Tuvalu
University of the South Pacific
University of the South Pacific
Suva
Tuvalu
Suva
University of the South Pacific нь Тувалу улсад байрладаг улсын судалгааны их сургууль бөгөөд 1968 онд байгуулагдсан.
Элсэлт, хөтөлбөр, төлбөрийн дэлгэрэнгүй мэдээллийг сургуулийн албан ёсны вэб хуудаснаас шалгана уу.
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and 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.
USP is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment, with almost 30,000 students in 2017. The university's main campus is in Suva, Fiji, with subsidiary campuses in each member state.
Discussion of a regional university for the South Pacific began in the early 1950s, when an investigation by the South Pacific Commission recommended the creation of a "central institution" for vocational training in the South Pacific, with a university as a distant goal. In December 1962, the Fijian Legislative Assembly discussed establishing a university in Fiji. In 1964, New Zealand proposed the establishment of a regional teachers' training college in Suva.
In 1965, the governments of Great Britain and New Zealand appointed a "Higher Education Mission to the South Pacific", chaired by Sir Charles Morris, to investigate "the future education requirements of the South Pacific area" and recommend the type of level of institutions needed. In 1966, the Mission reported back, recommending the establishment of "fully autonomous university comprehending within itself, as well as Faculties of Arts and Science, the Fiji School of Medicine, the School of Agriculture in Fiji, a College for the education and training of secondary teachers, the Pacific Theological College, and, in so far its activities in the field of diploma courses are concerned, the Derrick Technical Institute". The Mission recommended that it be called the University of the South Pacific. The former Royal New Zealand Air Force seaplane base at Laucala Bay in Fiji was recommended as a suitable location. A subsequent report by Norman Alexander fleshed out the proposal, and in 1967, the Fijian government passed an ordinance establishing the university's interim council. In February 1970, this was replaced with a royal charter.
The university opened on 5 February 1968, with Colin Aikman as its first vice-chancellor. Initially, teaching was limited to preliminary courses, the equivalent of New Zealand's School Certificate and University Entrance. Degree teaching began in 1969, with a school of natural resources, a school of education, and a school of social and economic development offering interdisciplinary courses. The first graduation ceremony took place on 2 December 1971, with 49 students receiving degrees, diplomas and certificates.
In the 1970s, the university began establishing regional extension centres to deliver continuing education, correspondence and extramural courses. It also began to advocate for Pacific regionalism and adopt a distinct "Pacific flavour", with Vice-Chancellor James Maraj arguing that the university should become "truly a university of the peoples of the Pacific". Its students and academics played a major role in the creative writing scene in the Pacific, with literary journals such as Mana, Faikava and Sinnet arising from its campuses.
The university is governed by a council, chaired by the pro-chancellor. The council consists of the ministers of education of member states, additional representatives from Fiji, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand, staff and student representatives, and additional members co-opted by the council. The titular head of the council is the chancellor, a position which rotates among the heads of state and heads of government of the university's members. The King of Tonga, Tupou VI, has served as chancellor since 1 July 2025. An independent University Grants Committee meets every three years to advise member and donor countries on funding levels.
The University of the South Pacific is governed by a Chancellor and the University Council, with day-to-day academic and administrative operations led by the Vice-Chancellor and senior executive team. As of 2026, the Vice-Chancellor position is vacant, and key responsibilities are being carried out by senior executives, including the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), acting Deputy Vice-Chancellors responsible for Research and Innovation and Regional Campuses and Global Engagement, and the Chief Operating Officer.
The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the University of the South Pacific (USP). The office rotates among the heads of state or government of USP's member countries and symbolizes the university's regional character. The Chancellor presides over major ceremonies, confers degrees, and serves as a representative of the university throughout the Pacific region. The term is roughly about a year long before a new one is elected.
Despite its multi-campus nature, the USP is not a university system. It is a single university with several branches across the Pacific Region. USP's Laucala campus, on Laucala Bay in Suva, Fiji, is the main campus of the University, also serving as its administrative centre. USP also has two satellite campuses in Fiji: Labasa and Lautoka. The Alafua campus in Samoa hosts the School of Agriculture and Food Technology. The Emalus campus in Vanuatu is the location for the School of Law. The Nuku-alofa campus in Tonga is where the Institute for Education, directed by Seu'ula Johansson-Fua is based.
USP operates 11 regional centres based in Pacific islands countries. The region served by USP covers 33 million km2 of the Pacific Ocean, an area more than three times the size of Europe. In contrast, the total land mass of territories served corresponds to the area of Denmark. Populations of member countries vary from Tokelau with 1,500 people to Fiji with more than 900,000 people. (The population of the region is about 1.3 million.)
The following are the extension campuses of the university, aside from its campuses in Fiji, Samoa, and Vanuatu.
After undergoing a restructuring process in early 2021, USP is organised into eight main faculties that include the following disciplines:
College of Continuing Vocational Education and Training (CVET). Among many other qualifications, the Diploma of Library and Information Services (Level 5) is available at this institution, a library technician qualification which is recognised in Australia as a paraprofessional library qualification.
USP has produced a number of graduates that have played important roles in the South Pacific region. Its alumni include Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Elizabeth Iro, WHO Chief Nursing Officer, Ludwig Scotty, former President of Nauru; Bikenibeu Paeniu, former Prime Minister of Tuvalu; ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, former Prime Minister of Tonga; Joe Natuman, former Prime Minister of Vanuatu; archaeologist Tarisi Vunidilo, Solomon Islands women's activist Alice Pollard, women's rights activist Michelle Reddy, environmental activist Cynthia Houniuhi, Tongan environmental scientist Netatua Pelesikoti, Solomon Islands Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Colin Beck, and Vanuatu's first female Attorney General, Angelyne Roy.
USP has a large Contemporary Pacific Art collection, including works by Rennie Peyroux, Mike Tavioni, Eruera Nia, Ian George, Kay George, Mahiriki Tangaroa, Apii Rongo, Varu Samuel, Krick Barraud, Joan Gragg, Nanette Lela'ulu, Johnny Penisula, Filipe Tohi, Sam Thomas and Dominique Crocombe.
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