The UWI Cave Hill Orientation 2024!
 

Welcome freshers and congratulations on your admission to The UWI Cave Hill Campus!
Kick-start your academic journey by participating in the below listed orientation activities. Learn about our key university departments and how they will be working for you and receive vital information on academic and student support services. Engage in student life on campus and discover what university life is all about.  

Next stop! Orientation 2024, see you there!
Note that some sessions are face-to-face (F2F) and others are virtual.

TIME EVENT DATE
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Self-paced Online Orientation (all new students)  Opens August 7th
 
- Registration Buddy 
Click here to access registration links
August 12-30
9:00 a.m. Orientation Forum (all new students | F2F)
Location: Graduation Tent
August 23rd 
  Campus Tours
(Reserve via: www.tinyurl.com/OSSBookings | F2F)
August 23 -September 4
6:00 p.m. Parents And Partners Forum (Virtual) 
(Parents and partners of all new students)
August 23rd
5:00 p.m. Commencement Service (all new students | F2F)
Location: LT4, CLICO Centre for Teaching Excellence
August 25th
5:30 p.m. Post Graduate Orientation (New postgraduate students | F2F | Location: LT1, Roy Marshall Teaching Complex) August 27th
6:00 p.m. Orientation Session: Research Students (MPhil/PhD | F2F)
Location: Graduate Lecture Theatre, School of Graduate Studies & Research
August 29th
9:00 a.m. Resident Life Workshop (New Hall residents Only) 
Location: Henry Fraser Lecture Theatre
August 29th
6:00 p.m. Matriculation Ceremony (New Students Only) August 30th
- Freshers Island Tour
​(regional and international students | Reservations opening soon)
September 1st
- Orientation Fair & ICC Expo September 4th
2:00 p.m. First Year Experience Mixer | LT1, Roy Marshall Teaching Complex September 6th
RESOURCE CENTRES ORIENTATION SCHEDULE
  Sidney Martin Library Tour
August 27-29 @10am/3pm; September 3,5  @10am/3pm/5:30pm; September 6 @10am
September 9,11,12 @2:30pm/6pm; September 14 @11am
August 27-29
September 3,5,6

September 9,11,12,14
- Faculty of Law Library Tour  
- Faculty of Medical Sciences Library Tour (Call 271-1512 to schedule)  
11am CLR James Cricket Research Centre Library Tour September 5&12
- Elizabeth Watson Audiovisual Unit Tour
September 3,5 @11am; September 9,10 @3pm; September 11,14 @5:30pm
September 3,5,9,10,11&14
OTHER EVENTS
Job Fair March 2025
RBC Race for Kids March 2025
Guild Elections March 2025
Student Awards April 2025
Mathematics Proficiency Test (MPT) August 15 &16
English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) TBC


Blackbird Buzz Newsletter 
Find more information on the Orientation Activities by viewing the newsletter: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/m7PIHcnIXGHWOAjC?ref=Link 

 



New Students Checklist

Before registration, there are certain things every new student should ensure. Click here to view the new students checklist.
 

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to view answers to FAQs about orientation.
 

The Office of Student Services and Development
Tel.: (246) 417-4165/6/7 Fax: (246) 424-5348 | Email: studentservices@cavehill.uwi.edu