Africa-Press – South-Sudan. By Wek Atak Kacjang
Over 1000 students,both bachelor degrees and diplomas in various faculties graduated from catholic University South Sudan Juba on Wednesday. The ninth-batch graduation ceremony event was held at Freedom Hall. Among the graduates was Juba Monitor’sDeputy Marketing Manager,John Augustine who graduated from the College of Economic and Business Administration.
The Catholic University of South Sudan (CUofSS) is a university located in South Sudan. CUo fSS consists of two campuses; one in the capital of Juba, while the other is located in the city of Western Bahr el Ghazal capital Wau. The university is fairly new as it was established and operating since 2008. However, the university was founded approximately three years before the independence of South Sudan.
In July 2007, five bishops from Sudan decided to establish a Catholic university that would have campuses and institutions in both northern and southern Sudan.The Catholic University of South Sudan opened with 50 pioneer students on 29 September 2008, as a private institution of higher education.In its first year of operation of the 2008–2009 academic year, the school enrolled 250 students, which is reported to be a high number for a country like that.The Jesuit Father Michael Schultheis served as its first vice-chancellor (2008–2013), followed by DrFr. Matthew Pagan Daniel. In 2013, the campus in Wau started a project establishing new areas of study, including mineralogy and mining studies. The campus fully instituted this by 2014
The university’s main campus is located in the city of Juba, Central Equatoria State, in the Southern region of South Sudan. The city of Juba is the capital of South Sudan and is the largest city in the country. The university maintains a second campus in the city of Wau,Western Bahr el Ghazal State, which is approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) northwest of Juba.The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is located in Juba. However, the Faculties of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Engineering is based in the city of Wau. The second campus in Wau alsooffers mining and mineralogy studies, implemented by 2014.
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