About PUST

Puntland University of Science and Technology (PUST) is a recognized public university in Galkayo, Puntland, Somalia. It was established in 2004, with the name of Puntland State University (PSU) by intellectuals and scholars from the region with the aim of establishing credible and strong tertiary education institute capable of providing quality education, training, and research services to the betterment of the community and region at large. It is recognized and supported by the Puntland Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

Core Values

We live and learn through a set of core values. By defining these values, we can ensure that our methods and approaches to education are integrated with these values. Click to read more about how we’re putting these values into action, and what they means to us.

  • At PUST, we seek to cultivate an environment that fosters academic development and enables students to develop professional ethics by demonstrating integrity through moral decision-making and accepting responsibility for their actions.

  • We vow to be efficient stewards of the resources entrusted to our care to ensure maximum benefit to both the University and the community.

  • In everything we do, we act professionally by being accessible, supportive, and responsible. By honoring the service we offer to the students and the communities, we will take responsibility for the quality and completion of our work, accept personal responsibility for our actions, and strive to demonstrate professionalism.

  • Our commitment to quality, integrity, and performance in all aspects of our programs, services, and operations enable us to create an environment in which a community can flourish intellectually, socially, ethically, and professionally.

  • As part of the pursuit of excellence, self-reliance, and cultural orientation, we dream of developing a culture that respects national traditions, individual freedom, responsibility, and tolerance.

  • We seek to pursue truth by advancing knowledge and promoting academic freedom and freedom of expression in accordance with the strategic advancement of the institution.

Mission

To provide, preserve, promote and disseminate quality education, trainings and research findings, develop scientific and creative technological innovations and inspire and produce individuals with high standards of moral values based on Islamic teachings for the betterment of societal development.

Vision

To be a competitive and innovative centre of higher education in nurturing knowledge, research and human resource development.

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Current students enrolled

1,035

Graduates to date

3 : 2

Female-to-male student ratio

Administration

  • Abdullahi Nur Salad

    Chancellor

  • Mohamed Jama Yusuf

    Vice Chancellor - Quality Assurance

  • Prof. Mohamed Adan Farah

    Vice Chancellor - Academics

  • Musa Takar

    Vice Chancellor - Administration

  • Dr. Mohamed Hussein Aden, M.D.

    Vice Chancellor - Research & Development

  • Mohamed A. Khalif

    Relations Director

  • Abdulhakim Ahmed Musse

    Administrator

  • Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur

    Academic Registrar

  • Zakariye Ali Hussein

    Director of Student Affairs

Research & Development

  • Abdirashid Abdullahi Abshir

    Director

    Research and Development

  • Mohamed Farah Abdullahi

    Researcher

  • Dr. Daud Abukar Yusuf

    Public Health Researcher


Faculty Deans

  • Abdihakim Farah Ainab

    Dean Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

  • Eng. Bashiir Said Mohamed

    Dean Faculty of Engineering and Earth Science

  • Mohamed Abdi Hashi

    Dean College of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • Abdulahi Abdinur Abdulahi

    Dean - Faculty of Education

Faculty Lecturers

  • Aisha Ahmed Hussein

    Board Member, Lecturer, & Counsellor

  • Duncan Amadi

    Lecturer - English Language Department

  • Idres Abdulaziz Warsame

    Lecturer - Business Information Technology Department

  • Liban Mohamud Musse

    Lecturer - Computer Science & It Department

  • Suleiman Mursal Abdille

    Lecturer - Computer Science & It Department

  • Omar Mohamud Abdi

    Lecturer - Computer Science & IT Department

  • Fatima Ahmed Muhumed

    Lecturer - Faculty of Education

  • Mohamed Ahmed Hassan

    Lecturer - Health Sciences

  • Dr. Ahmed Abdulkadir Jama

    Lecturer - Health Sciences

  • Abdirahman Elmi Ali

    Lecturer - Health Sciences

  • Drs. Fatima Saed Mohamed

    Lecturer - Health Sciences

  • Ahmed Abdi Shikhdon

    Lecturer Faculty of Engineering and Earth Science

News & Updates

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