Botswana International University of Science and Technology
| Botswana International University of Science and Technology | |
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| motto | Driving change |
| founding | 2005 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Palapye |
| Vice Chancellor | Otlogetswe Totolo |
| Students | around 1900 (2015) |
| Employee | around 400, including around 200 scientific staff |
| Website | www.biust.ac.bw |
The Botswana International University of Science and Technology ( BIUST for short ; German for example: Botswana International University of Science and Technology ) is a state university in Botswana . The campus is located in Palapye . The university was founded in 2005, but did not start teaching until 2012.
history
The University of Botswana was founded in 1982 , at that time the only university in the country. In 2004 the President's Ordinance CAB.33 (B) / 2004 determined that the areas of science and technology should be outsourced to a new university. The city of Palapye was chosen as the seat, where the university was given a 2500-hectare, fenced-in area south of the city. The relevant law was passed by parliament in December 2005. The first Vice-Chancellor was the Ghanaian -US scientist Kweku Bentil. For Chancellor was Festus G. Mogae , President of Botswana to 2008, was appointed. The aim was to have a "world-class" university.
In 2011 the contract with the Ghanaian -US Vice Chancellor Kweku Bentil expired; subsequently the office was administered on a provisional basis. It was discussed whether the university should not be used as a technical college (for example: " College for Technology"), especially since the need for local scientists was estimated to be low. The cost over the next ten years was estimated at $ 1.3 billion. In 2012, due to delays in construction, teaching began in Oodi north of the capital Gaborone , over 200 kilometers from Palapye. The building of the College of Applied Arts and Technology was used for this. From 2014, the building was to be used as a UNESCO Center , but the BIUST's move to Palapye was delayed.
In 2015, the Nigerian -US Vice Chancellor Hillary Inyang , who had been in office since 2013, resigned from his post. In 2016, the university received Otlogetswe Totolo for the first time a Motswana as Vice Chancellor.
List of Vice Chancellors
- 2008–2011: Kweku Bentil
- 2013–2015: Hillary Inyang
- since 2016: Otlogetswe Totolo
Structure and statistics
BIUST has the College of Engineering & Technology and the College of Sciences. Both are divided into six departments each.
In 2015 the university had around 1900 students, including 206 postgraduates and 56 foreigners.
BIUST is a member of a multinational consortium under German leadership for research into renewable energies , the Network of Excellence in Renewable Energy Technologies for Development (NEED).
Web links
- University website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Botswana: Search for BIUST Vice Chancellor ongoing. allafrica.com of February 23, 2016 (English), accessed February 6, 2017
- ↑ Facing hard challenges - A tale of two universities. at universityworldnews.com on June 27, 2015 (English), accessed on February 6, 2017
- ↑ History of the University Library (English)
- ↑ a b c History of the University until 2014. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 13, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Botswana: Decision soon on stalled new university. universityworldnews.com of September 25, 2011 (English), accessed February 6, 2017
- ^ Professor Bentil is Lesedi. mmegi.bw of March 8, 2010 (English), accessed on February 6, 2017
- ↑ List of the departments of the College of Engineering & Technology ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 6, 2017
- ↑ List of the departments of the College of Sciences ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed February 6, 2017
- ↑ Address of Otlogetswe Totolo on his inauguration on September 2, 2016 ( memento of the original of February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF), accessed on February 6, 2017
