University of the South Pacific

The University of the South Pacific

Type	Public
Established	1968
Chancellor	Iakoba Italeli
Vice-Chancellor	Rajesh Chandra
Location	Suva, Fiji (main campus)
Website	www.usp.ac.fj

The University of the South Pacific, or USP (French: Université du Pacifique Sud; Bislama: Universiti Blong Saot Pasifik) is an intergovernmental organisation and public research university with a number of locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. It is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment. USP's academic programmes are recognised worldwide, attracting students and staff from throughout the Pacific region and internationally.

The British colonial link and the establishment of the University of the South Pacific in 1968 allowed the education system to follow suit from the qualification system of the Commonwealth of Nations. The University of the South Pacific is the only university in Oceania region to be internationally recognised outside of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Guam, with its bachelor's and other awards programme.

USP is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

Courses and programmes

USP offers Undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes including:

• Teaching
• Tourism
• Journalism
• Literature
• Linguistics
• Agriculture
• Science and Environmental Management
• Geospatial Science
• Technology
• Computing and Information Systems
• Accounting and Economics
• Law and Politics
• Banking and Finance
• Public Administration and Management
• Land management
• Counselling and Social Services and others.

Campuses

USP's main campus, called Laucala, is located in Fiji. The Alafua Campus in Samoa hosts the School of Agriculture and Food Technology, and the Emalus Campus in Vanuatu is the location for the School of Law. In addition, USP operates 11 regional centres based in Pacific islands countries. The entire region served by USP covers 33 million km² of the Pacific ocean, an area more than three times the size of Europe. In contrast, the total land mass of territories served corresponds to the area of Denmark. Populations of member countries vary from Tokelau with 1,500 people to Fiji with more than 900,000 people. The total population of the region is about 1.3 million.

Campus in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in 2013

Campus in Bairiki, Kiribati, in 2011

Campus	Town	Country
Alafua	Apia	Samoa
Emalus	Port Vila	Vanuatu
Laucala	Suva	Fiji
USP Cook Islands	Rarotonga	Cook Islands
USP Kiribati	Bairiki	Kiribati
USP Labasa	Labasa	Fiji
USP Lautoka	Lautoka	Fiji
USP Marshall Islands	Majuro	Marshall Islands
USP Nauru	& —	Nauru
USP Niue	Alofi	Niue
USP Solomon Islands	Honiara	Solomon Islands
USP Tokelau	Atafu	Tokelau
USP Tonga	Nuku'alofa	Tonga
USP Tuvalu	Funafuti	Tuvalu

External links

• Official website