PNG's Western Pacific University to enroll over 6000 students

Papua New Guinea's new Western Pacific University will enroll well over 6000 students soon.  Prime Minister,  Peter O’Neill said the Western Pacific University will make a massive difference for families, who will no longer have to send their children away for university.

“This university will take the burden of concern away from parents that comes from having their sons and daughters studying away from home.

"Very importantly this university will be a tertiary institution of global standard that will educate many of the best and brightest of the Nation’s future.

“The Western Pacific University will enrol 6,000 students and bring in lecturers and academics from Papua New Guinea and around the Pacific.”

In addition to accommodation facilities on the 19 hectares site, other amenities including the library, lecture buildings and recreation facilities.

Western Pacific University will become Papua New Guinea’s 5th State-owned university and the 7th in the country.

The newly appointed Higher Secretary for Education, Fr. Jan Czuba, who has been the force behind the Divine Word University in Madang, has been tasked to manage the construction and establishment of the University.

Photo: Former Member for Ialibu-Pangia, Roy Yaki; Chinese Embassy Counsellor, Liu Linlin; China’s Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Xue Bing; and, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, breaking ground on the Western Pacific University campus site.