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Bachelor of Civil Engineering
4 years
Tuition-free (fee table gives Engineering as 5 years; Engineering faculty page states four-year programmes - discrepancy on SNU's own pages); administrative charge US$125 per semester
Source
Somalia · Mogadishu
Somali National University (SNU)
Fees, application dates, programmes and admission information for Somali National University (SNU) in Somalia.
Key facts
- City
- Mogadishu
- Type
- Public
- Founded
- 1969
- Students
- 13,000
- Language of instruction
- Not yet verified
- International student fees
- Undergraduate programmes tuition-free; semester administrative charges US$50-125 by faculty; compulsory EAP foundation US$350; international registration and ID-card fee US$55; application fee US$30.Source
- Application dates
- Not yet verifiedSource
Admission and application
Postgraduate applicants need a recognised bachelor's degree, minimum GPA set by the faculty, transcripts, recommendation letters where required, research proposal for research programmes and possibly an interview; Registration and ID fee US$50.
Language requirement: English proficiency where required for international applicants; EAP foundation programme (US$350) compulsory for undergraduates unless exempted.
- Choose a programme and review admission requirements.
- Prepare certificates, transcripts, passport-size photos, national ID/birth certificate (international applicants: passport copy, authenticated documents).
- Complete the online application (student.snu.edu.so/admission/home) or submit a printed application at the Admission Office.
- Pay the application fee.
- Submit before the stated deadline and track status; successful applicants receive an official admission letter.
Programmes
bachelor
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
4 years
Tuition-free; administrative charge US$125 per semester
Sourcebachelor
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
4 years
Tuition-free; administrative charge US$125 per semester
Sourcebachelor
Faculty of Law (undergraduate)
4 years
Tuition-free; administrative charge US$80 per semester
Sourcebachelor
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (undergraduate)
6 years
Tuition-free; administrative charge US$125 per semester
SourceFaculties and schools
- Agriculture and Environmental Science
- Economic and Management Science
- Education
- Engineering
- Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine
- Languages
- Law
- Medicine and Surgery
- Science
- Sharia and Islamic Studies
- Social Science
- Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry
- Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Science
- Faculty of Economic and Management Science
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Languages
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies
- Faculty of Social Science
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine
- Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
- School of Management and Public Administration
- English Language Institute
Highlights
- Describes itself as the only public, non-profit higher education institution in Somalia.
- Undergraduate degree durations per fee table: 4 years for most faculties; 5 years Engineering and Veterinary Medicine; 6 years Medicine and Surgery.
- Full-time and part-time (evening/weekend) study modes offered.
- The accreditation page names no accrediting body; no accreditation claim is made here.
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