List of universities in Melanesia
This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Melanesia.
Regional
- University of the South Pacific, Alafua (Apia, Samoa), Emalus (Port Vila, Vanuatu) and Laucala (Suva, Fiji)
Fiji
- Fiji College of Advanced Education
- Fiji College of Agriculture
- Fiji Institute of Technology
- Fiji National University
- Fiji School of Medicine, Suva
- Fiji School of Nursing
- Fulton College
- Lautoka Teachers College
- Pacific Flying School
- South Pacific Bible College
- University of Fiji, Saweni
- University of the South Pacific, Suva
Papua New Guinea
- Divine Word University, Madang
- Pacific Adventist University, Boroko
- University of Technology, Lae
- University of Goroka, Goroka
- University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby
Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands National University, Honiara
- University of the South Pacific, Honiara (a university centre)
Vanuatu
Rankings of universities
2008 Ranking Web of World Universities
Currently the Webometrics Ranking is the only that covers Melanesian universities. Most of them are provided in the Oceania section but Indonesian ones are provided under the Asia entry.
2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities
As yet, no Melanesian universities appear in the Academic Ranking of World Universities[1] produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education.
2006 Times Higher Education Supplement Melanesian Rankings
Two universities were ranked in the Times Higher Education Supplement, both from Indonesia:
Asiaweek's Melanesian top ranking universities
In 2000, Asiaweek ranked Asia's universities and grouped them according to whether they were a generalist multi-disciplinary or a science and technology university.[2]
| Multi-disciplinary | |
|---|---|
| Rank | University |
| 75 | Airlangga University |
| 73 | Diponegoro University |
| 68 | Gadjah Mada University |
| 61 | University of Indonesia |
| Science and technology | |
|---|---|
| Rank | University |
| 21 | Bandung Institute of Technology |
In 1999, Asiaweek released the first regional listing of Asia's best universities.[3] Melanesian universities in the list and their rankings were:
| Rank | University |
|---|---|
| 67 | Gadjah Mada University |
| 70 | University of Indonesia |
| 77 | Diponegoro University |
| 79 | Airlangga University |
References
See also
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