The first one in the top 5 best universities in Jamaica that Toplist would like to introduce to you is University of the West Indies. The University of the West Indies (UWI), formerly known as the University College of the West Indies, is a public university system in the Caribbean that was established to serve the higher education needs of residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Luci Each country is either a Commonwealth of Nations member or a British Overseas Territory. The university's goal is to help "unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth" in the West Indies, allowing for greater regional autonomy. The university began as an independent external college of the University of London.

Students from the university have excelled in a variety of fields, including the arts and sciences, business, politics, and sports. Three Nobel Laureates, 72 Rhodes Scholars, three Gates Cambridge Scholarship winners, one Emmy award winner, one Man Booker Prize winner, one American Book Awards winner, multiple Commonwealth Short Story Prize winners, 18 current or former Caribbean Heads of Government, an Olympic gold medalist, and other award winners are among the notable alumni and faculty. The university's cricket team used to compete in West Indian domestic cricket, but it now plays as part of a Combined Campuses and Colleges team.

The UWI system's headquarters are located on the Mona campus in Jamaica. Apart from UWI Mona, UWI has four major university campuses: UWI Cave Hill (Barbados), UWI St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago), UWI Five Islands (Antigua and Barbuda), and the regional UWI Open Campus in UWI-funding Caribbean nations.

Country rank: 1

World rank: 5141

Website: www.uwi.edu

The second one in the top 5 best universities in Jamaica that Toplist would like to introduce to you is University of Technology, Jamaica. The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Ja.), previously known as the College of Arts, Science, and Technology, is a public university in Jamaica. In 1958, the Jamaica Institute of Technology was established. The College of Arts, Science, and Technology (CAST) was established the following year and was formally recognized by an Act of Parliament in 1964. In 1986, it was granted degree-awarding authority, and a governing council and academic board were formed. On 1 September 1995, the college was granted university status under its current name, and permanent provision for the university was made by the University of Technology, Jamaica Act 27, which became law on 29 June 1999.

University of Technology, Jamaica grew from just over 50 students and four programs in 1958 to become one of Jamaica's top tertiary education institutions, with a student population of over 12,000 today. It now offers over 90 certificate, diploma, and degree programs through its five faculties and three colleges.

The University of Technology, Jamaica has eight colleges and faculties that offer courses:

• College of Business & Management (COBAM)
• College of Health Sciences (COHS)
• Faculty of Education & Liberal Studies (FELS)
• Faculty of Engineering & Computing (FENC)
• Faculty of Law (FOL)
• Faculty of Science & Sport (FOSS)
• Faculty of The Built Environment (FOBE)
• Joint Colleges of Medicine, Oral Health & Veterinary Sciences

The University Council of Jamaica has either accredited or granted Candidacy for Accreditation status to the university's degrees. The Commonwealth Association of Architects also recognizes BArch and MArch degrees.

Country rank: 2

World rank: 6683

Website: utech.edu.jm

Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a private, liberal-arts university in Jamaica that is owned and operated by the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission (ACUM) of Seventh-day Adventists. With its main campus in Manchester, just two miles south of Mandeville town, and three other campuses in Kingston, Montego Bay, and Salem Runaway Bay, St. Ann, the university offers a variety of professional, pre-professional, and vocational programs in a spiritually wholesome and aesthetically pleasing environment. NCU, founded in 1907, now has an average yearly enrollment of over 5,000 students from up to 35 countries. It is part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, which is the world's second largest Christian school system and is the largest English-speaking Seventh-day Adventist tertiary institution in the world.

Northern Caribbean University, formerly known as West Indian Training School, is Jamaica's oldest private tertiary institution. It began in 1907 with only eight students and offered only courses up to the twelfth grade. Following a brief closure in 1913, it reopened in 1919. It was renamed West Indian Training College in 1936. It evolved into a junior college as its offerings expanded to include theology, teacher education, secretarial science, business, and natural sciences. It was elevated to the status of senior college in the late 1950s when it began to offer the bachelor's degree in Theology, and it was renamed West Indies College in 1959. Baccalaureate programs in over twenty other disciplines have been added since then. The Jamaican government granted the college university status in 1999, and it was renamed Northern Caribbean University. The university currently offers graduate and post-graduate programs in the sciences, religion, business, and education.

Country rank: 3

World rank: 7118

Website: www.ncu.edu.jm

The fourth one in the top 5 best universities in Jamaica that Toplist would like to introduce to you is University of the Commonwealth Caribbean. The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC, formerly known as University College of the Caribbean) is one of Jamaica's largest privately held tertiary education institutions, with seven campuses spread across six parishes. In 2017, the University of Jamaica offered professional certificate, diploma, associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs, as well as customized training programs. UCC was established in 2004 as a result of the 2002 merger of the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), founded in 1992, and the Institute of Management & Production (IMP), founded in 1976.

The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is registered and recognized by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), Jamaica's official tertiary education accreditation body. It also has international institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Services for Independent Colleges and Universities in the United Kingdom (ASIC). The UCC is also a registered centre with the University of London.

Country rank: 4

World rank: 9655

Website: ucc.edu.jm

The last one in the top 5 best universities in Jamaica that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Mico University College. The Mico University College (The Mico) is a higher education institution in Kingston, Jamaica. The Lady Mico Charity established the Mico in 1835, one of four teacher training institutions established during this period in the British colonies, and the only one to survive to the present day. As a result, the institution is the oldest teacher education institution in the Western Hemisphere and the English-speaking world.

Mico University College was founded as a non-denominational Christian college that serves both male and female students. The institution has grown and changed over the years, both physically and in terms of its academic programs.

Over the years, the Mico has provided certificate, diploma, and degree programs in:

• early childhood education
• primary education
• secondary education
• special education
• education administration

Bachelor's and master's degree programs in computer science, language and literacy, information studies, literature and literacy, guidance and counselling, physical education, social studies, school management and leadership, special education, early childhood education, geography and environmental studies, heritage studies, history and culture, arts in education, science education, mathematics education are among the new programs offered by the institution.

After successfully completing four years of study, the primary and secondary programs at Mico University College result in a BEd (specialization). The University Council of Jamaica has accredited or is in the process of accrediting all BEd degrees.

Country rank: 5

World rank: 11343

Website: www.themico.edu.jm