University of Technology, Jamaica
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The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) is the second largest university in Jamaica. Located in the Kingston Metropolitan Area, it was formally accorded university status on 1 September 1995. The institution began life in 1958 as the Jamaica Institute of Technology and was expanded into the College of Arts, Science and Technology (CAST) before becoming an independent university during the mid-1990s.
The institution offers over 100 programmes in five faculties (The Built Environment, Business and Management, Health and Applied Sciences, Engineering and Computing and Education and Liberal Arts) at the certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate degree levels. The Faculty of the Built Environment consists of the School of Building and Land Management and the Caribbean School of Architecture, the only architectural school in the English-speaking Caribbean. The Schools of Business Administration and Hospitality and Tourism Management are located within the Faculty of Business and Management. The School of Pharmacy and Health Science and the Department of Science and Mathematics comprise the Faculty of Health and Applied Science. The Schools of Computing and Information Technology and Engineering fall within the Faculty of Engineering and computing while the Faculty of Education and Liberal Arts contains the programmes of the Department of Liberal Studies and the School of Technical and Vocational Education.
Source: University of Technology, Jamaica Web Site
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