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University of Goroka
Mark Solon Auditorium
MottoCreating the Future
TypePublic
Established1965
ChancellorJoe Wemin
Vice-ChancellorDr. Teng Waninga
Students5700 plus
LocationGoroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Campus(various)
AffiliationsAssociation of Commonwealth Universities
Websiteunigoroka.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.

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.

Affiliation

References

  1. History of the University of Papua New Guinea
  2. "Unigor Consultancy Limited". Archived from the original on 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-07-20.

External links

Universities in Papua New Guinea

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