Somali International University is one of the higher education institutions in the country. Since the collapse of the state, many privately owned higher education institutions stepped up their efforts to establish faculties and specializations that were not previously available.
Somali International University is a private, non-profit educational institution providing innovative undergraduate and graduate education. It was founded in 2012.
The university gained accreditation from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of Somalia in November 2012, and began instruction with 847 students on 4th February 2013. Upon establishment, SIU started with 5 faculties; Business and Economics, Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering and Computer Technology, Sharia and Law, and Health Sciences. Throughout the years, SIU established other pioneering faculties which were in great need. The Faculty of Agriculture was established in 2015 to capitalize the nation’s demand for homegrown agricultural products. SUI has then established the Faculty of Education in 2017 to match the need for a demanding quality and top education practitioners and teachers. In 2019, the Department of General Medicine was separated from the Faculty of Health Sciences and was established as a new and separate faculty bringing the total faculties of the university to 8.
SIU is committed to creating a learning environment based on a liberal arts core curriculum that foster ethical and critical thinking skills by teaching students to explore the connections between fields of knowledge. SIU’s education teaches students to be problem solvers.
The university’s lecturers are drawn from throughout the world, attracted by SIU’s vision and mission of preparing a wide range of professional; and longstanding commitment to lifelong learning.