Charter Day : 10th November 2016

President (Acting): Janyne Hodder

Antecedent: 

  • The College of The Bahamas
  • The Bahamas Teachers’ College
  • San Salvador Teachers’ College
  • C.R. Walker Technical College
  • Sixth form programme of The Government High School

Location: Campuses in New Providence, Grand Bahama and San Salvador, with satellite campuses in Abaco and Exuma

Motto: Knowledge Truth Integrity

Athletics Brand: UB Mingoes

University Colours: UB blue and white

Degree Programmes: Master’s, Diploma, Baccalaureate, Associate

ub-at-a-glance

Approximately 20,000

  • University of The Bahamas Oakes Field Campus, New Providence
  • Grosvenor Close Centre, New Providence
  • University of The Bahamas-North, Grand Bahama
  • Gerace Research Institute, San Salvador
  • Master’s
  • Diploma
  • Baccalaureate
  • Associate
  • Certificate

Faculty: 202 (full-time); 214 (part-time) as of September 2020

Staff: 442 as of September 2020

443 (Spring 2020)

Females: 335 (76%)

Males: 108 (24%)

Diploma: 10

Baccalaureate: 360

Associate: 58

Certificate: 15

Bahamian Rate

  • $100 per credit for 100 and 200 level courses
  • $150 per credit for 300 and 400 level courses

International Rate

  • $200 per credit
  • American Association of Colleges & Universities Council on Education
  • American College Student Personnel Association – International
  • American Library Association
  • Association of American Colleges & Universities
  • Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions
  • Association of Caribbean Universities, Research and Institutional Libraries
  • Bahamas Chamber of Commerce
  • Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education
  • Caribbean Association of Law Libraries
  • Council on Higher Education Accreditation
  • Council of Undergraduate Research
  • Consortium of Overseas Teaching
  • Illinois Researcher Information Services
  • Institute of International Education
  • International Association of Law Libraries
  • International Association of Universities
  • International Federation of Library Associations
  • Medical Library Association
  • Society for College and University Planning
  • UB Formal Entrance
  • Franklyn R. Wilson Graduate Centre
  • G.T.R. Campbell Small Island Sustainability Complex
  • BTC Technology and Innovation Laboratory
  • University of The Bahamas-North Residential Facility
  • Oakes Field Campus Residential Facility
  • University Residence and Multi-Purpose Complex
  • University of The Bahamas-North Campus