The Maldives National University (MNU / ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޤައުމީ ޔުނިވަރސިޓީ)

Founded 2011 (chartered as Maldives's FIRST and ONLY national university by merger of multiple pre-existing colleges; heritage to Maldives College of Higher Education 1998 + earlier specialised colleges going back to 1973 Allied Health Services Training Centre). MALDIVES'S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. Chartered 17 January 2011 by merger of pre-existing colleges (Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Centre for Open Learning, etc.) consolidating Maldives's scattered HE under one university. Heritage to Maldives College of Higher Education 1998 + earlier specialised colleges going back to 1973 Allied Health Services Training Centre. ~10,000+ students. 9 faculties + 4 research centres. ENGLISH-MEDIUM primary instruction (some Dhivehi). Multi-island reach via Faculty of Education distance programmes (critical given Maldives's 1,190-island geography). Pakistani-trained faculty + visiting professors significant. CRITICAL CONTEXT: Climate-change-research is institutional priority given Maldives existential context.

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