Polytechnic of Namibia

The Polytechnic of Namibia ( Polytechnic of Namibia, often abbreviated as poly or Polytech ) is a Polytechnic in Namibia and adjacent to the University of Namibia one of the largest universities in Namibia. The main campus is located in Windhoek West district around the former maternity ward with the Elizabeth House.

2010 studied about 11,531 people at the Polytechnic, which makes this the largest tertiary education institution in Namibia.

The Polytechnic in 2012 reached the 21th place (2011: 30 Rank) of the best universities in Africa.

History and teaching understanding

The Polytechnic of Namibia has its origin in the established " Academy for Tertiary Education " 1980 ( Academy of tertiary education). The Polytechnic of Namibia is 1994, from the " Technikon Namibia " and the " College for Out-of- School Training" (COST ) emerged and in 1996 an independent educational institution. during 2009, the application for renaming in Namibia 's University of Science and Technology ( NUST ) has been at the Namibian Ministry of Education officially filed to reflect the broad scope of duties of the Polytechnic in the name. the application was in August 2010 rejected. In December 2012, the renaming and the transfer of training to bachelor's and master's degree programs were approved by the relevant ministry.

The university teaching programs aim to meet the practical needs of the Namibian industry for graduates, an important branch of the economy of Namibia. The teaching program of the Polytechnic is in English and includes not only the originial certificate, diploma, bachelor and master degree programs (eg, computer science, civil engineering, conservation, mining ) for the academic year 2010 also doctoral programs. In connection with the development to a technical university that traditional training which heretofore rather the character of a technician training had expanded (eg, to surveyor ) to higher education programs are.

Faculties and schools

There are a number of local collaborations such as the educational organization EduVentures and international technical university collaborations with all the major South African universities and over 60 other international universities. In Germany, these include the Clausthal University of Technology, the Technical University of Freiberg, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken, the Hochschule Rhein Main as well as several colleges such as the University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Fachhochschule Flensburg, the Ernst -Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena and the University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg.

Photos

Campus Overview

Building for Science and Technology

University Library

Historic Elizabeth House