AMOUD UNIVERSITY
Background
The Main Campus is
located 4.5 Kms East of
Borama, Somaliland, on
the grounds of the
prestigious former Amoud
Secondary School which
was established in 1952.
Its establishment was
formerly approved in a
workshop held in Borama
in August 1996,
following a proposal
submitted by a group of
Somaliland citizens
working in the Gulf
States. The university
was officially
inaugurated in November
1998, it is now 5 years
old.
The university has an
enrolment of 615
students. The medical
school is situated in
Borama town, next to the
Borama Medical Hospital,
where medical students
perform their practical
sessions.
The University currently
has three faculties:
1. Faculty of
Education
2. Faculty of
Medicine and
3. Faculty of
Business and Public
Administration
4. Faculty of
Agriculture and Natural
Resource Management -
NEW
The Distance Learning
Centre
Name of the center: -
Amoud University
e-Learning Center
Location: The
e-Learning Center will
be located in Borama
town, 5 kms from the
main campus. The
premises are rented for
this purpose only. The
centre is targeting
students that will
attend evening classes
as well as regular hours
classes and the site at
the main campus is not
suitable for this timing
of classes, the reason
the centre has hired
premise at Borama town,
where students can
conveniently attend
evening classes.
Objectives of the Center
§ Enable students
and other clients in the
country have access to
online courses offered
by universities in
overseas countries.
§ Facilitate
students and other
clients in the country
have access to online
educational resources in
the Internet
§ Link Amoud
University to the
African Virtual
University and other
universities and centers
around the world
§ Enhance the
skills and knowledge of
the business and
professional people in
the country
§ Help Amoud
University lecturers and
staff have access to
current online
literature that can
improve their teaching
and job performance
§ Facilitate the
provision of online
courses that are not
available at Amoud by
willing lecturers in
overseas locations
§ Facilitate
research activities for
the Faculties of the
university
§ Package local
content for external use
§ Establish a
source of income for the
university
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