Universities and Colleges in Grenada
Tertiary education centres on the T A Marryshow Community College, which hosts an open campus of the regional University of the West Indies. T A Marryshow Community College was established in 1988 when Grenada National College merged with several other tertiary institutions including Grenada Teachers College, Grenada Technical and Vocational Institute, and the Institute for Further Education. TA Marryshow Community College offers courses in Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and Advanced GCE subjects; associate degree programmes in arts and sciences; teacher training; and in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The University of the West Indies has its main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. St George’s University – founded in 1977 – is an offshore American university specialising in medicine, offering bacehlor, masters and doctorate degrees. The University has had nearly 11,000 graduates; which include physicians, veterinarians, scientists, and public health and business professionals across the world. The female–male ratio for gross enrolment in tertiary education is 0.68:1 (2009).