| University of Goroka | |
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| Motto | Creating the Future |
| Established | 1965 [1] |
| Type | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr Gairo Onagi |
| Academic staff | 100 |
| Students | 2000 |
| Postgraduates | 15 |
| 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 Province of Papua New Guinea. It provides teaching in three faculties (Education, Science and Humanities) and in two schools (Graduate Studies, and Flexible Learning). The university also runs a consulting arm, 'UniGor Consultancy Limited', with projects of nearly 7 million kina.[2]
The previous (Acting) Vice-Chancellor, Dr Michael Mel, was awarded a Prince Claus Award in 2006.[3].
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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.
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