Puntland State University Report in Garoowe Report Card

 Puntland State University Report in Garoowe Report Card

WWW.Puntlandstateuiversity,com

Phone: 002525 846238- Administration

         Brief History

 n  1998- 2000 professional school

    n  2001-2003 Community College-Puntland Community College

    n  2004-present, University-Puntland State University           

   Mission

n  PSU’s mission is to provide the best attainable, affordable, non-profit world-standard sustainable higher education for all Somalis.

       Vision

n  PSU’s vision is to provide the young generation with a feasible education programme and development at all levels of education and emerging sciences and technologies.        

    Core values

n  Increase access

n  Increase equity

n  Quality assurance

n  Relevance       

    Under Graduate Degree

n  Business Administration-going

n  Public Administration-going

n  Law-going

n  Economics-going

n  Statistics and demographics –coming soon

n  Medicine- coming soon

n  Engineering –planning

n  Information Technology-planning

       Associate

n  Business Administration

n  Public Administration

n  Journalism      

     Online or E-learning

n  Journalism

n  English

n  Financial planners

n  Computers      

    Continues Education

n  Institutional Capacity Building

n  Life Skills Training

n  Leadership

n  Governance

n  Peace and Conflict Management

n  Civic Education

n  Public Health

n  Human Rights

     Number of Faculty

n  Full Time: 27

n  Part Time: 10

n  Degree they hold: ( Mostly Masters but some are Bachelors and PhD    

   Number of staff

n  Full time: 25

n  Part Time: 5  

  Number of students currently enrolled      

n  Full Time : 400

n  Part time: 100  

     Graduated

n  Degree: 34

n  Associate: 60

n  Certicate: 120

n  Life Skills: 250

n  Capacity building: 450       

      Leadership structure

n  Board of Directors

n  President

n  Vice Presidents

n  Deans

n  Faculty

n  Staff      

     Academic year

n   October first of  each year

n  Graduation requirements :  120 credits ( 57 Core , 15 selective, 48 general education  some have  more credit  like law)                                                                

n  Students’ fees ( per-term $120 for four months)

n  Scholarship ( This year UNDP offers 88 scholarship- 15 from PPMs,37 from Police,  MOJ, Custodial officers, higher court and 36 from secondary school  graduates )       

      Sustainability

n  Students’ fees

n  International community

n  Diaspora

n  Local community

n  Services University provides

n  University membership

n  Income generation

n  Alumni support 

n  Government contribution         

      Challenges

n  Current income cannot cover to  sustain the university

n  Need for Infrastructure Expansion

   Opportunity

n  Is the only fastest growing and reliable instistuation

n  Educating a community that experienced unrest for  the last two decades

n  Strategic location

n  International involvement 

     Partners Higher Education

n  Somali Universities ( Amoud University, EAU. UOH. Mogadishu University,  SIMAD and Burco)

n  Outside Somalia( Kenyatta University, University of Forte Hare, IUP, USIU, Maestro institute)

       Legal Structure

n  Is not private

n  Is not government owned

n  A community driven institution