Applicants must satisfy the general entrance (matriculation) requirements of the University which are outlined below. If you need to discuss your own qualifications please contact the Admissions Section.

MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS:
Thereis no minimum age requirement for entry to undergraduate programmes at the University, except for applicants to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), and B.Sc. Physical Therapy who must be at least 18 years of age.
Applicants are required to satisfy the relevant University minimum entrance requirements for matriculation, either at Normal or Lower level, before being considered for admission to degree or other programmes.
FACULTY REQUIREMENTS
In addition, for admission to some degree programmes applicants are required to have qualifications in some specific subjects. These are referred to as Faculty Requirements and are stated in the relevant Faculty Regulations.

NORMAL MATRICULATION
(A) Passes in five subjects of which at least TWO must be at the CAPE/GCE A'Level while the remainder may be an acceptable pass in CXC(CSEC)/GCE/BGCSE Examinations. The following are acceptable :

Two 2-unit CAPE (Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination)
Six CAPE units including Caribbean Studies and Communication Studies.
(B) Other Qualifications to Full-Time Programmes

Associate Degrees from approved Caribbean Tertiary Level Instituitions with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.5 and above.
Holders of Associate Degrees from approved Caribbean Tertiary Level Instituitions are considered as having satisfied normal matriculation requirements for entry to certain faculties and in specific instances credit/exemption may be given in respect of Level I courses.
For the purpose of satisfying entry requirements, passes in subjects in the First Year examinations of the Faculties of Humanities and Education and Social Sciences and in Preliminary Level courses of the Faculties of Science and Agriculture, Pure and Applied Sciences of this University will be considered as the equivalent passes at the Advanced Level of the GCE examination.
Degrees from any university recognized by the Board of Undergraduate Studies for this purpose.
Persons with qualifications other than those stated above may also apply for admission.
Persons over age 21 and who do not fall in any of the above categories will be assessed on their overall professional/academic achievements.
LOWER LEVEL MATRICULATION
At least five (5) acceptable passes at CXC(CSEC)/GCE/BGCSE including English Language and ONE of the following; a Foreign Language, Mathematics, an approved Science subject ; Geography.

For the Faculties of Pure and Applied Science and Science and Agriculture, Mathematics and two (2) approved Science subjects are required.
For the Faculty of Social Sciences, Mathematics is required.

Sand,

I think Tryangle can answer your questions about admission requirements as he/she is a graduate of UWI. I do believe Tryangle mentioned GCE A level requirements.

All this arguement about the standard of UWI is irrelevant. It is ultimately counterintuitive that the government would effective subsidise a single University. They would do much better to take that money and offer more general scholarships to Bermudian students to anywhere. Noone can argue that there are indeed better institutions than UWI and that with a scholarship, a capable Bermudian could attend them, but this way they really only have one choice UWI or nothing, why not make better institutions available to those that are capable, instead of limiting them to a school that may be below their level and not take full advantage of their skills.

Scholarships are performance-based.  Bursaries are generally needs-based.  Then there are the majority of students in the C+/B- range who don't qualify for scholarships who belong to households whose incomes exceed the bursary cut-off but are not rich enough to afford $20K per year for overseas education.  I think the argument put forth is that if a government is going to assist the middle-of-the-pack students, their assistance is limited to UWI.

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