It is my sincere hope that you will find this brochure useful, in order to enable
you make the decision to join the Benadir University in Mogadishu for the study
programme of your choice.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the first Faculty of engineering &
Technology realized after 17 years lost in Benadir University. Whether you are a
high school student thinking about a career in engineering, a graduate engineer
planning to work towards a graduate degree or a practicing engineer wanting information
or advice, we are here to meet your needs Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering
& Technology home page where you will find information about our academic programs,
student organizations, and much, much more.
I am very happy to be the Dean of an exciting engineering and proud of an excellent
programs and facilities, whose graduates are highly demanded by private and public
and construction companies.
The Faculty of Engineering was formed on 16th September 2005. It is among the four
faculties available in Benadir University. In its initial years, the faculty offers two engineering programmes, namely major Civil Engineering
and major Industrial Engineering.
Our goal is to provide the best possible engineering education for the talented
people of our community and to prepare them to actively contribute to maintaining
the country as the world leader in technology innovation.
Our
aim is to provide an opportunity for the youth to realize their full potential
and obtain a wide range of knowledge, enabling them to contribute to and participate
in the reconstruction and development of their societies.
For students, that means access to a rich curricula taught by professional faculty
members in a wide range of engineering programs. It means access to scholarships
when they graduated. And it means access to employment.
Our goal
is to continue to prepare the future generation of Somali engineers to be innovative
leaders, responsible stewards of Somalia’s resources, and creative problem solvers.
To our prospective students, we would like to say, if you choose the Banadir University
– Faculty of Engineering & Technology to purse for higher education, you will
have our continued support. We offer you an outstanding learning environment, access
to knowledge resources, computer, free internet etc.
Over the next few years we will continue this process of self-evaluation, renewal
and growth of both our academic programs, staff and our infrastructure. We
are currently working on a 10-year plan that will help guide us through what I hope
will be interesting times.
Our motto is ‘together we succeed’. I believe strongly in this and I hope that all
of you reading this message, our students (present, and future), community supporters,
Benadir Foundation and members of KEI professionals of Engineering community (Kulan
Engineering Institution) will all lend a hand in our planning exercise. I
firmly believe that with a clear strategy, and with your support, the Faculty of
Engineering will continue to grow and change to adjust to the complex demands of
the future. Our Faculty of Engineering has tremendous opportunities before it.
We thank you for taking the time to read this important document. I take also this
opportunity to thank the Benadir foundation members for the support they have rendered
to the University till now, particularly, the Faculty of Engineering & Technology.
We hope you’ll enjoy exploring our Web site. We’d appreciate
the chance to discuss the admission process and plan study Programs with you and
We look forward to your joining us in this exciting
community of professionals and hearing from you
if you have any questions or comments:
Call us: +2521-225363
E-mail us: Banadir_CET@yahoo.com
Visit us: Adjacent to Care International Office or near Hotel Peace area, Mogadishu-Somalia
To this end, I encourage you to visit our campus, call or write. I invite you to
visit our campus, meet the students and faculty. We share our successes with all of you.
Sincerely,
Prof. Aweys Adde Mohamed
The Dean