SIMAD University is a private university in
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 ...
, Somalia. It offers undergraduate courses. It is the first non-profit university teaching in the
Somali language
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.
History
In 1999, SIMAD was established as an institute of higher learning. After 11 years, the board of trustees upgraded the institute to a university on 20 January 2011.
Governance and management
The supreme governance bodies of the university are made up of:
*Board of Trustees
*University Senate
*Academic Council
*Operations Board
*Development Committee
Faculties
*Faculty of Management Sciences
**Bachelor of Business Administration
**Bachelor of Banking & Finance
**Bachelor of Procurement & Logistics
**Bachelor of Digital Marketing
**Bachelor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
*Faculty of Computing
**Bachelor of Computer Science
**Bachelor of Information Technology
**Bachelor of Graphics and Multimedia
*Faculty of Social Sciences
**Bachelor of Public Administration
**Bachelor of Developmental Studies
**Bachelor of Social Work and Administration
**Bachelor of Media and Communication
**Bachelor of Political Science & International Relations
*Faculty of Economics
**Bachelor of Economics
**Bachelor of Statistics and Planning
**Bachelor of International Trade and Investment
*Faculty of Law
**Bachelor of Law (LLB)
*Faculty of Education
**Bachelor of Science Education (Biology and Chemistry)
**Bachelor of Science Education Management
**Bachelor of Science Education (Mathematics and Chemistry)
**Bachelor of Arts Education (English and Literature)
*Faculty of Engineering
**Bachelor of Civil Engineering
**Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
**Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering
**Bachelor of Science in Architecture
*Faculty of Accountancy
**Bachelor of Accounting
*Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
**Bachelor of Medicine
**Bachelor of Nursing
**Bachelor of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences
**Bachelor of Public Health
**Bachelor of Midwifery
**Bachelor of Radiology
Source:
Memberships
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International Association of Schools
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Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN)
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Association of African Universities (AAU)
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Arab States Research and Education Network
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(ASREN)
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ARAB-ACRAO
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World Engagement WEInstitute
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Association of Somali Universities
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Partnerships
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Open University Malaysia (OUM), Malaysia
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Shinawatra University
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, Thailand
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Multimedia University
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, Malaysia
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, Malaysia
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Sudan University of Science and Technology
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, Sudan
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Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda
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Daffodil International University
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, Bangladesh
Accreditation
SIMAD is registered as a private, non-profit higher education institution under the
Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Culture (Somalia).
Notable former and current administrators
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali language, Somali: ''Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud''; ; born 29 November 1955) is a Somali politician serving as the president of Somalia since 15 May 2022. He previously held the office from 2012 to 2017.
Hassan was previo ...
– current president of the Federal Republic of Somalia; founder and former principal of SIMAD
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Faarah Sheikh Abdulkadir – Former minister of State House; former lecturer and board member
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Abdikarim Hussein Guled
Abdikarim Hussein Guled (, ; born 1966) is a Somali politician. He previously served as Minister of Interior and Minister of National Security of Somalia. On 4 July 2015 he was elected as the 4th president of Galmudug State of Somalia.
Biogra ...
– Minister of Interior; board member
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Abdurahman Mohamed Hussein (Odowaa), Former minister of internal affairs and federalism of the Federal Republic of Somalia; former rector of SIMAD University
References
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Universities in Somalia
1999 establishments in Somalia
Universities and colleges established in 1999
Universities in Mogadishu