Kismayo University is a private university located in

Kismayo Kismayo (, , ; ) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region. The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jub ...

, Somalia's third largest city.

Background

Since the collapse of the Somali central government in 1991, all the educational institutions and other public properties were destroyed. This caused mass migration of Somali intellectuals from the country. Years later, some of the Somali intellectuals recognized the need for primary and secondary education. Consequently, non-profit organizations have been established to meet the educational needs of those who graduated from local schools in the war torn country. In response to the aforementioned situations, Kismayo University was founded in the coastal City of Kismayo as the first university ever established in the Jubaland region of Somalia. Founders of the university, administrators and policymakers want to hold on to young people leaving the city to find higher education elsewhere. The founding of Kismayo University in September 2005, created 20+ postsecondary spaces. The obvious result will be opportunity for university education for local high school graduates and adults who would like to continue their education in the region instead of going to

Mogadishu Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...

, Hargeisa, or neighboring Kenya. The main campus just north of Kismayo, next to the Old Kismayo Airport, was built in 2009.

Governance and management

The Supreme governance bodies of the university are made up of: *Board of Trustees *University Senate *Academic Council *Operations Board *Development Board

Faculties

*Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences **Bachelor of Business Administration **Bachelor of Accounting **Bachelor of Public Administration *Faculty of Computer Studies **Bachelor of Computer Science **Bachelor of Information Technology *Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences **Bachelor of General Nursing **Bachelor of Medicine and Health Sciences **Bachelor of Public Health *Faculty of Sharia and Law **Bachelor of General Figh **Bachelor of Usul-fiqhi **Bachelor of Al-kitab & Sunnah **Bachelor of Law *Faculty of Education **Bachelor of Islamic studies & Arabic language **Bachelor of Social science (History/Geography) **Bachelor of Sciences (Bio/Ch & Math/Phy) Source:

Memberships

*Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) * Association of African Universities (AAU) *Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) *Association of Somali Universities

Partnerships

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, Kenya KU PARTNER PARTICULARS
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Accreditation

Kismayo University is registered as a private, non-profit higher education institution under the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Culture (Somalia).

References

External links

Kismayo University Official website

SOMALI UNIVERSITY RANKING (Jaamacada Kismaayo , Kismayo University)
Universities in Somalia Kismayo 2005 establishments in Somalia Educational institutions established in 2005 {{Somalia-university-stub