 about about all about turkeyen campus the university of guyana ug was established on october 1 1963 following assent being given to the university of guyana ordinance on april 18 1963 by governor sir ralph grey when it opened its doors on october 2 1963 ug functioned as an evening institution with only 164 students enrolled for classes in three faculties arts natural sciences and social sciences classes were held between 1730 h and 2130 h at the government technical institute and queen s college where laboratory facilities could be shared learn more all about berbice campus one of the university s most significant undertakings was the formation of the berbice campus this relatively new campus which became operational in 2000 was established with the intention of making university education more accessible to berbicans who previously endured the inconvenience of traveling to the turkeyen campus to pursue university studies in its early stages the university of guyana berbice campus ugbc offered twoyear undergraduate certificate programs in education various options and diploma programs in accountancy english history marketing public management and social work degree programs were subsequently offered the degree in agriculture and the associate degree in general science various options were offered in the 20012002 academic year and degrees in public management and education as well as the postgraduate diploma in education in education were offered in the 20022003 academic year recently in the academic year 20122013 the bachelor s degree in social work was offered and in 20132014 the bachelor s degree in biology the first graduation ceremony was held in november 2002 with a batch of ninetythree students learn more turkeyen campus the university of guyana is guyana s sole national higher education institution it was established in april 1963 with the following mission to discover generate disseminate and apply knowledge of the highest standard for the service of the community the nation and of all mankind within an atmosphere of academic freedom that allows for free and critical enquiry it began its operations on october 1 of the same year at queens college compound the nation s premier secondary school before moving to the turkeyen campus in 1970 at first programmes were confined to the arts natural sciences and social sciences a faculty of education was created in 1967 and this was followed by the faculty of technology in 1969 now faculty of engineering and technology the faculty of agriculture 1977 and health sciences 1981 the latter as an outgrowth of natural sciences the institute for adult and continuing education began as an extramural arm in 1976 in 1996 the institute was renamed the institute of distance and continuing education idce a forestry unit was established in 1987 and it subsequently became part of the faculty of agriculture and forestry and in 2003 the faculties of arts and education merged to become the school of education and humanities now faculty of education and humanities additionally the turn of the millennium saw the formation of the school of earth and environmental sciences sees born of the merger of the geography department and the environmental studies unit also created were the biodiversity centre which is pertinent to the activities pursued by sees and the faculty of agriculture and forestry and a centre for information technology cit which serves the entire university the university of guyana expanded in 2000 with the addition of the berbice campus at tain corentyne in october 2016 as part of a broader reorganisation sees was transformed into the faculty of earth and environmental sciences fees and in 2017 the school of entrepreneurship and business innovation was created the university offers certificate diploma associate degree undergraduate degree graduate postgraduate degree and professional degree programmes these programmes are delivered through seven faculties and one school each of which is headed by a dean agriculture and forestry earth and environmental studies education and humanities engineering and technology entrepreneurship and business innovation health sciences natural sciences and social sciences more than 116 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are available including computer science engineering entrepreneurship environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry supply chain management and nursing extramural classes are available at four locations through the institute of distance and continuing education idce in the city of georgetown region 4 and the towns of anna regina essequibo region 2 linden upper demerara region 10 and new amsterdam berbice region 6 several online programmes are also available the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities the institution had a 2017 enrolment of some 8000 students and it has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally in all professional fields of endeavour the university is a major contributor to the public and private sectors and to the national economy tain campus one of the university s most significant undertakings was the formation of the berbice campus this relatively new campus which became operational in 2000 was established with the intention of making university education more accessible to berbicans who previously endured the inconvenience of traveling to the turkeyen campus to pursue university studies in its early stages the university of guyana berbice campus ugbc offered twoyear undergraduate certificate programs in education various options and diploma programs in accountancy english history marketing public management and social work degree programs were subsequently offered the degree in agriculture and the associate degree in general science various options were offered in the 20012002 academic year and degrees in public management and education as well as the postgraduate diploma in education were offered in the 20022003 academic year recently in the academic year 20122013 the bachelor s degree in social work was offered and in 20132014 the bachelor s degree in biology the first graduation ceremony was held in november 2002 with a batch of ninetythree students in terms of faculties and educational resources the berbice campus has shown significant developments the computer laboratory and the ugbc library constructed in 2000 have both undergone structural expansion to accommodate more resources computers and books for the growing number of students the teaching block erected in april 2002 and comprising fourteen classrooms was also designed to facilitate the increasing student population another noteworthy addition to the berbice campus was the johns science centre opened in 2006 and located at the johnsville site in keeping with the spirit of development lecturers have been instrumental in forming clubs that would promote students participation in extracurricular activities these clubs include the sports club the environmental club and the ugbc cultural club a hard court was completed in october 2008 to facilitate students involvement in sports the university of guyana berbice campus has played an elemental role in qualifying both guyanese and foreign students and with the assistance from the turkeyen campus government and private organizations alumni groups and the guyanese community ugbc will continue to fulfill its obligation to produce intellectually competent men and women who will be of service to the community the nation and all mankind webmaster tue 6142022 1514  