University of Goroka

University of Goroka is a university in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It provides teaching in three schools (Education, Science & Technology, and Humanities) and in three institutes (Postgraduate Studies, Technical Vocational Education & Training and Distance & Flexible Learning). The university also runs a consulting arm, 'UniGor Consultancy Limited', with projects of nearly 7 million kina.[2]

University of Goroka
MottoCreating the Future
TypePublic
Established1965[1]
ChancellorJoseph Sukwianomb
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Musawe Sinebare
Students4000 plus
Location
Goroka
,
Eastern Highlands
,
Papua New Guinea
Campus(various)
AffiliationsAssociation of Commonwealth Universities
Websiteunigoroka.ac.pg

The current vice chancellor is Professor Musawe Sinebare. The pro vice-chancellors are Mr. Donald Gumbis and Dr.Sam Najike.

History

The university was originally established in 1965 as a primary teachers' college. In 1967, it became a secondary teachers' college, and in 1992, a campus of the University of Papua New Guinea. In January 1997, the campus was independently established as the University of Goroka.

Affiliation

References
  1. History of the University of Papua New Guinea
  2. "Unigor Consultancy Limited". Archived from the original on 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-07-20.


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