Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment
November 11, 2023
Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment (formerly known as the University of Vudal) is a university located in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment
Research at the University addresses some of the problems faced by the agricultural, fisheries, forestry and tourism industries of Papua New Guinea.
Brief Historyedit
The University established in 1965 as Vudal Agricultural College (VAC), a male only college of the then Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries. The first female students were enrolled ten years later, in 1975. As such it can claim to be the oldest institution of tertiary education in PNG.
The college offered a two-year certificate and three year diploma training in Tropical Agriculture and made significant contributions to agricultural education and rural development in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring South Pacific countries. In 1992, VAC was merged with Papua New Guinea University of Technology. Five years later, the college became University of Vudal, an autonomous higher education institution through an Act of Parliament that was passed in January 1997.
In 1999, under inaugural Vice Chancellor Professor Walter Wong, a four-year Bachelor of Tropical Agriculture degree programme was introduced and the certificate program was phased out.
In 2005, the University Council, under the chancellorship of former Prime Minister and present Governor of New Ireland, Sir Julius Chan, unanimously directed that the University change its name and begin the process of internationalising from a one discipline University to a multi-disciplined one.
The name Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment and logo was chosen from a public name and logo competition to promote a new training focus - training in the sound management and harvesting of natural renewable resources. While council endorsed these changes then, the Name Change Bill was passed in Parliament four years later, on May 13, 2009.
Following the resignation of Sir Julius as chancellor in 2007, another former prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, was endorsed by council as the university's third chancellor. Sir Rabbie, a distinguished statesman, served as chancellor until he resigned in January 2011. The university's first female chancellor, Margaret L. Elias, was appointed by council at the 50th Council meeting on September 30, 2011. The university's inaugural chancellor was the late Sir Alan Tololo. The chancellor of UNRE was Professor Kenneth Sumbuk, he was appointed in October 2017. However, he resigned from UNRE and moved to UPNG as VC in 2019 but his appointment was blocked following a staff protest.
Coursesedit
Diploma / Advanced Diploma / Degree in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture
Diploma / Advanced Diploma / Degree in Sustainable in Fisheries Marine Resource Management
Diploma / Advanced Diploma / Degree in Sustainable Tropical Forestry
Diploma / Advanced Diploma / Degree in Sustainable Livestock Production
Diploma / Advanced Diploma / Degree in Sustainable International Tourism (from 2019)
Masters Certificate / Masters in Management Studies
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November 11, 2023
papua, guinea, university, natural, resources, environment, formerly, known, university, vudal, university, located, east, britain, province, papua, guinea, view, campus, typepublic, universityestablishedmay, 1965, college, then, department, agriculture, stock. Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment formerly known as the University of Vudal is a university located in East New Britain Province Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and EnvironmentView of the campus TypePublic UniversityEstablishedMay 15 1965 as a college of the then Department of Agriculture Stock and Fisheries by C E Barnes Minister for TerritoriesChancellor Vice ChancellorJames YokoStudents750LocationKerevat East New Britain Papua New GuineaAffiliationsNoneWebsitewww unre ac pgResearch at the University addresses some of the problems faced by the agricultural fisheries forestry and tourism industries of Papua New Guinea Brief History editThe University established in 1965 as Vudal Agricultural College VAC a male only college of the then Department of Agriculture Stock and Fisheries The first female students were enrolled ten years later in 1975 As such it can claim to be the oldest institution of tertiary education in PNG The college offered a two year certificate and three year diploma training in Tropical Agriculture and made significant contributions to agricultural education and rural development in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring South Pacific countries In 1992 VAC was merged with Papua New Guinea University of Technology Five years later the college became University of Vudal an autonomous higher education institution through an Act of Parliament that was passed in January 1997 In 1999 under inaugural Vice Chancellor Professor Walter Wong a four year Bachelor of Tropical Agriculture degree programme was introduced and the certificate program was phased out In 2005 the University Council under the chancellorship of former Prime Minister and present Governor of New Ireland Sir Julius Chan unanimously directed that the University change its name and begin the process of internationalising from a one discipline University to a multi disciplined one The name Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment and logo was chosen from a public name and logo competition to promote a new training focus training in the sound management and harvesting of natural renewable resources While council endorsed these changes then the Name Change Bill was passed in Parliament four years later on May 13 2009 Following the resignation of Sir Julius as chancellor in 2007 another former prime minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu was endorsed by council as the university s third chancellor Sir Rabbie a distinguished statesman served as chancellor until he resigned in January 2011 The university s first female chancellor Margaret L Elias was appointed by council at the 50th Council meeting on September 30 2011 The university s inaugural chancellor was the late Sir Alan Tololo The chancellor of UNRE was Professor Kenneth Sumbuk he was appointed in October 2017 However he resigned from UNRE and moved to UPNG as VC in 2019 but his appointment was blocked following a staff protest Courses editDiploma Advanced Diploma Degree in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture Diploma Advanced Diploma Degree in Sustainable in Fisheries Marine Resource Management Diploma Advanced Diploma Degree in Sustainable Tropical Forestry Diploma Advanced Diploma Degree in Sustainable Livestock Production Diploma Advanced Diploma Degree in Sustainable International Tourism from 2019 Masters Certificate Masters in Management StudiesExternal links editThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message PNG University of Natural Resources amp Environment nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment amp oldid 1103794134, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
