# SIMAD University

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{{Short description|University in Mogadishu, Somalia}}
{{Infobox university
| name         = SIMAD University
| image        = Simad.png
| image_size   = 150
| caption      = Logo
| motto        = ''The Fountain of Knowledge and Wisdom''
| established  = {{Start date and age|1999|11|06|df=y|br=y}}
| closed       = <!-- {{End date and age|YYYY}} -->
|
| academic_affiliations  = [Africa Muslims Agency](/source/Africa_Muslims_Agency)<br />[AAU](/source/Association_of_African_Universities)<br />[FUIWI](/source/List_of_Members_of_FUIW)<br />[IAU](/source/International_Association_of_Universities)<br />[ASU](/source/Association_of_Somali_Universities)

| undergrad    = 3800
| postgrad     = 18
| address      = Jidka Warshaddaha
| city         = [Mogadishu, Benadir](/source/Mogadishu%2C_Benadir)
| country      = Somalia
| campus       = 
| former_names = '''Simad''' ''for'' 
Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development
| language     = [Somali language](/source/Somali_language)
| colors       = {{color box|#008000}} {{color box|#87CEFA}} Green & blue
| website      = https://simad.edu.so/
| logo         = 
| founder      = [Hassan Sheikh Mohamud](/source/Hassan_Sheikh_Mohamud)
}}

'''SIMAD University''' ('''SU''') is a private university in [Mogadishu](/source/Mogadishu), Somalia. It offers undergraduate courses. It is the first private non-profit university teaching in the [Somali language](/source/Somali_language).{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==History==
In 1999, SIMAD was established as an institute of higher learning. After 11 years, the board of trustees upgraded the institute to a university on 20 January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://simad.edu.so/about-simad/ |title=About SIMAD University}}</ref>

==Governance and management==
The supreme governance bodies of the university are made up of:

*Board of Trustees
*University Senate
*Academic Council
*Operations Board
*Development Committee

==Faculties==
The faculties of SIMAD University and the degrees offered are:<ref>[http://simad.edu.so/academics/faculties/ Faculties of SIMAD UNIVERSITY]</ref>
*'''Faculty of Management Sciences'''
**Bachelor of Business Administration
**Bachelor of Banking & Finance
**Bachelor of Procurement & Logistics
**Bachelor of Digital Marketing
**Bachelor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
*'''Faculty of Computing'''
**Bachelor of Computer Science
**Bachelor of Information Technology
**Bachelor of Graphics and Multimedia
*'''Faculty of Social Sciences'''
**Bachelor of Public Administration
**Bachelor of Developmental Studies
**Bachelor of Social Work and Administration 
**Bachelor of Media and Communication 
**Bachelor of Political Science & International Relations
*'''Faculty of Economics'''
**Bachelor of Economics
**Bachelor of Statistics and Planning
**Bachelor of International Trade and Investment 
*'''Faculty of Law'''
**Bachelor of Law (LLB)
*'''Faculty of Education'''
**Bachelor of Science Education (Biology and Chemistry)
**Bachelor of Science Education Management
**Bachelor of Science Education (Mathematics and Chemistry)
**Bachelor of Arts Education (English and Literature)
*'''Faculty of Engineering'''
**Bachelor of Civil Engineering
**Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
**Bachelor of Telecommunication Engineering
**Bachelor of Science in Architecture
*'''Faculty of Accountancy'''
**Bachelor of Accounting
*'''Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences'''
**Bachelor of Medicine
**Bachelor of Nursing
**Bachelor of Microbiology and Laboratory Sciences
**Bachelor of Public Health
**Bachelor of Midwifery
**Bachelor of Radiology

[[File:2013 11 28 SIMAD UNIVERSITY Gr 002 (11102111463).jpg|thumb|Founder, first rector of SIMAD University. Current president of Somalia [Hassan Sheikh Mohamud](/source/Hassan_Sheikh_Mohamud). ]]

==Memberships==
*[International Association of Schools](/source/International_Association_of_Schools)<ref>[http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions IAU Member Institutions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501224946/http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions |date=2013-05-01 }}</ref>
*[Somali Research and Education Network](/source/Somali_Research_and_Education_Network) (SomaliREN)<ref>[http://www.somaliren.org/ SREN Member Institutions]</ref>
*[Association of African Universities (AAU)](/source/Association_of_African_Universities)<ref>[http://www.aau.org/content/simad-university AAU Members]</ref>
*[Arab States Research and Education Network](/source/Arab_States_Research_and_Education_Network) (ASREN)
*[ARAB-ACRAO](/source/ARAB-ACRAO)<ref>[http://www.arab-acrao.org/univ_somal.htm ARAB-ACRAO Members]</ref>
*[World Engagement WEInstitute](/source/World_Engagement_WEInstitute)<ref>[http://www.weinstitute.org/academics.html WEINSTITUTE Members]</ref>
*[Association of Somali Universities](/source/Association_of_Somali_Universities)

==Partnerships==
*[Open University Malaysia (OUM)](/source/Open_University_Malaysia), Malaysia
*[Shinawatra University](/source/Shinawatra_University), Thailand <ref>{{cite web |url=http://amd.siu.ac.th/index.php/partnership |title=Partnership - SIU ADMISSIONS |website=amd.siu.ac.th |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717091607/http://amd.siu.ac.th/index.php/partnership |archive-date=2015-07-17}} </ref>
*[Multimedia University](/source/Multimedia_University), Malaysia
*[International Islamic University](/source/International_Islamic_University_Malaysia), Malaysia
*[Sudan University of Science and Technology](/source/Sudan_University_of_Science_and_Technology), Sudan
*[Makerere University Business School (MUBS)](/source/Makerere_University_Business_School), Uganda
*[Daffodil International University](/source/Daffodil_International_University), Bangladesh<ref>{{cite web |url=http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/international-affairs/international-linkage.html |title=International Linkage |publisher=Daffodil International University |access-date=2014-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129114524/http://daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/international-affairs/international-linkage.html |archive-date=2014-11-29 }}</ref>

==Accreditation==
SIMAD is registered as a private, non-profit higher education institution under the [Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Culture (Somalia)](/source/Ministry_of_Education_(Somalia)).

==Notable former and current administrators==
*[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud](/source/Hassan_Sheikh_Mohamud) – current president of the Federal Republic of Somalia; founder and former principal of SIMAD.
*[Faarah Sheikh Abdulkadir](/source/Farah_Sh._Abdulkadir_Mohamed) – Former minister of State House; former lecturer and board member.
*[Abdikarim Hussein Guled](/source/Abdikarim_Hussein_Guled) – Minister of Interior; board member
*[Abdurahman Mohamed Hussein](/source/Abdirahman_Mohamed_Husen) (Odowaa), Former minister of internal affairs and federalism of the Federal Republic of Somalia; former rector of SIMAD University.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Universities in Somalia}}

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