University of the South Pacific
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| Established: | 1968 |
| Type: | Public |
| Endowment: | FJ$2.5 million [1] |
| Faculty: | 1,117 |
| Students: | 16,444 (2004) |
| Location: | Suva, Fiji (Main Campus) |
| Website: | www.usp.ac.fj |
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. USP's academic programmes are recognised worldwide, attracting students and staff from throughout the Pacific Region and internationally.
USP is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific Island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The university runs campuses and centres in all 12 countries, as well as a Law school in Vanuatu and an Agricultural school in Samoa. The largest and oldest campus at Laucala Bay, Suva, Fiji was established in 1968 on the site of a former airforce base. In 2005, plans were announced to build a $6 million campus in the Marshall Islands, USP's first campus in the northern Pacific.
USP offers undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes including teaching, tourism, journalism, agriculture, science and environmental management, technology, computing and information systems, banking and finance, public administration and management, counselling and social services and others.
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[edit] Financing
On 13 December 2005, USP Vice-Chancellor Anthony Tarr and Australian diplomat Stephanie Copus-Campbell signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which Australia agreed to provide the USP with a total of A$ 9.9 million over the following three years. This is in addition to the A$2.5 million that Australia contributes annually for scholarships.
[edit] Campuses and centres
Alafua Campus The Secretary, University of the South Pacific Private Bag, Apia, Samoa Tel: (685) 21671 Fax: (685) 22933 Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/soa
Emalus Campus The Campus Secretary, Registrar, The University of the South Pacific, Private Mail Bag 9072, Port Vila, Vanuatu Tel: (678) 22748 Fax: (678) 22633 Website: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/
Laucala Campus The Registrar, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands Tel: (679) 331 3900 Fax: (679) 330 1305, 330 0482, 330 0830 Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/
[edit] USP Centres
USP Centre in Cook Islands PO Box 130, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Tel: (682) 29415 Fax: (682) 21315
USP Centre in Fiji (Northern) Private Mail Bag, Labasa, Fiji. Tel: (679) 881 7707 Fax: (679) 881 5570
USP Centre in Fiji (Western) Private Mail Bag, Lautoka, Fiji. Tel: (679) 666 6800 Fax: (679) 666 7133
USP Centre in Kiribati PO Box 59, Bairiki, South Tarawa, Kiribati. Tel: (686) 21085 Fax: (686) 21419
USP Centre in Marshall Islands PO Box 3537, Majuro, Marshall Islands. Tel: (692) 625 7279 Fax: (692) 625 7282
USP Centre in Nauru Private Bag, Post Office. Republic of Nauru. Tel: (674) 444 3774 Fax: (674) 444 3774
USP Centre in Niue PO Box 31, Alofi, Niue. Tel: (683) 4049 Fax: (683) 4315
USP Centre in Samoa PO Box 3014, Apia, Samoa. Tel: (685) 20874/23454 Fax: (685) 23424
USP Centre in Solomon Islands PO Box 460, Honiara, Solomon Islands. Tel: (677) 21307/21308 Fax: (677) 21287
USP Centre in Tokelau c/o Tokelau Apia Liaison Office, PO Box 3014, Apia, Samoa. Tel: (690) 2178 Fax: (690) 2177
USP Centre in Tonga PO Box 278, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Tel: (676) 29055/29240 Fax: (676) 29249
USP Centre in Tuvalu PO Box 21, Funafuti, Tuvalu. Tel: (688) 20811 Fax: (688) 20704
USP Centre in Vanuatu Private Mail Bag 9072, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Tel: (678) 23988/22748 Fax: (678) 24371 (also two sub-centres)
[edit] Distant Learning
USP also offer Distance education through the People First Network's Distant Learning Centre Projct.
[edit] Lecturers
Notable academics who have lectured at the university include Brij Lal, Asesela Ravuvu and Epeli Hauʻofa.
[edit] See also
- University of the Aegean, another university whose departments are distributed across multiple islands.
- University of the West Indies, another university whose campuses are distributed across multiple island countries.
