University of Goroka explained

University of Goroka
Motto:Creating the Future
Established:1965[1]
Type:Public
Chancellor:Joe Wemin
Vice Chancellor:Dr. Teng Waninga
City:Goroka
State:Eastern Highlands
Country:Papua New Guinea
Students:5700 plus
Campus:(various)
Affiliations:Association of Commonwealth Universities
Website:unigoroka.ac.pg

University of Goroka (UOG) is a university in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It provides teaching in four schools (Postgraduate Studies, Education, Science & Technology, and Humanities) and in two institutes (Technical Vocational Education & Training and Distance & Flexible Learning). The university also runs a consulting arm, 'UniGor Consultancy Limited', with projects of nearly 7 million kina.[2]

The current vice chancellor is Dr. Teng Waninga. The pro vice-chancellors are Dr. Matthew Landu and Dr. Stephen Potek.

History

The university was originally established in 1965 as a primary teachers' college. In 1967, it became a secondary teachers' college, and in 1992, a campus of the University of Papua New Guinea. In January 1997, the campus was independently established as the University of Goroka.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.upng.ac.pg/uni_hist.html History of the University of Papua New Guinea
  2. Web site: Unigor Consultancy Limited . 2007-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070720013932/http://www.uog.ac.pg/adminpages/unigorpage.htm . 2007-07-20 . dead .