Fiji National University
FNU website
www.fnu.ac.fj
Contacts: Lecturer: Elia Green Vesikula
Senior lecturer: Arun Chakravorty
The Fiji National University was formed in 2010 by a merger of six state-funded tertiary institutions in Fiji: Fiji Institute of Technology, Fiji School of Medicine, Fiji School of Nursing, Fiji College of Advanced Education, Lautoka Teachers College and Fiji College of Agriculture. A year later, the Training and Productivity Authority of Fiji was also merged with the university and a new centre, the National Training and Productivity Centre, was formed. FNU is the largest university in Fiji with more than 1600 staff.
The university’s campuses are located at various towns around the country and offer a wide range of programmes from certificate to postgraduate degrees. The School of Social Science and School of Communication and Creative Arts are based on Raiwai Campus, which also hosts the Fiji Institute of Technology journalism school.
Although FNU is Fiji’s first national university, it has a long history of relevant education reaching back into the origins of the component colleges - more than 125 years in the case of the School of Medicine. Other sections were established as the nation’s needs and aspirations changed and the island country became independent from Britain in 1970.
What emerged in 2010 is a university of five colleges and a training centre based on seven former tertiary institutions that can serve students in 29 different locations throughout Fiji with a broad range of affordable education programmes.
Importantly, the National University retains an orientation towards technical and vocational training, with a focus on real qualifications for real jobs and real opportunities for entrepreneurship and self-employment, while providing pathways to further professional studies and higher qualifications. Students will be able to progress through accessible multiple entry and exit points from certificate and diploma to advanced diploma, degree and postgraduate levels as their careers.
Fees at FNU are set at levels to try to make university education possible for everyone. This helps make it possible for ordinary people to be able to afford to go to university or to send their children. For parents and sponsors, the FNU means affordability and quality at their doorsteps.
FNU journalism programme
Pacific Media Centre
