Universities and colleges
Somaliland University of Technology (SUTECH), Hargeisa
The Somaliland University of Technology in Hargeisa began in 2000 as the Hargeisa College of Applied Arts and Technology, a non-profit founded by Dr Saeed Sheikh Mohamed. He gave a 20-hectare campus, and its buildings, paid for by the Islamic Development Bank, opened in 2007. It has faculties of engineering, ICT, business, sciences and social sciences.
In short
The Somaliland University of Technology (SUTECH), in Somali Jaamacadda Teknoolajiyadda Somaliland, is a university in Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed (Wikipedia).
From college to university
Dr Saeed Sheikh Mohamed founded it in 2000 as a small non-profit, the Hargeisa College of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) (Wikipedia). 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). The Islamic Development Bank, based in Jeddah, paid for the buildings, which opened in 2007 (same source).
Faculties and institutes
The university lists (Wikipedia):
- 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). 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 (Wikipedia). 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).
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