UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

The 'University of the South Pacific' ('USP') is a public university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. USP's academic programmes are recognised worldwide, attracting students and staff from throughout the Pacific Region and internationally.
USP is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific Island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The university runs campuses in all 12 countries, as well as a Law school in Vanuatu and an Agricultural school in Samoa. The largest and oldest campus at Laucala, Fiji was established in 1968 on the site of a former airforce base. In 2005, plans were announced to build a $6 million campus in the Marshall Islands, USP's first campus in the northern Pacific.
USP offers undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes including teaching, tourism, journalism, agriculture, science and environmental management, technology, computing and information systems, banking and finance, public administration and management, counselling and social services and others.

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Financing

Campuses and centres

USP Centres

See also

External links

Financing

On 13 December 2005, USP Vice-Chancellor Anthony Tarr and Australian diplomat Stephanie Copus-Campbell signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which Australia agreed to provide the USP with a total of A$ 9.9 million over the following three years. This is in addition to the A$2.5 million that Australia contributes annually for scholarships.

Campuses and centres

'Alafua Campus'
The Secretary, University of the South Pacific
Private Bag, Apia, Samoa
Tel: (685) 21671
Fax: (685) 22933
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/soa
'Emalus Campus'
The Campus Secretary, Registrar, The University of the South Pacific,
Private Mail Bag 9072, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tel: (678) 22748
Fax: (678) 22633
Website: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/
'Laucala Campus'
The Registrar, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands
Tel: (679) 331 3900
Fax: (679) 330 1305, 330 0482, 330 0830
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/

USP Centres

USP Centre in Cook Islands
PO Box 130, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Tel: (682) 29415
Fax: (682) 21315
USP Centre in Fiji (Northern)
Private Mail Bag, Labasa, Fiji.
Tel: (679) 881 7707
Fax: (679) 881 5570
USP Centre in Fiji (Western)
Private Mail Bag, Lautoka, Fiji.
Tel: (679) 666 6800
Fax: (679) 666 7133
USP Centre in Kiribati
PO Box 59, Bairiki, South Tarawa, Kiribati.
Tel: (686) 21085
Fax: (686) 21419
USP Centre in Marshall Islands
PO Box 3537, Majuro, Marshall Islands.
Tel: (692) 625 7279
Fax: (692) 625 7282
USP Centre in Nauru
Private Bag, Post Office.
Republic of Nauru.
Tel: (674) 444 3774
Fax: (674) 444 3774
USP Centre in Niue
PO Box 31, Alofi, Niue.
Tel: (683) 4049
Fax: (683) 4315
USP Centre in Samoa
PO Box 3014, Apia, Samoa.
Tel: (685) 20874/23454
Fax: (685) 23424
USP Centre in Solomon Islands
PO Box 460, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Tel: (677) 21307/21308
Fax: (677) 21287
USP Centre in Tokelau
c/o Tokelau Apia Liaison Office,
PO Box 3014, Apia, Samoa.
Tel: (690) 2178
Fax: (690) 2177
USP Centre in Tonga
PO Box 278, Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tel: (676) 29055/29240
Fax: (676) 29249
USP Centre in Tuvalu
PO Box 21, Funafuti, Tuvalu.
Tel: (688) 20811
Fax: (688) 20704
USP Centre in Vanuatu
Private Mail Bag 9072, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Tel: (678) 23988/22748
Fax: (678) 24371 (also two sub-centres)

See also

★ University of the Aegean, another university whose departments are distributed across multiple islands.

★ University of the West Indies, another university whose campuses are distributed across multiple island countries.

External links

★ Official website