The University of Guyana wishes to advise that its Berbice leg of the Open Day and Job Fair, originally scheduled for Friday, 24 April 2026, at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus, has been postponed to Monday, 27 April 2026, from 9:30 hrs to 16:00 hrs.  

The Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Sir Ronald Sanders, announced today that the University Council has received twenty-seven applications for the position of Vice-Chancellor and Principal.  

University of Guyana medical students engaged in hands-on learning in one of the laboratories within the new College of Medical Sciences Building at the University’s Turkeyen Campus.

Dr Rupert Roopnarine

Dr Rupert Roopnarine (January 31, 1943 – February 23, 2026) will be universally celebrated as a man of thought and action, a man of the Renaissance, a man of academia and of the people, who could walk with kings but never lost the common touch. It is in memory of that intellectual quality that the University of Guyana celebrates his life and academic legacy.

Internationally-respected diplomat and Caribbean Statesman, Sir Ronald Sanders, KCMG, KCN, AM, MA, was on Friday, February 13, 2026, installed as the University of Guyana’s 11th Chancellor, at a special ceremony held at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT), Turkeyen Campus.

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The deadline to submit abstracts for the University of Guyana’s 3rd Diaspora Conference has been extended to  Monday, February 16, 2026, following strong interest from participants.

The conference will be held from  March 30 – April 1, 2026 at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, and will explore how technology, identity and global connections shape diaspora experiences in the 21st century.

University of Guyana’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paloma Mohamed-Martin, representatives of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),  Internet Society (ISOC), CARICOM, the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), UG’s Technical Team and other participants of the ICANN Near You Conference.