Pacific Adventist University
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Pacific Adventist University (PAU) is a tertiary institution located outside Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and operated by the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Both the faculty and the student body are international in composition. While most students come from Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island nations such as Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, others have come from Africa, Australia and the United States.
Currently bachelor's and masters degrees are offered in a variety of fields. The institution was established as a college of higher education in 1980 and given a charter as a university by the Papua New Guinea government in 1998.
The campus is also known as a bird sanctuary. One species of bird at the campus is unique to this area of the world. Mike Turborton, who is also known as the "bird man" had been staying there for quite a while. He has now transferred to Australia for retirement, and his work has been taken up by his students.
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