University of Goroka

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University of Goroka
Motto:	Creating the Future
Established:	1965 [1]
Type:	Public
Vice-Chancellor:	Dr Michael Mel
Faculty:	100
Students:	1,200
Location:	Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Campus:	(various)
Affiliations:	Association of Commonwealth Universities
Website:	www.uog.ac.pg

The University of Goroka is a university in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It provides teaching in three faculties - Education, Science and Humanities. The university also runs a consulting arm, 'UniGor Consultancy Limited', with projects of nearly 7 million kina.^[2]

The current (acting) vice-chancellor, Dr Michael Mel, was awarded a Prince Claus Award in 1996.^[3].

Contents 1 History 2 Affiliation 3 External links 4 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Affiliation

• Association of Commonwealth Universities

[edit] External links

• University homepage

[edit] References

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