UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS MARKS ITS SIXTH CHARTER ANNIVERSARY TODAY ON A SOLEMN YET OPTIMISTIC NOTE. ON 10TH NOVEMBER 2016, THE INSTITUTION FORMALLY TRANSITIONED FROM THE COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS TO UNIVERSITY OF THE BAHAMAS. UB IS OBSERVING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS CHARTER MONTH WITH A SLATE OF ACTIVITIES BEING HELD TO COMMEMORATE THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE. UB PRESIDENT DR. ERIK ROLLAND SAYS AS THE UNIVERSITY GROWS AND DEVELOPS IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAY HOMAGE TO ITS FOUNDATION AND THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED TO BUILD A VIBRANT INSTITUTION: 

SOT: PRESIDENT DR. ERIK ROLLAND 
IN CUE: WHILE UB WAS FORMALISED NOVEMBER 2016… 
OUT CUE:…NATIONAL UNIVERSITY WITH A GLOBAL IMPACT 

ACCORDING TO THE CHARTER OF UB, WHICH IS ENSHRINED IN THE UB ACT, THE INSTITUTION WAS FOUNDED FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE BY TEACHING AND RESEARCH AND FOR THE PROVISION OF A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. THE MISSION OF UB IS INTEGRAL TO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAHAMAS.