“Azure a Bar wavy enhanced of one wave and depressed of one point Argent issuing therefrom a Sun in Splendour with four rays reversed throughout or in base with the head surmounting the Bar a Pair of Compass Dividers also or and for the Crest upon a Helm A Rim set with Pineapples three manifest or issuing therefrom between two trailing Branches of Lignum vitae flowered proper each terminating in a Seed or three Hibiscus Flowers also or slipped and leaved Azure hovering over and abutting that on the sinister a Long-Tail Doctor Bird proper.” In creating the Arms, the University sought to reflect its values and focus while maintaining a link with the former Institution – the College of Arts, Science & Technology (CAST). The components, which are generally stylised, are interpreted below. The Doctor Bird and Pineapples, which are part of the Jamaican Coat of Arms, portray the uniqueness of the Institution as the first national university. The Hibiscus on which the Doctor Bird feeds, symbolizes the University as the sustainer of mind, body and spirit. The Lignum vitae, a native Jamaican tree, is abundant on the Liguanea Plains, where the University is located, and symbolizes productivity and the capacity to withstand adversity. The Sun symbolizes life, light and energy; the Mountains – strength, majesty and beauty; the Open Book, on its side, following the contour of the mountains – the generation, accessibility and transfer of knowledge and the Pair of Dividers, which was also a component of the CAST logo – technology and the continuity between CAST and UTech, Jamaica. The Motto, in Latin, is “Magna per Artem Gesta” and translated into English is “Excellence Through Knowledge.” 6 The Arms (Registered with the College of Arms of London and granted to the University of Technology, Jamaica in November 1999)
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