<p>Professor Ivelaw Griffith, C.C.H, Tenth Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Guyana is please to make the following announcements as part of the university's preparation for the First Oil and Beyond.</p>

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<h2 class="rtecenter">The Faculty of Technology&nbsp;</h2>

<p class="rtecenter">has been renamed the</p>

<h1 class="rtecenter">Faculty Of Engineering &amp; Technology</h1>

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<p>A new department of <strong>Pertroleum and Geological Engineering</strong> in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology is being planned for operation from January 2019.</p>

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<p>A Consortium for Post-secondary Institutions <strong>The Higher Education Consortium on Engineering and Mining</strong> - is being established to&nbsp;streamlined and strengthen education delivery and</p>

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<p><strong>New Associate and Masters degree programmes in Petroleum Engineering</strong> will be offered from January 2019 in conjunction with the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the University of the West Indies.</p>

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<h2 class="rtecenter"><u>New Programmes</u></h2>

<p>The University will also be offering several new degree programmes:</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Bachelor of Nursing (Berbice Campus, September 2018)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Associate of Civil Engineering (Berbice Campus, September 2018)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Bachelor oh Psychology (September 2019)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Masters in Psychology (September 2019)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Bachelor in Youth Work (January 2019)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Masters in Medicine - Orthopaedics and Traumatology (September 2018)</p>

<p>&nbsp;- Bachelor of Science in Food Safety (January 2019)</p>

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