University of the West Indies, Mona: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #1196 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #51 of 1,756 | In Latin America |
| #1 of 6 | In Jamaica |
| #369 of 1,837 | For Pediatrics |
| Top50% | For 78 other topics |
Quick Review
- Enrollment
- 49,092
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- mona.uwi.edu
- Acceptance rate
- 55%*
* The University of the West Indies, Mona is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Admissions Requirements | Competitive admission |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | Semesters |
| Enrollment | 49,092 |
Research profile
University of the West Indies, Mona has published 5,813 scientific papers with 101,426 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Sociology, Engineering, Physics, Pathology, and Genetics.
University of the West Indies, Mona majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 42 | 456 |
| 1991 | 63 | 531 |
| 1992 | 52 | 530 |
| 1993 | 68 | 545 |
| 1994 | 74 | 567 |
| 1995 | 75 | 621 |
| 1996 | 86 | 656 |
| 1997 | 87 | 639 |
| 1998 | 90 | 725 |
| 1999 | 90 | 778 |
| 2000 | 75 | 942 |
| 2001 | 104 | 962 |
| 2002 | 121 | 1122 |
| 2003 | 107 | 1224 |
| 2004 | 110 | 1310 |
| 2005 | 99 | 1467 |
| 2006 | 109 | 1732 |
| 2007 | 126 | 1977 |
| 2008 | 154 | 2050 |
| 2009 | 223 | 2526 |
| 2010 | 188 | 2579 |
| 2011 | 223 | 2863 |
| 2012 | 187 | 3266 |
| 2013 | 197 | 3778 |
| 2014 | 193 | 4595 |
| 2015 | 199 | 4592 |
| 2016 | 188 | 4808 |
| 2017 | 211 | 5038 |
| 2018 | 179 | 5036 |
| 2019 | 176 | 6118 |
| 2020 | 278 | 7329 |
| 2021 | 258 | 8947 |
| 2022 | 211 | 8498 |
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of the West Indies, Mona.
Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | No | No | TBD |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
University of the West Indies, Mona alumni
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Derek Walcott
- Years
- 1930-2017 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- playwrightwriterprosaistpoet
- Biography
-
Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement." In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the 2010 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry White Egrets and the Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award in 2015.
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Andrew Holness
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Andrew Michael Holness, is a Jamaican politician who has been the Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. Holness previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to 5 January 2012. He succeeded Bruce Golding as prime minister, and decided to go to the polls in the 29 December 2011 general election in an attempt to get his own mandate from the Jamaican electorate. He failed in that bid, however, losing to the People's National Party led by Portia Simpson-Miller, with the PNP gaining 42 seats to the Jamaica Labour Party's 21. Following that defeat, Holness served as Leader of the Opposition from January 2012 to March 2016, when he once again assumed the position of prime minister. In 2020, the Labour Party won a landslide in another general election, and on 7 September Holness was sworn in for another term as prime minister.
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Imran Nazar Hosein
- Occupations
- philosopherschool teacher'ālimwriter
- Biography
-
Imran Nazar Hosein is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic scholar, author and philosopher, who specializes in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and other books.
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Marlon James
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
-
Marlon James is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022). Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the U.S., James teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also a faculty lecturer at St. Francis College's Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing.
General information
| Alternative names | UWI |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1948 |
| Motto | Oriens ex occidente lux |
| Colors | red |
Location and contacts
| Address | Mona Jamaica |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 (876) 927 1660 |
| Fax | +1 (876) 927 2765 |