University of Goroka is a

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in the

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. It provides teaching in three schools (Education, Science & Technology, and Humanities) and in three institutes (Postgraduate Studies, Technical Vocational Education & Training and Distance & Flexible Learning). The university also runs a consulting arm, 'UniGor Consultancy Limited', with projects of nearly 7 million

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. The current vice chancellor is Professor Musawe Sinebare. The pro vice-chancellors are Mr. Donald Gumbis and Dr.Sam Najike.

History

The university was originally established in 1965 as a primary

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. In 1967, it became a secondary teachers' college, and in 1992, a campus of the

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. In January 1997, the campus was independently established as the University of Goroka.

Affiliation

* Association of Commonwealth Universities

References

External links

University homepage
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