The university was founded in 1948, on the recommendation of the Asquith Commission through its sub-committee on the West Indies. The Asquith Commission had been established in 1943 to review the provision of higher education in the British colonies.
Seeking to address a need for medical care, the first faculty established a medical school. The foundation stone for a hospital was added in 1949, and the University College Hospital of the West Indies opened in 1953.
The University College achieved independent university status in 1962. The St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad, formerly the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), was established in 1960, followed by a school established along University Row, at the Deep Water Harbour of Barbados in 1963, later seated at the present Cave Hill Campus in 1967.
Details
- Date of Issue: 5 February 1974
- Date Withdrawn:
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- Designer: C Abbott
- Printer: Questa Colour Security Printers Limited (The House of Questa)
- Process: Lithography
- Paper:
- Watermark: Multiple St Edward’s Crown Block CA
- Perf: 13.5 (comb)
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Subjects
- 15c – Agriculture, Education, Social Science, Natural Science, Medicine
- 18c – Engineering, Arts and General Studies, Law