UCC Becomes the First Jamaican Institution on Acadeum; Offers Asynchronous Online Courses to Partner Campuses

Kingston, Jamaica, 10 September 2025 -- The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has joined Acadeum Course Share as a teaching institution, becoming the first university in Jamaica and among the first in the Caribbean to do so. This partnership allows students at partner colleges and universities to enrol in UCC-taught online courses through cross-enrolment, and UCC is now live on the platform.

Acadeum is a course-sharing platform that empowers institutions to collaborate by offering and enrolling students in credit-bearing online courses from trusted peer institutions. Through its Course Share network, colleges and universities can expand academic capacity, address course bottlenecks, reduce time to degree and support student retention and success.

UCC is offering approximately 40 undergraduate and graduate courses across a wide range of subject areas including business, computing, mathematics, communication, the social sciences and the humanities. All courses are 100 percent online and asynchronous, enabling students to complete weekly modules, discussions and assessments at their own pace. Each student is also assigned an academic advisor to provide personalised guidance throughout the course.

"Becoming a teaching institution on Acadeum aligns with UCC's mission to deliver flexible, career-relevant learning for diverse student populations," said Professor Colin Gyles, CD, President of UCC. "This platform helps partner institutions keep students on track to graduate, whilst showcasing Jamaican academic excellence to a wider global audience."

With competitive tuition rates, UCC's Acadeum offerings provide a cost-effective solution for institutions seeking to relieve course bottlenecks, resolve scheduling conflicts, expand subject offerings and support students' on-time graduation, without the need to develop new programmes internally.

This initiative builds on UCC's long-standing leadership in online education. Through UCC Online, the university successfully pivoted to remote delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, supported by a robust digital infrastructure that remains central to its course delivery today.