Over 36 years ago, Professor Lalor along with then Vice Chancellor, Aston Preston, recognized the role that nuclear technology could play in the advancement of inter-disciplinary work, wth imputs from Natural Science, Medical Science and the Social Sciences; this resulted in the installation of the SLOWPOKE-2 Research Reactor at ICENs(formerly the Center for Nuclear Sciences) as the flagship of the institution.
Our multi-disciplinary approach is particularly poignant in today’sclosely interdependent and interconnected world, where it is nowrecognized that environmental, agricultural, nutritional and health problems are increasingly shaped by the same powerful forces.
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Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
