Burao University

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University of Burao (UB)
Burao University coat of arms.png
MottoCilmi, Iimaan, Tacab
Knowledge, Faith, Effort
Type Public
Established27 September 2004;18 years ago (2004-09-27)
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Eisse Nour Liban
Location, ,
Campus2 suburban campuses
Website www.uob-edu.net

The University of BuraoUB is a university in Burao, Somaliland. It is an independent community-based higher education institution established in 2004 in Burao second best university in Somaliland , the capital city of Togdheer region in Somaliland. Six batches graduated from UB until 2016. It has branches in other districts outside of Burao such as Sheikh, Aynabo and Oodweyne. In 2016, the school was selected as member of Association of Arab Universities. It has a bio-gas initiative done by faculty of Veterinary students and web development research done by faculty of ICT students. It has more than 10 faculties and departments.

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Campuses

The University of Burao main campus is located in the northwestern Shacab suburb of Burao, situated about two kilometres from the city center. The site has a fenced area of about 3.75 hectares (9.3 acres), and consists of:

Faculties

The first students were registered in September 2004. There are 167 pupils enrolled in four colleges and 430 in a short-term training program designed to upgrade the skills of the primary teachers in the region.

The university has a board of trustees responsible to the Togdheer Development Committee, 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.

Faculty of Engineering (Civil)

Laboratories in the department of civil engineering

Cement / Concrete testing

        

·         Compression testing  machine  

·         Slump cone test

Materials·         Aggregate crushing value apparatus

·         High frequency sieve shake

·         Length gauge & Thickness gauge

Soil·         Permeability apparatus test

·         Unconfined compression test

·         Electric plastic liquid limit tester

·         Liquid limit device

·         Shrinkage limit test

·         California bearing ratio (cbr)

·         Automatic soil compactor

·         hot air drying oven

·         Electric shear testing machine

·         Los Angeles Abrasion machine

Surveying·         Digital Electronic Theodolite

·         Automatic Compensation Level

·         Digital Planimeter

·         tripod

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

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 the department is to prepare professionals in the field of animal health and husbandry and to carry out research.

Faculty of Education

According to the Ministry of Education statistics 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 the only college, Lafoole (Somali National University) which trained teachers has been closed for the past 13 years due to the civil war.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Faculty of Business and Finance

The college carries out business research, provides technical support to the business community, and organizes business seminars and conferences and exhibitions

Facultyof Islamic Studies

There are no proper institutions of higher education for training and accreditation for pre-primary Qur'anic school teachers, nor for Islamic teachers in primary and secondary schools, nor for the imams who provide spiritual guidance to congregations in Mosques, nor for the judges who sit on Islamic Courts, which is part of the judicial system.

The aim of the Islamic college is to:

Department of Continuing Education and Community Development

The college provides training and technical support to:

Center for Somali Studies

The center:

These are achieved by:

Institute of Rural Development and Environmental Studies

The significance of this centre emerges from the fact that approximately two thirds of the population live in a rural or semi-rural setting. Their livelihood is under threat due to environmental degradation and climate changes.

The institute::

Organisation

The university has a charter and statutes that define its organisational structure, policies and procedures. At the top of its organisational pyramid is Togdheer Development Committee (TDC) which governs the university on behalf of the people of the Togdheer. The TDC elects a Board of trustees, which is the primary decision-making body of the university. The Board of trustees consists of 15 prominent members of the community, including businessmen, professionals, ex-officials and serving officials. The Board nominates, in turn, an executive committee, which consists of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a treasurer and a secretary.

The executive committee is represented by:

The Board appoints a president who is responsible for the day-to-day running of the university and for carrying out decisions. Working with the president is the University Council, who is responsible for academic matters in relation to teaching, research and discipline. The university council consists of the deans of the colleges, the president, the vice president for admission and student affairs, the vice president for academic affairs and the vice president for administration and finance.

There are college and department councils: each college is headed by a dean and each department is headed by the head of department. The Deans are responsible for their respective colleges and are accountable to the President. In addition the university has a Research and Enterprise unit, charged with the coordination of research carried out by the university's own colleges and institutes and by international research associates.

The university has fundraising and technical support groups in most of the countries in the Middle East, Europe, Canada and USA.

Officials

History

According to the statistics of the Somaliland Ministry of Education, there were 31 public and private primary schools in Burao, in which 11,627 students were enrolled in the scholastic year 2003/4. The region as whole had 73 primary schools in which nearly 16,000 students were enrolled. The expansion of secondary education has been equally rapid. The city has now six secondary schools, and a seventh secondary school is under construction.

The first class graduated from Burao secondary schools in 2003, and many more will do so in the coming years. The establishment of Burao University offers them an opportunity for higher education without leaving home. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "About University of Burao". University Compass. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. "Jaamacada Burco - University Overview". 4ICU. Retrieved 14 March 2020.