University of the Gambia

The University of the Gambia (UTG) is an institution of higher education located in Sere Kunda, the largest city in the Gambia.

The University of the Gambia
Latin: Universities in the Gambia
Motto in English
Knowledge Truth Development
TypePublic
Established1999
ChancellorPresident Adama Barrow[1]
Vice-ChancellorProf. Dr Faqir Muhammad Anjum
Academic staff
313 (2017)
Students6000 approx (in September 2017)[2]
Location
Sere Kunda
,
The Gambia
CampusKal Jawara Memorial Block (MDI), Kanifing South, Sere Kunda)

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (Banjul)

Gambia College (Brikama)
AffiliationsSt. Mary's College of Maryland[3]
Alliance française[4]
Saint Mary's University (Halifax)[5]
Websitehttp://www.utg.edu.gm/

History

The campus was founded in 1998 in Kotu-Kanifing, a suburb of Sere Kunda. It was not until March 1999 that the UTG started to offer courses, following a law passed by the National Assembly of the Gambia.[6] In 1999, 300 students are reported to have been enrolled. As of 2002, the number of academic staff was 44. In 2006, nearly 2000 students were enrolled.[7] The Gambian government has planned to create a new campus at Faraba Banta.[8]

Schools
A signpost at Kairaba Avenue in Latrikunda (a suburb of Sere Kunda) directing to the University.

The UTG is composed of several schools (or faculties)[9] :

  • School of Agriculture and Environment Sciences, Brikama
  • School of Arts and Sciences, Faraba
  • School of Business and Public Administration
  • School of Education
  • Faculty of Law
  • School of Journalism and Digital Media, Kanifing
  • School of Engineering and Architecture
  • School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences
  • School of Information Technology and Communications
  • School of Graduate Studies and Research
  • UTG Digital Campus
  • UTG North Bank Campus, Farafenni

Degrees

The qualifications that can be attained include[10] :

  • Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Biology
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Environment Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Physics
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
  • Bachelor of Science in Information Systems
  • Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications & Wireless Technologies
  • Bachelor of Science in Communications & Media
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Religious Studies
  • Bachelor in Education
  • Bachelor of Law (LLB)
  • Bachelor of Medicine / Surgery (MBChB)
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery
  • Bachelor of Science in political science
  • Bachelor of Science in Public Health
  • Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting
  • Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics
  • Bachelor of Science degrees in Management
  • Master of Arts degree in African History
  • Master of Arts in French
  • Master of Science in Public Health
  • Master of Law (LLM)[11]
  • Master of Science in Climate Change and Education (WASCAL Master Research Program)[12]

Academic staff

Notable past and present lecturers at the UTG include the following:

  • Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof, lecturer of history.[13]
  • Saja Taal, lecturer in political science.[14]
  • Bukhari M.S. Sillah, lecturer of economics.[15]

Role in public health

On October 11, 2012, it was reported that the university has started two master's degree programs in public health in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Springfield and the University of Iowa. According to Vaccine News Daily: "Rex Kuye, the head of the public health department, said that the two programs were conceived of locally to address growing health concerns in the Gambia. The Gambia has made many public health strides in the last two decades. The nation was certified as polio free in 2004 and has had no confirmed polio cases since that time. The success in the battle against polio resulted from high political commitment and routine polio immunization coverage of more than 90 percent since 1990, according to the Foroyaa Newspaper." [16]

gollark: ... no.
gollark: Claiming it's something else isn't making a claim about the physical world or anything, but that people recognize COVID-19 as meaning a different thing, which is demonstrably false.
gollark: That is literally what the acronym thing is defined as.
gollark: Ah, that also makes sense.
gollark: COVID-19 is coronavirus discovered in 2019 or something.

See also

References
  1. State House, Gambia
  2. (in French) Partenariats Universitaires en Coopération et Développement Première université en Gambie Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. St. Mary's College of Maryland Archived 2013-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Point Newspaper "Alliance Franco Gambienne: The Mother of French Learning
  5. State House, Gambia
  6. "UTG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  7. (in French) Partenariats Universitaires en Coopération et Développement Première université en Gambie Archived 2012-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. State House, Gambia
  9. "UTG". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  10. "UTG Program of Studies". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  11. "Faculty of Law". UTG Law Faculty. 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2015-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. Foroyaa : Alhaji A.E. Cham Joof's exclusive interview with Foroyaa Panorama Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Gillen, Ebrima (April 3, 2014). "Dr. Saja Taal Passes Away". The Point. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  15. GDN Working Paper Series. Micro-Financing as a Means of Reducing Extreme Poverty: The Case of Senegal and the Gambia. By Aloysius Ajab Amin and Tharcisse Ntilivamunda. (October 2009). p iii (p 3) and Mr Sillah's C.V. (see also UTG Faculty
  16. Paul Tinder, "University of The Gambia launches public health masters programs", Vaccine News Daily, 11 Oct 2012
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