SIMAD University
SIMAD University is a private university in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Former names | Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development |
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Motto | The Fountain of Knowledge and Wisdom |
Type | Not-for-profit organization |
Established | November 6, 1980 |
Founder | Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |
Affiliation | Africa Muslims Agency AAU FUIWI IAU ASU |
Chairman | Dr. Abdul-Rahman Saleh Al-Muhailan |
Rector | Dahir Hassan Arab |
Students | 3796 |
Undergraduates | 3696 |
Postgraduates | 100 |
Address | Jidka Warshadaha , , , |
Campus | Main Campus |
Language | English |
Colors | Green & Blue |
Nickname | SU |
Website | www |
History[1]
SIMAD was put forward by a group of intellectuals and former university lecturers. After two years of feasibility study, SIMAD was established and became operational in November 1999. The institute is a non-profit entity.
Governance and management
Supreme governance bodies of the university are:
- Board of Trustees
- University Senate
- Academic Council
- Operations Board
- Development Board
Faculties[2]
- Faculty of Management Science
- Bachelor of Business Administration
- Bachelor of Accounting
- Bachelor of Banking & Finance
- Bachelor of Procurement & Logistics
- Faculty of Computing
- Bachelor of Computer Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Business Computing
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Bachelor of Public Administration
- Bachelor of Developmental Studies
- Bachelor of Political Science & International Relations
- Faculty of Economics
- Bachelor of Economics
- Bachelor of Statistics and Planning
- Faculty of Law
- Bachelor of Law (LLB)
- Bachelor of Fiqh and Usul-Fiqh
- Faculty of Education
- Bachelor of Science in Education (Mathematics and Physics)
- Bachelor of Science in Education (Biology and Chemistry)
- Faculty of Engineering
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Electric Engineering
- Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Medicine
- Bachelor of Nursing
Memberships
- International Association of Universities [3]
- Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) [4]
- Association of African Universities (AAU) [5]
- Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)
- ARAB-ACRAO[6]
- World Engagement WEInstitute [7]
- Association of Somali Universities
Partnerships
- Open University Malaysia (OUM), Malaysia
- Shinawatra University, Thailand [8]
- Multimedia University, Malaysia
- International Islamic University, Malaysia
- Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
- Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda
- Daffodil International University, Bangladesh[9]
Accreditation
SIMAD is registered as a private, non-profit higher education institution under the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Culture (Somalia).
Notable former and current administrators
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud – Former President of the Federal Republic of Somalia; founder and former principal of SIMAD
- Faarah Sheikh Abdulkadir – Former Minister of State House; former lecturer and board member
- Abdikarim Hussein Guled – Minister of Interior; board member
- Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Muhailan – Chairman of the board of trustees of Simad University and Chairman of Board of Directors of Direct Aid Society
- Abdurahman Mohamed Hussein (Odowaa), Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Federalism of the Federal Republic of Somalia; former Rector of SIMAD University
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References
- History of SIMAD UNIVERSITY
- Faculties of SIMAD UNIVERSITY
- IAU Member Institutions Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- SREN Member Institutions
- AAU Members
- ARAB-ACRAO Members
- WEINSTITUTE Members
- http://amd.siu.ac.th/index.php/partnership
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-12-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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