information on how to access the special orientation site, that you can participate at your own pace.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tTo access the self-pace online orientation site:\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/myelearning.cavehill.uwi.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/myelearning.cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enter username:&nbsp;<strong><em>your Student ID #<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Enter password:&nbsp; your default password takes the format of <strong>FL@ddmmyy<\/strong> (FL is your first and last initials <strong>in CAPS, followed by <\/strong>the @ sign, and your date of birth written with two digits each for day, month and year.&nbsp; For example, if your name is John Brown and your date of birth is March 2, 1998, your initial password is JB@020398<\/li>\n<li>Click on&nbsp;<strong>My Courses<\/strong>&nbsp;and then click&nbsp;<strong>Postgraduate New Student Orientation 2026\/27<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>I<\/strong>f you are unable to access the elearning site following the above instructions, contact the IT Service Desk at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-mail:<a href=\"mailto:itservicedesk@cavehill.uwi.edu\">itservicedesk@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Phone:&nbsp;246-417-4191<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you can access the elearning site but you do not see the online orientation course on your My Courses list, send an email indicating this and including your student ID number to <a href=\"mailto:gradstudies@cavehill.uwi.edu\">gradstudies@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>New Student Orientation Webpage<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Office of Student Services and Development (OSSD) manages a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/studentservices\/academic-support\/orientation.aspx\">New Student Orientation webpage<\/a>.&nbsp; Visit this page for information on other orientation and welcome activities open to all students, such as a Parents and Partners Forum, and Commencement Service.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Any postgraduate student who encounters a problem with registering should contact the Customer Service Centre, Student Enrolment and Retention Unit (SERU) as follows:&nbsp;<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gradstudies@cavehill.uwi.edu\">gradstudies@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a> (preferred method of contact)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Telephone<\/strong>: (+1-246) 417-4905 \/ 4125 \/ 4977<\/li>\n<li><strong>WhatsApp: <\/strong>(+1-246) 230-5052\/ (+1246) 826-0626<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate New Student Orientation The Welcome and Orientation Forum for new graduate students entering in Semester 1 is scheduled for August 25th, 2026 in Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), Roy Marshall Teaching Complex.&nbsp; 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