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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL LINKAGES

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

The Office of International and Institutional Linkages

(OIIL) is mandated to spearhead the university’s

adoption of a more deliberate approach to

internationalization, expanding global engagement,

securing strategic alliances with the best in higher

education and society across the world, and

establishing a strong governance framework for all of

these activities.

UTech, Jamaica, Ja. has long established its reputation

for producing technically competent graduates, using

industrial partnerships to help prepare its students for

the workplace. International alliances will contribute

an added dimension to this preparation, enabling

our graduates to become better prepared for global

placement.

The Office negotiated and facilitated the establishment

of multi-year Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)

and Student Exchange Agreements with three

institutions – Humber College Institute of Advanced

Technology, Canada, University of Prince Edward

Island, Canada, and Virginia State University, USA.

Under these reciprocal arrangements, a limited number

of UTech, Jamaica undergraduate students from

the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management,

School of Business Administration, and the School

of Computing and Information Technology may take

courses for credit at these partner institutions and have

those credits transferred upon their return to UTech,

Jamaica to complete their degree. Five (5) UTech,

Jamaica students participated in these study abroad

arrangements in 2014/15.

Internationalisation

The internationalisation of UTech, Jamaica moved into

higher gear during academic year 2014/15. Eighteen

(18) new strategic institutional partners entered

into various Cooperation Agreements, Memoranda

of Understanding (MOUs), and Student Exchange

Agreements with UTech, Jamaica. These important

linkages in several areas of Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and related

applied academic disciplines advance UTech, Jamaica’s

vision to produce “…globally competent, versatile,

innovative entrepreneurial graduates…”.

The longer term objectives are to facilitate more

UTech, Jamaica students to have at least one learning

experience abroad before graduation, to receive more

international students from collaborating institutions for

study at UTech, Jamaica and to diversify the learning

environment at UTech, Jamaica.

The Office of International and Institutional Linkages

and the College of Health Sciences collaborated in

leading UTech, Jamaica’s re-entry into the arena of

medical marijuana. Memoranda of Understanding

Dr. Claire Sutherland

Senior Director