History
Established by an Act of Parliament in 1974, The College was created through the amalgamation of four institutions: The Bahamas Teachers' College, San Salvador Teachers' College, C. R. Walker Technical College and the sixth form programme of The Government High School.
Education
As it transitions to university status, the institution will continue to deliver excellent undergraduate teaching while developing new undergraduate and graduate programmes, increasing research and innovation activities, and focusing its work in areas crucial to national development.
Research
After more than thirty-five years of serving The Bahamas, first as a two-year institution, then as a four-year degree-granting College, COB became The University of The Bahamas.
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The University of The Bahamas Student Reviews & Awards
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Inspiring Innovation and Discovery.
Truthfully it is a great place to study however the university is not advanced, and the infrastructure is old and antiquated. The university tends to prolong and hinder your time there since classes are not flexible for working adults.
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I had a good experience with my university
Difficult
At the University of the Bahamas, the lecturers do not believe in assisting you with understanding the lesson. They believe that you must teach yourself everything.
Student services
Among the core values of The College is the belief that the goal of higher education should be to produce students who are well-rounded intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and able to cooperate and work with others for the common good. While pursuing their academic careers, students must also be assisted to develop health and rewarding lifestyles.
Housing services
The principal campus of The College of The Bahamas system, the Oakes Field Campus (OFC), is highly urbanised, situated within two miles of the centre of Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas.
Library services
The College of The Bahamas Libraries and Instructional Media Services Department (LIMS) is a system of three libraries: Harry C. Moore Library and Information Centre [HCML] (the main library) located at the Oakes Field Campus, Hilda Bowen Library (HBL) at the Grosvenor Close Campus (off Shirley Street) and the Northern Campus Library (NCL) at the Northern Bahamas Campus in East Grand Bahama.
ICT services
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) has responsibility for the development, provision and maintenance of communications and information technology at the College and for supporting the teaching and learning processes at The College. OIT maintains a network infrastructure built upon a single-mode, 12-strand fibre optic loop that spans the Oakes Field Campus.
Campus life
The principal campus of The College of The Bahamas system, the Oakes Field Campus (OFC), is highly urbanised, situated within two miles of the centre of Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas.