Northern Caribbean University

Northern Caribbean University
Northern Caribbean University
Established:	1919
Type:	Private
President:	Dr. Herbert J. Thompson, CD
Faculty:	453 [1]
Students:	5,300
Location:	Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica
Website:	www.ncu.edu.jm

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The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a tertiary level academic facility run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica. Located in Mandeville, Manchester in west-central Jamaica, the institution was the former West Indies College (WIC) until 1999 when it became a chartered University. Founded in 1907 as the West Indian Training School, in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, it is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica.

The institution offers courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in six colleges and schools. These are the Arts and General Studies, Natural and Applied Sciences, Graduate Education and Leadership, Business and Hospitality Management, Teacher Education and Behavioural Science and Religion and Theology.

There are plans to expanding its nursing program, thanks to donation by Jamaican billionaire Michael Lee-Chin^[1]. The new Nurses School will be called the Hyacinth Chen Nursing School---a separate school away from Northern Caribbean University but still owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

NCU is a member of the Joint Committee for Tertiary Education (JCTE), and the Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI).

The university also gained global exposure in the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition in 2007 where members of the school's Computer and Information Science department, Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter, Damion Mitchell under the name Team CADI came in 3rd place. The team's advisor was Mr. Kenrie Hylton.

The university also hosts a local research centre of the Ellen G. White Estate.