Pioneering Past and Bright of Impactful Research and Scholarly Achievements

“EXCELLENCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE” P A G E 7 INTRODUCTION UTech, Jamaica & Vision 2030 The “Objects” of UTech, Jamaica The “objects” of the new University, as set out in the Act, would be to: The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica), which is the publicly-funded national University, is committed to conducting high-impact, inter-disciplinary, and applied research in focal areas derived from the specialised disciplines within the university and relevant to economic and social problems of the society. This is ensured by aligning research focus areas with national goals and priorities for development as articulated in the country’s long-term development plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica. In other words, UTech, Jamaica has positioned itself to produce impactful research solutions to economic and social problems. The University was established by Act of the Jamaican Parliament in 1999 as an upgrade from college to university of the College of Arts Science and Technology (CAST), which had been operating since 1958 as a polytechnic-type training institution. • Advance education and development of technology through a variety of patterns, levels and modes of study and by a diversity of means by encouraging and developing learning and creativity for sustainable development for the benefit of the people of Jamaica, the Caribbean and elsewhere; • Preserve, advance and disseminate knowledge and culture through teaching, scholarship and research; • Make available the results of such research and service; and • Promote wisdom and understanding by the example and influence of corporate life.” The powers granted to the University of Technology, Jamaica included the power “to make provision for research and research training for the preservation and advancement of knowledge in such manner and through such media as the University may determine.”