University of Kordofan

University of Kordofan

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Year dem found am	1990
Motto text	Say: Lord, increase me in knowledge
Country	Sudan
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	El-Obeid
Coordinate location	13°12′18″N 30°14′16″E
Member of	Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Association of African Universities
Dema official website	http://www.kordofan.edu.sd

De University of Kordofan (Arabic: جامعة كردفان ) (informally Kordofan University) be one of de largest universities insyd Sudan wey dey locate insyd El-Obeid 560 km to de southwest of Khartoum. Na dem found am insyd 1990 wey dem dey recognize am as one of de top universities insyd Sudan. Edey feature several institutes, academic units den research centres, wey dey include de Institute of Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies, de Centre for Intermediate Technology in Agriculture den Deanship for Scientific Research and Postgraduate Studies. Ebe member of de Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

Admission

Undergraduate admission policy be govern by de national Board of Higher Education of Sudan, wich dey set de minimum admission requirement for secondary school students base for dema national origin (Sudanese vs. non-Sudanese) den de secondary-school certificate board.

Faculties

• Deanship for Research and Postgraduate Training
• Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
• Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Commercial Studies and Business Administration
• Faculty of Computer Science & Statistic
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering and Technical Studies
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Community
• Institute of Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies
• Center for Peace & Development
• Center for Information Unit

Faculty of Medicine den Health Sciences

De Faculty of Medicine dey grant de degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery after dem fini six years of studying. Plus ein community-based system, edey pay great interest to community medicine, as e dey start for de first year insyd den dey fini by de end of de fifth year of study. Dem admit de first batch of students insyd 1992; by 2010, 13 batches graduate den insyd 2010 de junior batch get de number 20.

Clinical training dey take part insyd hospitals insyd de city of El-Obeid den oda rural hospitals insyd de State of North Kordofan:

• El-Obeid Teaching Hospital
• Al-Kuwaiti Hospital for Children, El-Obeid
• Police Hospital, El-Obeid
• Army Forces Hospital, El-Obeid

De department of Medical Laboratory dey grant ein enrolled students de degree of Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science after dem fini four years of study. Those wey qualify for de fifth year go graduate plus honours degree.

De Department of Public Health dey grant ein graduates de degree of Bachelor of Public Health after dem fini four years of study.

Faculty of Natural Resource den Environmental Studies

Faculty of Natural Resource and Environmental Studies dey grant bachelor's degree for number of disciplines insyd, such as

• Agricultural Economics den Rural Development
• Animal Science
• Forestry den Pasture
• Biochemistry
• Food Science
• Crop Production den Agricultural Extension

Libraries

De University of Kordofan Library get four branches wey dem divide for de campus top according to de faculties. De main library dey reside insyd de central campus den dey serve students from all oda campuses, as e get wide variety of sources den textbooks. Attach to each library be computer lab wey dey serve as online source of knowledge.

Notable alumni

• Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somali politician wey serve as Presido of Somalia from 2009 to 2012.
• Mohamed Nagi Alassam, Sudanese pro-democracy activist den physician wey na he be de spokesman of de Sudanese Professionals Association.