University of Fiji
Motto | Flexible, Innovative, Affordable, Contemporary, Futuristic | |
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Type | Vice-Chancellor Professor Sushila Chang | |
Location | , | |
Website | www.unifiji.ac.fj/ |
The University of Fiji is a university based in Saweni, Lautoka, Fiji. It was established in December 2004 under academic leadership of the Fiji Institute of Applied Studies and financial sponsorship of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji, a Hindu religious organization dedicated to education." On 14 February 2016, the Native Lands Trust Board (NLTB) signed a 99-year lease with the university for the 5-hectare property, for which the university paid F$100,000. The university agreed in return to provide two scholarships annually for the children of landowners.[2]
The University of Fiji honoured its first graduates in 2008. Fiji's President
Courses and departments
The university offers courses up to postgraduate level in the following fields:
It includes six "Centres of Excellence", namely a Centre for Indigenous Studies (CIS), a Centre for International and Regional Affairs (CIRA), the Gandhi-Tappoo Centre for Writing, Ethics and Peace Studies (WEPS), a Centre for Diasporic Studies (CDS), a Centre for Gender Research (CGR), and a Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.[3]
University finance and administration
The university is governed by the University of Fiji Council. In addition to the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, stakeholders include the
Benefactors include the India-Fiji Festival Committee, which on 16 February 2006 donated F$10,000 to the university for the tertiary education of underprivileged students.
The University of Fiji has signed a
Future plans and goals
The Fiji Times quoted Professor Chandra on 16 February 2006 as saying that making higher education available to underprivileged communities would lead to equitable development, which would foster social and political stability in the long run.
Professor Chandra announced plans on 6 March to establish a medical school, and said that if donors could be found, the university would set up another campus in the northern island of Vanua Levu. The medical school, to be called the Dr Umanand Prasad School of Medicine, is the brainchild of Dr. Umanand Prasad, a native of Labasa who has invested F$1 million for a medical school in his home country, after thirty years abroad. It has been operational since March 2008.[4]
Notes and references
- ^ Welcome to Unifiji Website Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fiji TV Archived 2005-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "University of Fiji's First Batch of Graduates" Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Islands Business, May 2008
- ^ Dr.Umanand Prasad School of Medicine
External links
- The University of Fiji (official website)
- Fiji Institute of Applied Studies