 ug revised administrative fees were approved by duly constituted body of the university council ug revised administrative fees were approved by duly constituted body of the university council ug revised administrative fees were approved by duly constituted body of the university council webmaster mon 2052018 2127 new administrative rates for the provision of services for prospective and current students and graduates at the university of guyana were approved at a special meeting of the finance and general purposes committee f gpc on thursday june 1 2017 the f gpc is a statutory arm of the university council the council itself includes representatives from the university of guyana students society ugss the ministries of education and finance the private sector the trades union council civic bodies the campus unions and the administration the immediate past president of the ugss participated in the meeting that approved the new fees apart from tuition and facilities fees there are other expenses associated with studying at the university these are commonly called administrative fees and they cover a wide range of services including fees for processing applications for degree diploma and certificate programmes adjusted from 500 to 1000 and late applications adjusted from 2000 to 3000 late registration adjusted from 10000 to 12000 supplemental examinations adjusted from 1500 to 5000 the cost of personal transcripts will move from 3000 to 5000 some services were entirely free and now attract a fee included here are the resit examinations which now cost 6000 and letters for students that are used for visa applications and other purposes they now will attract a charge of 5000 importantly these fees are only payable if use is made of the services to which they relate thus the new administrative fees do not affect all students indeed some fees do not affect current students they affect graduates seeking transcripts and other services a significant proportion of the request for transcripts comes from graduates residing abroad and dispatching those transcripts carries additional costs further it is to be noted that the administrative fees were last adjusted by the university about a decade ago a comparative analysis of administrative fees being paid at other local tertiary institutions reveals that the new ug fees are far from exorbitant as adjustments to service fees are being made at the university of guyana at this juncture it must be underscored that over the past two years students at the university have been witnessing numerous improvements that directly enhance their learning environment and educational experience these include construction of a modern student social complex that would be commissioned by the start of the 2018 2019 academic year air conditioning of the george walcott lecture theatre gwlt and the small lecture theatre slt and the installation of new bathrooms in in the gwlt improved wifi access at turkeyen tain and the dennis irvine hall new pa systems in the lecture halls and placement of fans in classrooms extended service hours of the registry and the bursary including opening on saturdays and partnering with gtt to offer mobile money to enhance services to students provided g 100000 each to 13 students and three staffers who were fire victims in cummings lodge and in berbice in addition the university started the etiquette training programme for student leaders paid for from the vicechancellor s fund with 56 student leaders being the first beneficiaries created the undergraduate research programme hosted successful inaugural student research conferences at turkeyen and tain and funded students to travel to attend conferences in trinidad florida georgia and elsewhere the university also began processing and dispatching transcripts for current and past students within 72 hours of request opened a new registry building with larger space for the delivery of enhanced student services and opened a fullyairconditioned new classroom building called the sebi building began offering counselling and medical services monthly to students at the berbice campus and the institute of distance and continuing education centers at anna regina new amsterdam and linden and improved the facilities at the denis irvine hall of residence at goedverwagting and the new building society hall of residence at the turkeyen campus the new administrative fees were approved by the f gpc last year with the understanding that they would be instituted during the 20172018 academic year it is envisaged that with additional resources student services at the university of guyana will be further enhanced during this year and beyond vice chancellor professor ivelaw griffith noted that while none of us wish to add to the costs of our students educational experiences the practical reality is that running the university costs and the government subvention does notand cannot be expected tocover all the costs he added for instance when the new student social complex is opened later this year the university will have to bear additional costs of utilities for the facility moreover that is not the only new or renovated facility for which we have to cater finally it is to be stressed that at no point did the vicechancellor the registrar or any other senior official act unilaterally in instituting the revised fees the new rates initially were to take effect from january 1 2018 but they were deferred to be effective from march 1 2018 after formal and extensive engagements with the current ugss president and executive members in a spirit of genuine and transparent collaboration ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 60 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management business entrepreneurship tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division february 3 2018  fees tuition rates 