BRIEF PROFILE OF DR. JOHN GARANG MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology was first establishes by an order No 3, 2008 as Dr. John Garang Institute of Technology. The institute was an institution for learning, teaching and for developing its various curricula. The institute mandate was to serve the country in the context of Sudan, increase its resources and develop its intellectual, economic and social standards by training the students and awarding them degrees, staff and all those affiliated to it devoting themselves to teaching and research, contributing effectively to the enlightenment of Sudanese society, guiding its cultural development and enhancement of its standards and fostering strong relations with other universities and academic institutions. The ultimate aim of the institute was the realization of academic ideals to be attained by full awareness of the realities of the developing technological age. In so doing the institute was to enjoy freedom of thought and scientific research within the limits of the constitution and law. Historically it bears the name of late Dr. John Garang de Mabior, the founder and leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Late Dr. John Garang pioneered the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), 2005 which embedded referendum article and with the referendum popular vote led to the independence of the Republic of South Sudan on 9th July 2011. To follow the sequence, on 27 February 2007, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Government of South Sudan laid the foundation stone for the establishment of the university as an Institute of Technology. On 22 January 2008, H.E. Philip Thon Leek who was by then Governor of Jonglei State signed collaboration agreement with the Rector of Free International University of Moldova (ULM). This collaboration agreement led to the opening of the Institute on ” February 2008. The Institute was to award degrees with accreditation from the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM), based on European Union Standards. In March 2010, the Institute was nationalito and upgraded to university status by H.. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, resident of the Republic of Sudan.