{{Short description|University in Jamaica}} {{Infobox university | name = Northern Caribbean University | image_name = Logo_of_ncu.jpg | motto = {{langx|la|Ubi Semper Discimus}} | mottoeng = "Where learning never ends" | established = {{start date and age|1907}} | type = Private | faculty = 941<ref name="autogenerated1">[https://archive.today/20130702182518/http://www.ncu.edu.jm/AboutUs/FastFactsAboutNCU.aspx Northern Caribbean University - Fast Facts About NCU]</ref> | president = Lincoln Edwards, Ph.D. | students = 5,993<ref name="autogenerated1"/> | city = Mandeville, Kingston, Montego Bay, Runaway Bay | campus = {{convert|200|acre|km2}}<ref name="autogenerated1" /> | colours = Blue & Yellow | website = [http://www.ncu.edu.jm www.ncu.edu.jm] }} {{Location map |Jamaica |label = Northern Caribbean University |position = |lat = 18.016 |long = -77.499 |width = 250 |float = right |caption = }}
'''Northern Caribbean University''' (NCU) is a university in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica.
NCU, founded in 1907, is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and also has campuses in Kingston, Montego Bay, and Runaway Bay. The university offers a number of professional, pre-professional and vocational programmes.
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.<ref>{{Cite news|title=For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists|work=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1115/For-real-education-reform-take-a-cue-from-the-Adventists|access-date=2023-01-01|issn=0882-7729}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |title=Seventh-day Adventists - Christian Denomination | Religion Facts |access-date=2017-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323223151/http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/denominations/seventh_day_adventist.htm |archive-date=2015-03-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church |url=http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2017-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017005947/http://education.gc.adventist.org/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://news.adventist.org/2003/04/worl-church-a-closer-look-at-higher-eucatio.html | title =World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education | first1 =Wendi | last1 =Rogers | first2 =Mark A. | last2 =Kellner | date =April 1, 2003 | publisher =Adventist News Network | access-date =2010-06-19 }}</ref>
==History==
Northern Caribbean University is the oldest private tertiary institution in Jamaica, and was first known as West Indian Training School. The school began with 8 students in 1907, as an institution offering courses only up to the twelfth grade. Following a temporary closure in 1913, it resumed operations in 1919. In 1936 the institution was renamed West Indian Training College. As its offerings developed to include theology, teacher education, secretarial science, business, and natural sciences, it became a junior college. The then institution achieved senior college status in the late 1950s, when it began to offer the bachelor's degree in Theology and was renamed West Indies College in 1959. Since then, baccalaureate programmes in several disciplines have been added. In 1999 the college was granted university status by the Jamaican Government, and was renamed Northern Caribbean University. Currently, the university offers over 70 graduate and post-graduate programs in the sciences, humanities, religion, business and education.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
==Hyacinth Chen Nursing School== {{main|Hyacinth Chen Nursing School}} The Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing was officially opened on the 10th of August 2008 on a location directly across from the Northern Caribbean University campus across from NCU's Dental Centre located in Mandeville, Jamaica.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
The school is owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica. The school is named in honour of Mrs. Hyacinth Chen, the mother of major donor, Michael Lee-Chin, Jamaican/Canadian businessman.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
==Awards== The university gained global exposure in the Microsoft Imagine Cup competition of 2007 where members of the school's Computer and Information Sciences department competing as Team ICAD took 3rd place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamaica Imagine Cup team places third|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070811/lead/lead5.html|access-date=9 February 2013|newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner|date=August 11, 2007}}</ref>
NCU was crowned regional champions in 2005, 2007, and 2009. In 2007, NCU Imagine Cup Team ICAD represented Jamaica and the region at the world finals in South Korea where it outclassed competitors from across the globe to place 3rd in the world.<ref>[http://news.ncu.edu.jm/news_item.aspx?NewsID=1163 News - Northern Caribbean University (NCU) .: Mandeville, Jamaica W.I. - 1-876-962-2204]</ref>
==Research== The university hosts a local research centre of the Ellen G. White Estate.<ref>{{cite web|title=International Research Centres|url=http://sop.interamerica.org/research-investigacin|access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref>
==Historic buildings== Several buildings on the NCU site have been declared as National Historic Sites by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, including Rose Cottage and the school's chapel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jnht.com/monuments.php|title=Jamaica National Heritage Trust - List of Declared Sites & Monuments |year=2005|publisher=JNHT|access-date=2009-09-03}}</ref><ref name="MB">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnht.com/heritage_site.php?id=285|title=Jamaica National Heritage Trust - Northern Caribbean University|year=2005|publisher=JNHT|access-date=2009-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908182754/http://www.jnht.com/heritage_site.php?id=285|archive-date=2009-09-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== * Stennett H. Brooks, president of the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist Churches<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20081221/lead/lead7.html|first=Kimberly|last=Whyte|title=NCU choir shines in the US|work=Jamaica Gleaner|date=2008-12-21|access-date=2013-04-09}}</ref> * Patrece Charles-Freeman, Jamaican public health expert<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110307/flair/flair1.html|first=Keisha|last=Shakespeare-Blackmore|title=Dr Patrece Charles-Freeman Expands Her Role|work=Jamaica Gleaner|date=2011-03-07|access-date=2013-04-09}}</ref> * Robert Miller, Jamaican member of parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jampja.org/parliamentarian/robert-miller/| title=Robert Miller |access-date=July 12, 2023 | website=Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Christianity}} * List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities * Seventh-day Adventist education
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==External links== * [http://www.ncu.edu.jm Northern Caribbean University official website] * [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.014937&lon=-77.498202&z=16&l=0&m=b&v=8 Aerial view]
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