UN Academy of Somalia

UN Academy of Somalia is rated 3 out of 5 in the category higher education. Read and write reviews about UN Academy of Somalia. United Nations Academy of Somalia (UNAS) is a Department of United Nations Association of Somalia, with the aim of improving and providing free postgraduate education to the Somali youth in their country. PURPOSE OF THE UNITED NATIONS ACADEMY OF SOMALIA (UNAS) The purposes of the United Nations Academy of Somalia (UNAS) are to provide quality higher education, research, disseminate knowledge, and foster relationships with outside individuals, local and international educational institutions and bodies in accordance with the following principles: • The University strives to create a culture of equality and an environment of teaching, study and research, free of bias and discrimination, • The University is founded on the principle of academic freedom to establish, maintain and administer educational and research units, institutes, laboratories, hospitals, publishing houses, libraries, collections and museums, botanical and zoological gardens and sporting facilities, and to engage in all scientific, educational, administrative or managerial activities • To establish programs for research and instruction, methods of instruction and study, and rules for the admission of students; • To employ a staff of academic and administrative personnel, both permanent and temporary; to appoint teachers, researchers and administrators, and to determine their ranks; • To make academic appointments and award academic degrees, diplomas and certificates; • To confer honorary degrees and other honors in special circumstances; • To award scholarships, grants and prizes;