RSU Profile

Red Sea University, Somalia

Address: Street 30th, Biyo Kululle, Bosaso, Somalia

Website: www.rsu.edu.so

BACKGROUND

  • Red Sea University (RSU) is a private and non-profit university, registered by the Ministry of Education, and Higher Education of Somalia (Registration number: 257), with the main campus in Bosaso and a branch campus in Galkio, both in the Puntland state of Somalia.
  • The history of RSU began in 1993 when a team of professors and eminent scholars set out to establish a University in Somalia with its headquarters in Mogadishu and eventually opened Mogadishu University (MU) in 1997.
  • After a decade of success in the field of higher education, the founders chose to open a second campus in Puntland in 2008, specifically in Bosaso. Following assessments of the campus’s performance, the campus was eventually granted its own university status and given the name “Red Sea University”.

VISION:

  • To be a world-class university that is a premier source of an academically rich and multicultural discovering experience offering a dynamic and supportive learning environment.

MISSION:

  • To promote intellectual professionalism and social aspirations of the Somali people through quality education and research.

CORE VALUES:

  • Integrity and honesty
  • Cooperation and leadership
  • Dedication and respect
  • Intellectual curiosity.

OBJECTIVES:

  • To enhance innovation in research and creativity that impacts on economic societal and political growth.
  • To set up a human resource development program as an instrument for the absorption of a value system.
  • To produce graduates who meet standards for local, regional, and global employment needs.
  • To build strong academic partnerships and cooperation with institutions of higher learning at the local and international levels.
  • To promote values in tandem with local culture, norms, and beliefs.

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS:

A. Undergraduate Programs:

1. Faculty of Sharia and Law:

a) Department of Sharia and Law

b) Department of Shari’a & Islamic Studies

c) Department of Law

2. Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences

a) Department of Accounting

b) Department of Business and Information Technology

c) Department of Banking and Finance

d) Department of Economics

3. Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

a) Department of Public Administration

b) Department of Political Science

c) Department of Social Work

4. Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology

a) Department of Computer Science

b) Department of Information Technology

5. Faculty of Health Sciences

a) Department of Public Health

b) Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences

c) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics

d) Department of Nursing

f) Department of Midwifery

6. Faculty of Education

a) Department of Mathematics and Physics

b) Department of Biology and Chemistry

c) Department of Geography and History

7. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

a) Department of Veterinary Medicine

B. Diploma Programs

  1. Diploma in Accounting
  2. Diploma in Computer Sciences & IT
  3. Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
  4. Professional Diploma in Nursing
  5. Professional Diploma in Pharmacy
  6. Professional Diploma in Computer Science

C. Postgraduate Programs

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Law
  2. Master and PhD in Education
  3. Master and PhD in Business Administration

RESEARCH AND CENTERS:

  1. Institute for Research and Innovations
  2. RSU Legal Aid Clinic Center
  3. Center for Islamic Economics and Finance
  4. Center for Peace and Development Studies
RSU PROJECTS INFORMATION
S/N Project Title Project Description Project Duration Budget Status
1 ERUSMUS+ project “Inclusive and Innovative Digital Education for Migrant Communities in Kenya and Somalia” The project is funded by EU through ERUSMUS+, Capacity Building for Higher Educations, Strand-2.

Partners:  Masinde Muliro University – Kenya; Mogadishu University – Somalia; Red Sea University – Somalia; Uniwersytet WSB Merito W Poznaniu (WSB) – Poland; Kutahya Dumlupinar Universitesi (DPU) – Turkey. The Ministry of Education, State Department for Higher Education, is an Affiliate Partner.

  

 

 

Dec 2023 to Dec 2027

  

 

 

€719,939

  

 

 

Ongoing
2 Erasmus+ Programme

Students and Staff Mobility

 

 Erasmus+ Programme

Key Action 1: Mobility of higher education students and staff

  

July 2024 to December 2026

  

€9,300

  

Ongoing
3 Provision of Human Resource Consultancy Services to WFP Somalia Provide MS Office and ICT training to WFP inside Somalia Aug 2022-Aug 2024 $24,800 Ended
4 Tailor Made Training Plus (TMT+)project entitled ‘Capacity Building to Improve Food Security and Livelihoods in Somalia’ The project is coordinated by Aeres Training Centre International, Barneveld, The Netherlands (https://www.aerestrainingcentre.com/) and Red Sea University, faculty of Vet. Medicine Galkaio, Somalia(https://rsu.edu.so/). The Project is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foriegn Affairs through the NUFFIC, an initsitute for internationalization of education in Netherlands . Staff from the universities and Livestock ministries of Federal Member States namely Puntland, Jubaland, South West, Galmudug and Hirshabele was trained in Jimma University, Ethiopia and Aeres Center in The Netherlands.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 2020-August 2022

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

£400,000

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implemented
5 Tailor Made Training project entitled “Creating Opportunities for Females through Sustainable and Planet Friendly Insect Farming” The project is coordinated by Aeres Training Centre International, Barneveld, The Netherlands (https://www.aerestrainingcentre.com/) and Red Sea University, faculty of Vet. Medicine Galkaio, Somalia (https://rsu.edu.so/).  The Project is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foriegn Affairs through the NUFFIC, an initsitute for internationalization of education in Netherlands .

Livestock female professionals was trained on insect farming technology as an alternative to the conventionally used protein sources in animal feed such as soybean and fish

  

 

 

October 2021-July 2022

  

 

 

£74,896

  

 

 

Implemented
6 Covid19 and its Prevention in Internally Displaced Person (IDP) Camps in Somalia: Impact on Livelihoods, Mental Health and Wellbeing

 

 The project is funded by HORN – One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa project (http://onehealthhorn.net) (funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) from the Growing Research Capability call. Project duration.

The project is coordinated by University of Liverpool

  

 

 

 

 

September 2020-June 2021

  

 

 

 

 

£27,000

  

 

 

 

 

Ended
7 Evaluation of anthrax surveillance systems, risk mapping and assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices among high risk groups in the Horn of Africa (Somalia/Somaliland, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea) The project is funded by HORN – One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa project (http://onehealthhorn.net) (funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) from the Growing Research Capability call. Project duration.

The project is coordinated by University of Liverpool

  

 

 

 

May 2020-April 2021

  

 

 

 

£50,000

  

 

 

 

Ended

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