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The University of the South Pacific (USP) is the premier provider of tertiary
education in the Pacific Region and an international centre of excellence for
teaching, research, consulting and training on all aspects of Pacific culture,
environment and human resource development needs. USP comprises a vibrant and
culturally diverse community of staff and students from its 12 member countries:
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as well as many other countries
world-wide.
USP is a multi-modal university, offering hundreds of courses
both on campus and by distance and flexible learning (DFL) in a variety of modes
including print, video-broadcast, face-to-face and online. Of the more than
22,000 enrolled students at USP, more than half choose distance study. For such
students USP's sophisticated satellite network, USPNet, serves as a gateway for
interaction, information, research and higher learning, providing links with
USP's three major campuses in Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu and its 12 other campuses.
Collectively the university's Campuses are located across 33 million square
kilometres of ocean covering five different times zones.
USP offers
internationally recognised undergraduate and postgraduate study programs in a
wide variety of disciplines. In addition to its teaching activities, the
University has developed a strong track record in research, particularly in the
areas of business management, teacher education, politics, law, Pacific studies,
development, governance, marine studies, agriculture, science and technology and
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