Dear Youth,
Every August, the Ministry of Higher Education announces the results of the General Certificate for Secondary Examination. With the announcement comes your enthusiasm and decisions to move upward in the ladder of life and enrol in the universities. Each one of you have a preference: Some of you will decide to go into life sciences (medicine, agriculture, veterinary, biology, botany and zoology; etc) while others will decide to move into physical sciences (Geology, geosciences, geomatics, environment, architecture and so on). Some will decide to go into engineering and the applications of sciences. Some of you will conclude to study social sciences (economics, business and public administration, languages, history, journalism, politics and international relations, sociology, psychology, criminology, development) and so on.
In that moment, you are about to take a significant decision for your life: To find out a programme that is your passion, succeed in it and find out a qualified university that offers your favourite university programme. This decision will be an important step to shape your future.
Almaas University is a focused university. It is a university that places the natural resources at its heart: land, water, minerals, petroleum and energy resources.
The university programmes deal with the sciences, the engineering application, their management and their laws, policies and regulations. In the future, the university intends to include marine resources. With that strategic principle in mind, the university wants to grow and address that Somali need.
This university is relatively new but it is determined to grow fast and take its place as the strongest Higher Education Institution in the country in terms of natural resources studies and researches. In order to cater for attracting students with interests in natural resources, the university has brought out natural resource subjects covering the following:
• Sciences programmes: such as geosciences, environment sciences ,computer sciences
• Engineering programmes: water engineering , Geomatics and civil engineering
• The economic and management sciences
• Health sciences programmes
• The laws and policies of natural resources
The above subjects are not available mostly in Somalia. Only Almaas University spearheads this drive to educate the eager Somali student in the above fields and as such it is a pioneer. For this reason, Almaas University is preferred by the students from all around Somalia and soon we intend to get students from elsewhere.
1. The university undertakes partnerships with the industry: land, water, mining and petroleum companies (local and international) and relevant government institutions. We want to foster University-Industry partnerships.
2. The university mostly offers education in English which has been the language of the medium of instruction and communication. We are also thinking to open an English School within the university that has partnerships with the UK. The school will offer IELTS training and exam.
3. We also intend to establish a centre for natural resources development and undertake research and training to build capacities for the same purposes.
Once the student enrols in Almaas University, the university makes every effort to deliver high-quality education through a good curriculum, well qualified lecturers, laboratory and field education and standard teaching, that provides opportunities to put the theory into practice. Thus, we intend to transform the Higher Education of Somalia and raise its standards.
Thanks to the above strategies, our graduates will earn a good place in their employability and opportunity to get work in Somalia and overseas. While in the university, the student will be provided employment possibilities through internships and partnerships.
We will support students while in the University and continue to assist them after graduation. We will always keep them in the heart and continue to do our best to support our students. With our life-long contact, we aim to help our students to overcome the problems of life.
We are waiting for you to prefer Almaas University and enrol in its faculties and departments.
Prof. Abdulkadir Abiikar Hussein
Rector, Almaas University
