University of Papua New Guinea

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University of Papua New Guinea
founding 1965
Sponsorship state
place Waigan , suburb of Port Moresby (headquarters), Papua New Guinea
Students 11,000-12,000
Employee about 500
Networks Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Website www.upng.ac.pg

The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) was founded in 1965 by the Australian colonial administration in Port Moresby as the first university in New Guinea in the eastern part of the island. Today it also includes 5 other branches, u. a. in Madang , and study centers in 20 of the country's 21 provinces. It is the second largest university in Oceania after the University of the South Pacific in Suva ( Fiji ) .

history

After it was founded, originally as the University of Papua and New Guinea , the university suffered from a lack of resources for a long time. In the 1970s it became a center of Melanesia's cultural renaissance . The Australian historian and Vice Chancellor of the college, Vale Ken Inglis (1929–2017) played an important role in the development phase .

Almost the entire political elite of the country as well as those of the Solomon Islands were trained here. Some writers and artists who were important for the region also studied here, including a. Russell Soaba and Michael Dom . 15 percent of the places should be kept free for students from the neighboring regions, but this quota was never reached. After student unrest in 1978, a reorganization took place in 1983. In 1997, on the occasion of the Sandline affair, there were again student protests and in May 1998 further student unrest with 20 injured. The situation at the university was described as critical overall in 1998.

In 2000/2001 the departments were renamed and replaced by a school structure in order to promote interdisciplinarity. However, the number of students has decreased over the years. In 2012 the call for a renewal of the university structures and better international networking became louder again. In 2017 there were student unrest, in 2018/19 there were disputes over the dissolution of the university council by the government and the filling of the position of Vice Chancellor.

Departments

The following departments offer a total of around 30 courses:

  • Medicine, Pharmacy and Health in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Human and social sciences in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Law in the School of Law
  • Business and administrative management in the School of Business and Public Policy
  • Science and Mathematics in the School of Natural and Physical Sciences

Research in the field of maritime resource management is carried out at the Motupore Island Research Center (MIRC) on the small island of Motupore in Bootless Bay, about 15 km southeast of Port Moresby.

Alumni

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facts about the university of papua new guinea . Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  2. ^ Mike Cookson: Vale Ken Inglis (1929-2017): former UPNG Vice Chancellor and ANU Professor. In: devpolicy.org. December 15, 2017, accessed May 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ David Robie: Education: Crisis over restructuring at the University of Papua New Guinea. In: Asia-Pacific Network of July 27, 1998. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  4. ^ Scott MacWilliam: Rebuilding the University of Papua New Guinea. In: PNG Attitude (ASOPA) of June 6, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2014 (English).
  5. ^ Stephen Howes: The University of Papua New Guinea in crisis. in: devpolicy.org, March 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ http://www.upng.ac.pg/mirc/index.html ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )


Coordinates: 9 ° 24 ′ 19.7 ″  S , 147 ° 10 ′ 13.4 ″  E