Somalia National University

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Jaamacada Ummada Soomaaliyeed or the Somali National University (SNU) is the national university of the Northeast African nation of Somalia. The university campus was located near KM4, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.

The main university grounds were situated about six kilometers from the city center. SNU was created in 1954 [1]. In 1973, under the aegis of the new Revolutionary leadership system of the military government, the SNU developed over the next twenty years into an expansive institution of higher learning, with 13 departments and half a dozen outposts dispersed throughout the country. Research centers were also established in many cities.

The teaching college of Lafole (or Lafoole, as it was known to Somalis), was made a stand-alone institution with the help of the US Corps back in the mid 1970s. Lafole served as the college of teaching, and the language of instruction was English.

The thirteen departments of Somali National University were:

Department Of Sharia Law
Department of Linguistics (Somali, Arabic, English, German and Italian)
Department of Livestock and Forest Management
Department of Education (Teaching College at Lafoole), 20 km west of Mogadishu
Department of Agriculture
Department of Geology and Mining
Department of Medicine (College of Medicine) near Digfeer Hospital
Department of Chemical/Industrial Engineering
Department of History
Department of Geography
Science Department
Department of Mathematics
Department of Public Health

Due to extensive damage to its facilities, the difficulty of holding classes and acquiring books and other necessities in the wake of the civil war in Somalia, classes at the university have been indefinitely suspended.