University of Gambia
University of Gambia | |
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motto | Knowledge Truth Development |
founding | 1998 |
place | Serekunda - Kanifing , Gambia |
management | Muhammadou MO Kah |
Students | 2,000 (2005) |
Networks |
St. Mary's College of Maryland Alliance française Saint Mary's University (Halifax) |
Website | www.utg.edu.gm |
The University of the Gambia ( Engl. University of The Gambia ) (UTG) is the only public university of the African country Gambia .
The campus
The campus of the university, founded in 1998, is located in Serrekunda - Kanifing , the largest city in Gambia. The university began teaching in March 1999 with around 300 students. In 2002 the faculty comprised 44 people.
The government of Gambia has planned to build a new campus at Faraba Banta .
Faculties
The university is divided into four faculties :
- Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Information Technology and Communications offering
- Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital
- Faculty of Science and Agriculture
The following degrees can be obtained:
- Bachelor in Education
- Bachelor of Law
- Bachelor of Medicine / Surgery
- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
- Bachelor of Science in Biology
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
- Bachelor of Science in Communications & Media
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- Bachelor of Science in Environment Science
- Bachelor of Science in Information Systems
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery
- Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Bachelor of Science in Public Health
- Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications & Wireless Technologies
- Master of Arts in African History
- Master of Arts in French
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Master of Science in Climate Change and Education (WASCAL Master Research Program)
Vice-Chancellor
(Vice-Chancellor in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations = Chancellor)
1999-2004 | Donald Effiong Uwemedimo Ekong , Professor (Nigeria) |
2004-2009 | Samuel Igwe , Professor (Nigeria) |
2009-2016 | Muhammadou MO Kah , Professor (Gambia) |
2016– | Faqir Muhammad Anjum , Prof. Dr. (Pakistan) |
Honorary doctorate from the university
- 2018: Adama Barrow (* 1965), President, Doctorate Degree in Human Rights
- 2018: Dawda Jawara (* 1924), former President, Doctorate Degree in Law and Human Rights Studies
See also
Web links
- Official website of the university
- Government press release March 6, 2004
- Government press release December 10, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Mary's College of Maryland ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2013 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.
- ^ The Point Newspaper Alliance Franco Gambienne: The Mother of French Learning
- ^ State House, Gambia
- ↑ President Jammeh presides over the second convocation of the university of The Gambia State House, December 10, 2005
- ^ President Jammeh presented master plan for new university campus Statehouse, July 14, 2006
- ↑ Gov't allocates Faraba Banta site for UTG campus ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Daily Observer, December 12, 2005
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 19, 2015 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.
- ↑ University Of The Gambia Gets New Vice Chancellor | The Fatu Network . In: The Fatu Network . 2016 ( fatunetwork.net ).
- ↑ a b UTG confers honorary degrees on president Barrow, Jawara - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Retrieved July 2, 2018 .
Coordinates: 13 ° 27 '26 " N , 16 ° 41' 8" W.