was Sir Alister McIntyre, who served from 1988 to 1998, followed by alumnus and Professor Emeritus Rex Nettleford, who served from 1998 to 2004. The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who succeeded Professor E. Nigel Harris in May 2015.
The University of the West Indies Museum catalogues and exhibits some of the university's history.
== University of the West Indies system ==
The UWI is the largest, longest-serving education provider in the Commonwealth Caribbean, with five constituent campuses:
The following are the satellite campuses of the university system:
Mount Hope Campus in Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago (houses the Faculty of Medical Sciences of UWI St. Augustine)
St. Augustine South Campus at Debe in the Penal–Debe region, Trinidad and Tobago (extension campus of UWI St. Augustine)
Western Jamaica Campus in Montego Bay, Jamaica (extension campus of UWI Mona)
Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management in Nassau, Bahamas (extension campus of UWI Mona)
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