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University of the Virgin Islands

The University of the Virgin Islands opened on St. Thomas in July 1963 three miles from the capital of Charlotte Amalie.  A second campus opened on St. Croix in 1964.  The first baccalaureate degrees were awarded in 1970, and in 1976 the college awarded its first master's degrees in education. Two years later, master's degree programs in business administration and public administration were instituted on both campuses.

UVI is a public liberal arts-based Masters II university, a Historically Black College and University, and a Land-Grant institution. Today, UVI has a combined enrollment of approximately 2,500 full-time, part-time and graduate students on its two campuses. It continues to offer a high-quality, affordable liberal arts education and professional programs in a culturally diverse environment. The University's objective is to be recognized as the leading American institution of higher learning in the Caribbean.

Academic Divisions and Graduate Degrees

The university has five academic divisions: Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nursing, and Science and Mathematics. The graduate programs consist of a Specialist Degree in Education Specialist in School Psychology and Master of Arts in Education, Master of Arts in Mathematics for Secondary Teachers, Master of Business Administration, Master of Marine and Environmental Science, and Master of Public Administration.

Faculty

The faculty is comprised of 225 highly qualified, full-time and part-time members. Sixty-three percent of the full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees. Faculty members represent diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, from the mainland U.S., the Virgin Islands and abroad.

Alumni

The University boasts more than 5,000 alumni who have gone on to excel as professionals in many fields, as physicians, attorneys, judges, university administrators, teachers and heads of state. Among the many accomplishments of UVI students and graduates are two Rhodes Scholars and an alumnus who won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.