Mogadishu University (Arabic: جامعة مقديشو, Somali: Jaamacadda Muqdisho) is an accredited non-state university in Mogadishu, Somalia.

History

The idea to establish an educational institution started in June 1997, after which time it took five years to develop and open the university. It opened in September 1997 as a non-governmental, non-profit institution for higher learning, governed by a Board of Trustees and a University Council.

Mogadishu University has relocated its activities to its Main campus on the outskirts of Mogadishu.

The main campus in Mogadishu was initiated with the assistance of the Islamic Development Bank, among other donors. In 2008, Mogadishu University opened another campus in Bosaso in the northeastern Puntland state of Somalia, which recently formed into an independent University called Red Sea University in Somalia.

The institution has been invited to join the Somali Aid Coordination Body (SACB) Educational Sector Committee. On 21 September 2004, the MU representatives Fathudin Mohamed, Westley Bii and Hussein M. Iman (MU Program Director) attended the SACB Educational Sector Committee meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Two delegates from MU, Abdurahman Moalim Abdullahi, the Chairman of Board of Trustees and Abdullahi Farah Asseyr, Adviser of the President and Head of faculty of Health Sciences Affairs at MU, paid a 10-day visit to Norway during which they signed a partnership agreement with the University of Tromsø.

Admission

The university accepts students who have graduated from secondary schools or those who have GCE equivalent certificates. Before enrolment, students have to pass a qualifying examinations (oral and written) in order to enroll in their program of study.

Institutes and centers

University institutes and centers are:

• The Institute for Somali Studies (ISOS)
• Institute of Peace and Environment
• The Institute of Languages
• The Center for Community Services and Continuing Education
• MU Legal Clinic
• Somali Center for Water & Environment
• Mother & Child Educational Care (MCEC)
• Media Training Center (MTC)
• Research Unit
• MU-IRB
• Radio Himilo

Faculties

The university has nine faculties, which award BA and B.Sc degrees. The university's faculties are:

• Faculty of Sharia and Law
• Faculty of Education and Humanities
• Faculty of Economics & Management Sciences
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology
• Faculty of Political Sciences & Public Administration
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Veterinary
• Faculty of Dentistry

Post-graduate Program

MU offers its own post-graduate programs as well as in conjunction with the Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan, Malaysia Open University and Asian e-University.

Accreditation

Mogadishu University has accreditation with:

• Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education
• The Board of the Intergovernmental Organization EDU.^[1]