University College of The Caribbean

The University College of The Caribbean, is Jamaica's largest privately held tertiary education consortium. UCC was established in January 2004 from an amalgamation of the Institute of Management Sciences and the Institute of Management and Production . In preparing students for an increasingly complex and diverse society, the UCC has developed a number of programmes to provide the knowledge and skills to help students succeed wiprogrammes ld community. Their range of programmes cover local Associate and bachelor's degrees and overseas bachelor's and master's degree programmes, offered in partnership with internationally recognized universities such as the Florida International University, Florida Memorial University and the University of LondonIn the early 1990s, Jamaica was faced with what seemed then to be an insoluble problem: The country was losing thousands of young, ambitious individuals who sought higher education opportunities overseas because there were not many recognised higher education programmes on the island for further development through formal training.Increase access to higher educationHigher education programmes were proving to be an expensive option that was only available to a few Jamaicans who could afford them. In addition, the country was losing a number of trained persons seeking additional educational and employment opportunities overseas; this was costing the government more to train and recruit additional personnel. The Chairman and President (formerly a chemical process engineer at Petrojam) saw a great entrepreneurial opportunity and recognised that something had to be done to provide more accessible, high quality and flexible higher education training programmes to Jamaicans in both urban and rural areas. This resulted in the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), which has since grown to become one of the most respected private higher education institutions in Jamaica.