UCC News & Updates

UCC Achieves UCJ Institutional Accreditation!

KINGSTON, Jamaica: July 12, 2020 --The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Jamaica’s largest private non-affiliated tertiary institution, which was registered as a University College by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) in 2007, has recently been granted Institutional Accreditation. This coveted and highly sought-after status makes the UCC, which was formally established just fifteen years ago, as one of only four higher education institutions in Jamaica currently, of the eighty that have been registered with the UCJ, to have obtained such accreditation, to date, joining the University of the West Indies (UWI), the University of Technology (UTECH), and the Northern Caribbean University (NCU). 

UCC Online Student Enrolment more than Doubles this Summer

(KINGSTON, Jamaica: Friday, 29 May 2020) The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is seeing an unprecedented approximate 230% increase in course registrations for the Summer 2020 semester, since switching to 100% online modality, compared to their Summer 2019 enrolment numbers.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The UCC moved all classes online as of Sunday, March 15, 2020, which has continued for their Summer 2020 programs which begun earlier this week.

As Coronavirus COVID-19 Spreads, UCC Offers Free Accounts to Companies in Jamaica and the Caribbean for Launching Online Corporate University Platform

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) Online commits to ensuring training continues during a time when concerned companies & students may have to call a halt to in-person training.

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) moves all face-to-face classes online as of March 15, 2020

[KINGSTON, JAMAICA, March 13, 2020] The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has informed our students that all classes will be conducted online, from Sunday, March 15, 2020. 

UCC is pleased to assure students that there will be no interruption to their programme of studies, and all appropriate support, including help lines and desks, will be provided to ensure an excellent online learning, teaching and student evaluation experience. 

UCC to provide Scholarships for Incarcerated Persons

Kingston, January 6, 2020 –The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), the Ministry of National Security through the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and Stand Up for Jamaica, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide full tuition scholarships valued at J$1.5Million per year to four qualified inmates and one correctional officer from the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre.

Under the MOU, which is expected to span approximately two years, UCC will cover tuition, application and miscellaneous fees, while the Department of Correctional Services and Stand Up for Jamaica will provide an equipped lab, books, materials, tutorial and other student support services for the participants in pursuit of an online Associate of Science Degree in Business Administration.