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.
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.