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Sustainable Tourism Diploma
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Eastern Caribbean · Leeward Islands · Now Open for RegistrationDiploma Cohort · Antigua and Barbuda
Nelson's Dockyard UNESCO heritage, 365 beaches, twin-island stewardship.
1 World Heritage (Naval Dockyard, 2016)
UNESCO Sites
365 beaches
Famous Slogan
St. John's
Capital
Since 1981 (CARICOM since 1974)
Independent
About Antigua and Barbuda
A Country Worth Studying
Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island sovereign state in the Eastern Caribbean — independent from the United Kingdom since 1981, a CARICOM and OECS member, and globally celebrated for its slogan "365 beaches: a beach for every day of the year." Its identity blends British naval heritage, African Caribbean culture, and a small-island stewardship ethic shaped by hurricane resilience and marine conservation.
The country comprises Antigua (281 km²), Barbuda (161 km²), and the small uninhabited Redonda. Antigua is a low-lying volcanic-limestone island whose highest point, Mount Obama (formerly Boggy Peak), rises to 402 metres. Barbuda is a flat coral island fringed by the Codrington Lagoon — home to the largest Magnificent Frigatebird colony in the Western Hemisphere. The capital, St. John's, sits on a deep natural harbour on Antigua's north-west coast.
Why the Department Chose Antigua and Barbuda
Academic Rationale
The Department of Sustainable Tourism selected Antigua and Barbuda because it concentrates several teaching cases that exist nowhere else in one programme: a single UNESCO World Heritage Site (the Antigua Naval Dockyard, inscribed 2016) anchoring the country's heritage tourism brand; a flagship marine and avian sanctuary in Barbuda whose post-Hurricane-Irma recovery is now a global reference for resilient small-island tourism; and a twin-island visitor-distribution challenge that offers an unusually clean teaching model of how to share economic benefit across uneven geography.
Field Sites & Cultural Anchors
Landmarks of Antigua and Barbuda
Each cohort visits a curated selection of these sites — heritage, ecological, and cultural — for guided fieldwork and on-site lectures.
HeritageAntigua Naval Dockyard (Nelson's Dockyard)
The country's only UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 2016) — a Georgian-era Royal Navy dockyard restored as a working harbour and living heritage village inside English Harbour National Park.
HeritageShirley Heights Lookout
The 18th-century British military complex on the ridge above English Harbour, part of the UNESCO inscription and the most photographed viewpoint in the Eastern Caribbean.
CoastalHalf Moon Bay
A protected national park beach on Antigua's Atlantic-facing east coast — one of the most cited examples among the country's celebrated 365 beaches.
NatureDevil's Bridge National Park
A natural limestone arch carved by Atlantic surf at the eastern tip of Antigua — a designated national park and the country's flagship coastal-geomorphology site.
CulturalFort James, St. John's Harbour
The 1739 British coastal fortress guarding the entrance to St. John's Harbour — a study site for civic-heritage management at the urban gateway.
UrbanSt. John's — Capital City
The country's capital, anchored by the twin baroque towers of St. John's Cathedral, Heritage Quay, and the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda — the urban core of national heritage tourism.
The Antigua and Barbuda Cohort
Programme Details
Dates
1 – 15 February 2027
Host City
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Host Venue
The University of the West Indies — Five Islands Campus, Antigua
Awarding Body
World Global University · United Kingdom
Cohort Highlights
St. John's Nelson's Dockyard (UNESCO) 15 Days Intensive
Diploma Inclusions
What Your Tuition Covers
Official Diploma Certificate
Internationally recognised qualification awarded by World Global University.
Full Academic Materials
Course books, case studies, and digital library access throughout the cohort.
Expert Faculty
International professors alongside host-country practitioners and policy makers.
Certification Ceremony
Formal graduation in academic regalia at a flagship local venue.
Official Transcript
Detailed academic record listing all modules, grades, and capstone outcomes.
Visa Support Letter
Institutional invitation letter coordinated with host-country immigration.
Country-Specific Academic Programme
What you will study in Antigua and Barbuda
The 15-day diploma architecture is shared across cohorts. The capstone briefs, field-study sites, and partner institutions below are specific to the Antigua and Barbuda programme.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply UNESCO World Heritage Site management principles to the Antigua Naval Dockyard inscription (2016) and its English Harbour buffer zone.
- Critique the twin-island visitor-distribution challenge between Antigua and Barbuda and propose equitable demand-management policy.
- Analyse Barbuda's post-Hurricane-Irma (2017) tourism reconstruction as a global case study in resilient small-island stewardship.
- Evaluate Antigua and Barbuda's Citizenship by Investment Programme alongside its cultural-tourism brand and reconcile the two policy logics.
Host-Country Partner Institutions
- Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority
- National Parks Authority of Antigua and Barbuda
- The University of the West Indies — Five Islands Campus
- Antigua and Barbuda Hotels and Tourism Association
Field-Study Sites (Phase 2)
Antigua Naval Dockyard & Shirley Heights (UNESCO World Heritage Site)Devil's Bridge National ParkCodrington Lagoon Frigatebird Sanctuary, BarbudaMuseum of Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's
Real Capstone Briefs
Each cohort selects one of the following briefs and presents the deliverable to host-country stakeholders during the Phase 4 capstone defence.
Capstone 1
Nelson's Dockyard Visitor Interpretation Strategy
Re-design the visitor-interpretation programme at the Antigua Naval Dockyard to present Royal Navy, enslaved-labour, and post-Independence narratives with equal academic weight, in alignment with UNESCO interpretation guidance.
Capstone 2
Codrington Lagoon Frigatebird Stewardship Plan
Draft a community-led stewardship and visitor-management plan for the Codrington Lagoon Frigatebird Sanctuary in Barbuda — the largest Magnificent Frigatebird colony in the Western Hemisphere.
Capstone 3
Barbuda Resilient-Tourism Framework
Develop a resilient-tourism framework for Barbuda that operationalises lessons from the Hurricane Irma recovery and protects the island's pink-sand coastline and lagoon ecology.
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Join the Antigua and Barbuda Cohort
Lodge your expression of interest using the unified registration form. The Office of the Registrar will contact you within five working days to open your applicant file. Acceptance documents (the formal offer and visa-support letter) follow on successful review.