The Department of Life Sciences seeks to realize the University's mission by making available, through excellence in teaching, research and outreach, high quality education and training for students of biology such that they are prepared to function as biologists in the regional and global arena.
The department is committed to providing a range of high quality, innovative and relevant courses to students. Our aim is to challenge students with in-depth knowledge of the field and provide them with an understanding of the wider context of their chosen subject area.
The Department of Life Sciences has a lecture theatre and six seminar rooms which are utilized for the delivery of lectures and the hosting of tutorials. In addition to these facilities, there are several others available throughout the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences that are used for the delivery
Our department also maintains various marine laboratories, namely the Port Royal Marine Laboratory and the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory. Moreover our Discovery Bay Marine Lab is operated as a central facility by the Centre for Marine Sciences.
In our department we house one of the two herbaria in Jamaica. The Life Sciences Herbarium currently houses over 35,000 plant specimens collected in Jamaica, and as such, may be regarded as a small- to medium-sized herbarium.
For information about the courses offered by the Department, please visit the Courses page or additionally, you may download the Handbook in PDF.*
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.
Discovery Bay Marine Lab
Port Royal Marine Lab
