University of the Gambia

Coordinates: 13°27′26″N 16°41′08″W / 13.45722222°N 16.68555556°W / 13.45722222; -16.68555556

The University of the Gambia
Latin: Universitatis Gambia
Motto in English
 Knowledge Truth Development
Type Public
Established 1999
Chancellor President Yahya Jammeh[1]
Vice-Chancellor

Prof. Donald E.U Ekong
(first Vice-Chancellor as of October 1999)

Prof. Andreas Ludvig Steign
(Vice-Chancellor as of 2005)[2]

Prof. Muhammadou M.O. Kah
(third Vice-Chancellor as of May 2009)
Academic staff
 44 (in 2002)
Students 2 000 approx (in March 2006)[3]
Location Sere Kunda, The Gambia
Campus Kal Jawara Memorial Block (MDI), Kanifing South, Sere Kunda)

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (Banjul)

Gambia College (Brikama)
Affiliations St. Mary's College of Maryland[4]
Alliance française[5]
Saint Mary's University (Halifax)[6]
Website http://www.utg.edu.gm/

The The University of the Gambia (UTG) is an institution of higher education located in Sere Kunda, the largest city in the Gambia.

History

The University of the Gambia is the only university in the West African country of the Gambia.

The campus is reported to have been founded in 1998 in Kotu-Kanifing, a suburb of Sere Kunda. It was not until March 1999 that the UTG started to offer courses, following a law passed by the National Assembly of the Gambia.[7] In 1999, 300 students are reported to have been enrolled. As of 2002, the number of academic staff was 44. In 2006, nearly 2000 students were enrolled.[8] The Gambian government has planned to create a new campus at Faraba Banta.[9]

Schools

A signpost at Kairaba Avenue in Latrikunda (a suburb of Sere Kunda) directing to the University.

The UTG is compose of several schools (or faculties)[10] :

Degrees

The qualifications that can be attained include[11] :

Academic staff

Notable past and present lecturers at the UTG include the following:

Role in public health

On October 11, 2012, it was reported that the university has started two Master’s degree programs in public health in collaboration with the University of Illinois Springfield and the University of Iowa. According to Vaccine News Daily: "Rex Kuye, the head of the public health department, said that the two programs were conceived of locally to address growing health concerns in the Gambia. The Gambia has made many public health strides in the last two decades. The nation was certified as polio free in 2004 and has had no confirmed polio cases since that time. The success in the battle against polio resulted from high political commitment and routine polio immunization coverage of more than 90 percent since 1990, according to the Foroyaa Newspaper." [16]

References

  1. ↑ State House, Gambia
  2. ↑ State House, Gambia
  3. ↑ (French) Partenariats Universitaires en Coopération et Développement Première université en Gambie
  4. ↑ St. Mary's College of Maryland
  5. ↑ The Point Newspaper "Alliance Franco Gambienne: The Mother of French Learning
  6. ↑ State House, Gambia
  7. ↑ UTG
  8. ↑ (French) Partenariats Universitaires en Coopération et Développement Première université en Gambie
  9. ↑ State House, Gambia
  10. ↑ UTG
  11. ↑ UTG Program of Studies
  12. ↑ http://www.wascal.org/graduate-programs/climate-change-and-education/
  13. ↑ Foroyaa : Alhaji A.E. Cham Joof's exclusive interview with Foroyaa Panorama
  14. ↑ Gillen, Ebrima (April 3, 2014). "Dr. Saja Taal Passes Away". The Point. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  15. ↑ GDN Working Paper Series. Micro-Financing as a Means of Reducing Extreme Poverty: The Case of Senegal and the Gambia. By Aloysius Ajab Amin and Tharcisse Ntilivamunda. (October 2009). p iii (p 3) and Mr Sillah's C.V. (see also UTG Faculty
  16. ↑ Paul Tinder, "University of The Gambia launches public health masters programs", Vaccine News Daily, 11 Oct 2012

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