Namibia University of Science and Technology
| Namibia University of Science and Technology (formerly: Polytechnic of Namibia) |
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| founding | 1996 |
| Sponsorship | Ministry of Education |
| place | Windhoek , Namibia |
| Vice Chancellor | Morné Du Toit |
| Students | 11,235 (2018) |
| Employee | 745 |
| Annual budget | N $ 1124 million (2018) |
| Website | www.nust.na |
The Namibia University of Science and Technology ( NUST ; German Namibian University of Science and Technology ), until November 16, 2015 Polytechnic of Namibia , is a university (until November 16, 2015 Polytechnic ) in Namibia and the second state-run next to the University of Namibia University in Namibia . The main campus is located in the Windhoek district of Windhoek-West around the former maternity ward with the Elisabethhaus .
In 2018, 11,235 people studied at NUST.
In 2014, as a polytechnic, NUST was ranked 69th (2012: 21st; 2011: 30th) among the best universities in Africa.
History and understanding of teaching
The NUST has its origins in the "Academy for Tertiary Education" founded in 1980. The Polytechnic Namibia emerged in 1994 from the “Technikon Namibia” and the “College for Out-of-School Training” (COST) and in 1996 became an independent educational institution. In 2009, the Namibian Ministry of Education officially submitted an application to rename it to Namibia's University of Science and Technology (NUST) in order to reflect the wide range of tasks at Polytechnic in its name. The application was rejected in August 2010. In December 2012, the renaming and relocation of training to Bachelor and Master courses was approved by the responsible ministry and introduced into the legislative process in March 2015 through the “University of Science and Technology Bill”. Since November 16, this is the "Namibia University of Science and Technology".
The university teaching programs aim to meet the practical needs of the Namibian industry for university graduates, an important branch of Namibia's economy . The teaching program of the Politechnikum is in English and includes, in addition to the original certificate, diploma, bachelor and master’s courses (e.g. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science , civil engineering , nature conservation , mining ) for the 2010 academic year, doctoral courses . In connection with the further development to a technical university, those traditional training courses that previously had more of the character of a technician training (e.g. to become a surveyor ) are being expanded into university courses.
The Faculty of Nature and Tourism operates a training hotel and a training restaurant to support training in tourism and hotel management, which are mainly used within the university.
campus
NUST operates from 11 campuses (as of 2018):
- Windhoek (main campus) with 10,307 students
- Walvis Bay with 270 students
- Ongwediva with 205 students
- Keetmanshoop with 82 students
- Tsumeb with 78 students
- Rundu with 74 students
- Otjiwarongo with 74 students
- Katima Mulilo with 49 students
- Outapi with 45 students
- Gobabis with 40 students
- Opuwo with 11 students
Faculties and schools
Status: May 2018
| Faculty / Center | Chairman | students | Employees, including academic |
Remarks | |
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| Faculties / schools | |||||
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Management ( Faculty of Management Sciences ) |
Kofi Boamah | 5099 | including: "Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business" |
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Humanities ( Faculty of Human Sciences ) |
Sarala Krishnamurthy | 1583 | |||
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Engineering ( Faculty of Engineering ) |
Samuel John | 1316 | |||
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Information technology ( Faculty of Computing & Informatics ) |
Anicia Peters | 1203 | |||
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Nature and Environment ( Faculty of Natural Resources and Spatial Sciences ) |
Lameck Mwewa | 1064 | |||
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Health and Applied Sciences ( Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences ) |
Sylvester Moyo | 970 | Self-employed since 2010, previously part of engineering | ||
| Centers / Institutes | |||||
| Center for Open and LifeLong Learning | Delvaline gulls | 2106 | |||
There are a number of local cooperations such as the educational organization EduVentures as well as international, technical university cooperations with all major South African universities and over 60 other international universities. In Germany, these include the Technical University of Clausthal , the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology , the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken, as well as several colleges such as the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen , the RheinMain University , the University of Flensburg (UAS) , the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena , the Technical University of Brandenburg and the University of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg .
Illustrations
Campus overview in Windhoek
Historic Elisabethhaus in Windhoek
Web links
- Official website of the NUST (English)
- Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b NUST Facts. In: www.nust.na. 2019, accessed May 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c 2018 Enrollment Report. NUST, June 2018.
- ↑ a b Polytechnic ade, hello university. Allgemeine Zeitung, November 20, 2015 ( Memento from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ranking Web of World Universities, Africa. Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, 2014.Retrieved May 16, 2015
- ↑ Tjivikua Not Angry, Allgemeine Zeitung, August 24, 2010
- ↑ Politec on the way to the university. Allgemeine Zeitung, February 8, 2013 Retrieved February 10, 2013
Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 55 ″ S , 17 ° 4 ′ 37 ″ E