REPORT: Girne American University [GAU] TRNC to open a Campus in Zimbabwe

Officials from Girne American University are in Zimbabwe to assess prospects of building their African campus in the southern African country.

Girne American University General Secretary Dr Sualp Davut arrived in the country last weekend and was later met with officials from the Zimbabwean Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.

IN HIS WORDS; “One of our top priorities in Zimbabwe is to share our plans to establish a campus in Africa and the country is a top priority for our investment drive.

“Zimbabwe is a priority country for our investment plans as we have campuses across the world under our franchising arrangements and we are now looking at Africa as our next investment destination,” Dr Davut said.

GAU presently has campuses in Turkey, Kent; United Kingdom, Washington DC, Hong Kong and Moldova.

“From that outlook, the university has campuses on five continents and the next target is Africa and we are strongly looking at the opportunity of establishing the African campus in Zimbabwe,” Dr Davut said.

Girne American University was founded in 1985 and has grown from its small beginnings to being a very strong university with more than 15,000 students.

The university is continuously expanding its partnerships, programs and campuses abroad. The tertiary institution is also targeting Zimbabwean students for its next academic year on 50 percent scholarship.

Dr Davut said Zimbabwean students would also gets extra scholarships, including an extra 50 percent scholarship for high academic grades, 50 percent extra scholarship for assistant-ship or a further 50 percent for students in sport teams.

“We have so many Zimbabwean students and we would want to have more since they have proved to be intelligent, peaceful and above all very hardworking.

“Zimbabwean students have actually helped us in the university being accorded high standards and we have raked high up there because of the students that have come from Zimbabwe.”

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