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that the Campus is undeniably the greenest 2017, plans were made to introduce programmes
area in northern Namibia. in the area of agriculture resources permits.

i) Oshakati Campus k) Sam Nujoma Campus
The Campus offers a good number of The Campus hosts the Sam Nujoma Marine
undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and Coastal Resources Research Centre
in full-time and part-time/distance mode, (SANUMARC) and the Department of Fisheries
at certificate and Honours degree levels. and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS).
Undergraduate qualifications on offer are
Computer Science, Diploma of Nursing, Public SANUMARC is a fully-fledged multidisciplinary
Health Bachelor of Science (Honours), and The research centre of the University, with the mandate
to develop activities relating to marine science,
Science Foundation. The development studies coastal resources and other fields of national
Master of Arts is a postgraduate qualification that importance. The Centre is part of the United Nations
is prepared for kick-off in 2018; teaching also took University, as an operating unit of its Institute for
place in the Masters in Public Health and Masters Natural Resources in Africa, based in Accra, Ghana.
in Nursing, under the Faculty of Health Sciences.
SANUMARC serves Namibia by promoting research
The Campus, with its different schools, such as and development activities in the field of marine
the School of Public Health and School of Nursing and coastal resources, taking into consideration the
Sciences, renders services in the domains of active unique comparative and competitive advantage
health. Furthermore, the Schools provide professional of the Benguela cold current ecosystem and
and ethically-directed education so that the straddling desert environment. Research activities
Namibian nation can receive quality, safe health at the Centre are geared to developing the
care service; and conduct action-based research, fisheries and agriculture sectors, and complements
which is directed at the needs of society. research and development efforts by the Ministries
of Fisheries and Marine Resources; Agriculture,
Water and Forestry; Mines and Energy; and
The School of Public Health, through the University Environment and Tourism.
Central Consultancy Bureau (UCCB) conducted
a mid-term evaluation for USAID HIV Clinical DFAS is one of the Departments under the Faculty
Services Technical Assistance Project (UTAP) of Agriculture and Natural Resources and had 97
to assess mid-term progress towards the UTAP undergraduates on campus this year, while a further
achievements against the baseline results of the 28 first-year students were based at the main campus
project objectives and outcomes as specified in where they did their first year in basic sciences and
UTAP documents, and compare improvements other introductory courses. The Department aims to
and continued gaps to the earlier baseline strengthen students’ research skills, through teaching
assessment. Four staff members from the School and research activities in fisheries and aquatic
(Drs H.K. Mitonga, Y. Solomon, P. Angula and Mr sciences, and students’ scientific understanding and
D. Haufiku) participated in the consultancy. mastery of the aquatic environment. The principal
long-term development goal of the programme is
j) Rundu Campus to provide the human resource base and baseline
data required to manage and develop the fisheries
In its quest to diversify its programmes of study, in and aquatic resources of Namibia and the Southern
addition to education and commerce-related African Development Community (SADC) region in
programmes already on offer, the Campus a sustainable manner.
introduced a nursing science programme, which
has proven to be very popular. To maintain the Among the research projects at the Campus are
quality of programmes, during the year under investigations into the marine environment and
review the Campus continued to participate marine organisms, freshwater fish, Henties Bay and
actively in the ongoing curriculum review of the Walvis Bay socio-economic questions, the general
various faculties represented on Campus. During coastal environment and geophysical research.

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