Hargeisa University
| Motto |
Towards a better future Knowledge is Light |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 27 September 2000 |
| Chancellor | Dr. Mohamud Yousuf Muse PHD |
| Vice-Chancellor | Seid Mohamed Jibril |
| Location | Hargeisa, Maroodi Jeex, Republic of Somaliland |
| Campus | two suburban campuses |
| Website | University of Hargeisa |
The University of Hargeisa (UOH) is a public university located in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The institution was founded in 2000. It has over 6,000 students, and operates on a four to six year system.
The university has one campus located at south-western of Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. It is situated about two kilometers from the center of the city. The site has a fenced area of about 3.75 hectares and consists of:
As of 2011, the University has nine faculties and institutes:
A legal clinic was established in November 2002 at the Faculty of Law of University of Hargeisa in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The first students were registered in September 2000. There are 3800 pupils enrolled in the 8 colleges and 1200 in a short-term training program designed to upgrade the skills of the primary teachers, IT professionals and public civic staff in the country.
The University has a board of trustees appointed by the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, and a president who is accountable to the Board of Trustees and who is in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the university.
In the 2015/16 academic year, the university offered degree courses and a non-degree program in eight colleges:
Livestock is the backbone of the nation's economy. About 50-60% of the population are classified as pastoralists, and another 20% as agro-pastoralists. The 1997 official government statistics estimates total livestock population in the country at around 23.5 million heads. Yet there are only about three dozen qualified veterinarians in the whole country, which means a doctor/stock ratio of about 1: 653,000, and there are no training institutions (apart from a middle level technical institute recently opened in Sheikh), or research facilities to support this vital sector. The aim of this department is to prepare qualified professionals in the field of animal health and husbandry and to carry out research.
According to the Ministry of Education statistics (see appendix 1) 106,480 students are enrolled in both public and private schools in the Scholastic Year 2003/4. The number of teachers serving is 2,590, out of which only 241 have university degrees. This means a teacher/student ratio of 1:41, and a graduate teacher/student ratio of only1:442. Both ratios are extremely low. The reason why there is such a small number of graduate teachers is that one of the few teacher-training colleges, Lafoole (Somali National University), has been closed for the past 13 years due to the civil war.
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