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University_of_Goroka Latitude and Longitude:

6°03′31″S 145°23′29″E / 6.0586°S 145.3914°E / -6.0586; 145.3914
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University of Goroka
Mark Solon Auditorium
MottoCreating the Future
Type Public
Established1965 [1]
ChancellorJoe Wemin
Vice-ChancellorDr. Teng Waninga
Students5700 plus
Location, ,
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.

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.

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6°03′31″S 145°23′29″E / 6.0586°S 145.3914°E / -6.0586; 145.3914