# Somaliland University of Technology (SUTECH), Hargeisa

> SUTECH in Hargeisa: founded in 2000 as CAAT, its 20-hectare campus funded by the Islamic Development Bank, faculties and partners.

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## In short

The [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) University of Technology (SUTECH), in Somali *Jaamacadda Teknoolajiyadda Somaliland*, is a university in Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_University_of_Technology)).

## From college to university

Dr Saeed [Sheikh](/en/regions/sheikh/) Mohamed founded it in 2000 as a small non-profit, the Hargeisa College of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_University_of_Technology)). CAAT was an approved centre for the British exam boards City and Guilds and Edexcel (same source).

## Campus

Dr Saeed gave a 20-hectare site for the campus ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_University_of_Technology)). The Islamic Development Bank, based in Jeddah, paid for the buildings, which opened in 2007 (same source).

## Faculties and institutes

The university lists ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_University_of_Technology)):

- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Institute of Global Studies
- Faculty of ICT and Computer Sciences
- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
- Faculty of Allied Sciences
- Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Environment Studies
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Hargeisa College of Vocational Training and Alternative Studies: accounting technician, office management, computer skills, agriculture extension, women's empowerment

Two centres serve all faculties: a School of Foreign Languages and a high school diploma programme (same source).

## Size and recognition

The university directory uniRank lists SUTECH as a private, non-profit, mixed university, recognised by Somaliland's Ministry of Education since 2007 ([uniRank](https://www.unirank.org/so/uni/jaamacadda-teknoolajiyadda-somaliland/)). It gives these ranges (same source):

- **Students:** 1,000 to 1,999.
- **Teaching staff:** fewer than 50.
- **Admission:** by entrance exam and school grades, with 80% to 89% of applicants accepted.
- **Degrees:** below bachelor's, bachelor's and master's.
- **Address:** Berbera Road, Geed Habeeya, Hargeisa.

## Partners

SUTECH has partnership agreements with the University of Khartoum and Ahfad University for Women in [Sudan](/en/diaspora/sudan/) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaliland_University_of_Technology)). It also joined three other African universities in an EU-funded Intra-ACP academic programme to build master's and PhD programmes and exchange staff and students (same source).

## Read more

- [Universities in Somalia](/en/society/universities-in-somalia/)
- [Woqooyi Galbeed and Hargeysa](/en/regions/woqooyi-galbeed/)

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