The Catholic University of Sudan

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The Catholic University of Sudan (English: The Catholic University of Sudan ( CUoS ) ), since 2011 as the Catholic University of South Sudan (English: Catholic University of South Sudan ( CUSS ) ), is a fully accredited, private university in the South Sudan.

History

The idea of ​​a Catholic University in Sudan was initiated by the Archbishop of Khartoum, Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako 2003. 2007 approved the Sudanese Bishops' Conference the establishment with the aim of developing a leading elite after decades of armed conflict in the Sudan. The opening took place in 2008, the U.S. Jesuit Michael Schultheis was as founding President. ; he was the first university president of the Catholic University of Ghana.

Schultheis built a founding partnership with Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. on as well as support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID ) / American Schools and Hospitals Abroad ( ASHA ) and Msaada Architects, a nonprofit architectural firm, on. Further partnerships with Canadian and U.S. universities are to be linked - even to get qualified teachers, which so far is one of the greatest challenges facing the University.

The university campus Juba to be permanently erected in Nabari district. Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro put this on November 16, 2013 the foundation stone.

Organization

The Catholic University is supported by the Sudanese Bishops' Conference. Since 2012, an affiliation with the Catholic University of Eastern Africa ( CUEA ) exists in Nairobi; the first degrees were awarded in the same year.

In Juba, social and economic sciences are offered, in the provincial capital Wau since 2010 Agricultural Sciences and Education. The Comboni College in the Sudanese capital Khartoum should offer courses in computer science.