The UWI is a regional university of higher education learning and research, which has been charged with the mission of advancing education and creating knowledge through excellence in teaching, research, innovation, public service, intellectual leadership and outreach in order to support the inclusive (social, economic, political, cultural and environmental) development of the Caribbean region and beyond. The UWI has its Centre Headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica and operates from the following Campuses: the Mona Campus situated at Mona in Kingston, Jamaica; the Cave Hill Campus situated at Cave Hill in Barbados; the St. Augustine Campus situated at St. Augustine and Debe in Trinidad and Tobago, the Five Islands Campus situated at St. John’s in Antigua and Barbuda and the UWI Global Campus, which serves seventeen countries within the Caribbean region inclusive of the four aforementioned territories. The Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, established in 1921 was the basis for the founding of the UWI, St. Augustine Campus in 1960. Over the last few decades, in addition to Agriculture, the UWI added several programmes in Engineering, Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Science and Technology, and Sports.
The UWI has a large number of faculty members with expertise in Earth Observation, Geospatial Information Sciences and Hazard-specific expertise with. Our staff listing is categorised Faculties and Departments. See https://sta.uwi.edu/faculties/ for the different faculties. Many of our experts are located in the Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, and the Faculty of Science and Technology.
The University of the West Indies has two facilities that support the provision of geospatial data and space-based information:
The Geospatial Observation Centre that supports the download, processing and analysis of Satellite imagery for Latin America and the Caribbean region
The University of the West Indies offers academic programmes, training workshops, continuous professional education, and professional services. These include:
Certificate program in Geographic Information Systems, BSc Geomatics Engineering, BSc. Geography, MSc. MPhil. And PhD Geoinformatics
Capacity Building Training courses in Earth Observation, GIS, GeoAI, Cartography, Aerial and Terrestrial Remote Sensing
Professional development training for Geomatics Engineers, Urban Planners, GIS practitioners
Building awareness through outreach activities at the local, regional and international levels;
Professional support to public and private sector organisations through development and consulting projects
Focal Point:
Dr. Olabanji Aladejana Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management Faculty of Engineering UWI St. Augustine, EMR, St. Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies
A New Study Highlights the Growing Impact of Compound Extreme Events
A recent study published in Science Advances finds that tropical cyclones undergoing rapid intensification over marine heatwaves can lead to substantially more serious economic damages. Analysing nearly 800 landfalling storms worldwide between 1981 and 2023, the research shows that such cyclones can generate almost double the economic losses of storms not influenced by these anomalously warm ocean conditions.
The WARM project by Marple GmbH demonstrates how freely available satellite data and machine learning can track flood, drought, and pollution events in real time, with implications for water managers and disaster risk authorities worldwide.
This is event is available for participation on an ongoing basis
Geospatial Information for a Sustainable and Resilient World
Thursday, April 30, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (CET)
This webinar is convened by the United Nations Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre (UN-GGKIC), within the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in close collaboration with the Bureau, its task team on climate, environment and disaster resilience, and the Working Group on Geospatial Information for Disaster Risk Management, as part of the Geo-Empower Webinar Series.
Kathmandu, Nepal, 19–21 April 2026 — Nepal has taken an important step forward in enhancing disaster preparedness by hosting its first National Flood Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) focused on End-to-End Early Warning Systems (EWS) and Anticipatory Action (AA).
