Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies in Suva
Type
Public
Established
1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Chancellor
David Vunagi
Vice-Chancellor
Pal Ahluwalia
Academic staff
400[1]: 22
Administrative staff
1,114[1]: 22
Students
29,918 (2017)[1]: 17
Undergraduates
16,721(2017)[1]: 17
Postgraduates
2,933 (2017)[1]: 17
Location
Suva
,
Fiji (main campus)
Website
www.usp.ac.fj
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific island countries: the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.[2][3]
USP is an international centre for teaching and research on Pacific culture and environment, with almost 30,000 students in 2017.[1]: 17 The university's main campus is in Suva, Fiji, with subsidiary campuses in each member state.
^ abcdef"USP Annual Report 2017" (PDF). University of the South Pacific. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^"USP: About the University". www.usp.ac.fj. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
^Kessler, Kim Andreas (2021). "Anthropology at the University of the South Pacific: From past dynamics to present perceptions". The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 32 (1): 33–53. doi:10.1111/taja.12388. ISSN 1757-6547. S2CID 233692534.
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