UPNG OPEN COLLEGE APPLICATION AND COURSE INFO

The University of Papua New Guinea wishes to advise that applications are now open for Lahar, two sessions back-to-back, to be conducted from November 2022 to February 2023.

UPDATED 6TH JAN 2023: The application for UPNG Open College is now OPEN. Click Here for more information.

IMPORTANT NOTICES TO ALL LAHARA STUDENTS

UPNG Open College-based Certificate Courses will be available on-demand, where a minimum of 10 students register. 

Continuing CTCS/CTS Students do not need to complete application forms. Please consult your respective study centres.

Continuing Diploma and Degree students and interested applicants who meet the UPNG entry prerequisites can seek further advice, as well as collect, complete, and submit their application forms at any UPNG Study Centre in your locality or near you. 

Completed application forms can be submitted at the same study centre, before the closing date. Separate applications must be lodged if courses are taken from different schools. 

Please note that a student can only enrol for two courses per session. Courses will be offered if there are a minimum of 10 students accepted in NCD and 20 in other centres.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & PUBLIC POLICY

National Capital District (NCD)

Course No   Course Name   Session 1/2

3.20331 Principles of Microeconomics 1

3.20332 Principles of Macroeconomics 1

3.21209 Principles of Marketing 1

3.21208 Sales Management 1

3.21203 Quantitative Method for Business 2

3.21202 Entrepreneurship and Small Business 1

3.31201 Elements of Business Finance 1

3.21207 Office Management 1

3.10301 Introduction to Tourism & Hospitality Mgmnt 1

3.40705 Tourism and Hospitality Practicum 1

3.10301 Introduction to Government Management 1

3.33402 Government Budget & Fiscal Management 1

3.33403 Decentralization Policy 2

3.33404 Public Enterprise Management 1

3.43005 Public Service Conflict Management 1

3.43401 Project Management 1

3.43403 Comparative Public Sector Management 2

3.43408 Ethics in Public Sector 2

3.43402 Government Business Relations 2

3.43406 Public Procurement Management 2

3.12204 Introductory Accounting 1

3.22201 Financial Accounting 1 1

3.32203 Quantitative Analysis 1 1

3.32204 Quantitative Analysis 2 1

3.11301 Principles of Human Resource Management 1

3.21301 Introduction to Industrial Relations 1

3.21305 Human Resource Economics 1

3.21305 Human Behaviour in Organisations 2

3.20603 Introduction to Banking 1

3.20605 Introduction to Finance 1

3.40606 Financial Risk Management 1

3.40603 Financial Modelling 1

3.10803 Systems Thinking 1

National Capital District and Kokopo

3.10301 Foundation Economics 1

3.11203 Principles of Management 1/2

3.20801 Business Research 1

3.10801 Principles of Strategy 1

SCHOOL OF OF NATURAL & PHYSICAL SCIENCES

National Capital District (NCD)

Foundation Mathematics 1 1

Foundation Mathematics 2 1

Computer Literacy and Numeracy 1

National Capital District (NCD), and Mt. Hagen

Applied Finite Mathematics 1

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

National Capital District (NCD) Campus

4.14001 Study of Human Society 1/2

4.14002 Modern PNG Society 1/2

4.17104 Introduction to Media Arts 1/2

4.10602 Introduction to Pacific History 1/2

4.10601 PNG History 1/2

4.14202 Gender Issues in PNG 1/2

4.11801 Logic 1/2

4.13701 Information Literacy 1/2

4.13702 Introduction to Information and

Communication Studies 1/2

4.12801 Mass Communication 1/2

4.11407 Language, Culture, and History 1/2

4.11403 Language, Power, and Development 1/2

4.11404 Introduction to Sociolinguistics 1/2

4.21433 Language, Mind, and Society 1/2

4.11103 South Pacific Literature 1/2

4.10405 Introduction to English Language 1/2

4.15503 Introduction to Government, and Politics 1/2

4.11701 Introduction to Psychology 1/2

4.11702 Developmental Psychology 1/2

4.21702 Learning, and Cognition 1/2

4.21701 Quantitative Methods in Psychology 1/2

4.11001 Community Empowerment 1/2

4.11002 Social Development 1/2

4.41203 Assessment, and Evaluation 1/2

4.41204 Aspects of Classroom Learning 1/2

4.41206 Education, and Society 1/2

4.41207 Instructional Leadership 1/2

4.10407 Communication Skills for SHSS 1/2

4.13902 Communication, and Life Skills 1/2

4.23904 Civics, and Ethics 1/2

SCHOOL OF LAW (SOL)

National Capital District (NCD)

5.30716 International Law 1

5.40738 International Humanitarian Law 1

5.30717 Criminology, and Penology 1

5.30720 Women, and The Law 1

5.30721 Business Law 1

5.30718 Law of Industrial Relations 1

International Human Rights Law 1

5.40732 Mining, and Petroleum Law 1

5.30717 Maritime Law 2

5.30730 Company Law 2

5.40735 Customary Corporations,

Cooperatives & Public 2

5.40726 Conflicts of Laws 2

5.30722 PLLG & Administrative Law 2

5.30719 Succession Law 2

SESSION DATES:

Applications close: Early October

Registration: Session 1 Mid October

Classes: Session 1 November – December 

Registration: Session 2 January

Classes: Session 2 January – February

FEES & Registration 

For further information contact 3267350/3267110 or email: mjsavio@upng.ac.pg.

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Applications for scholarships for the Graduate Diploma of Economic and Public Policy at the University of Papua Guinea are open to middle and senior managers in the PNG public service.

PNGAusPartnership is supporting ten places in the 2020 academic year for the program that is designed to develop professionals with the knowledge and ability to create and implement effective policy in the national interest. 

Apply through the link: http://pacificprecinct.org

More information and course guidelines can be found here.

PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority New Location Port Moresby

The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority informed their clients in the National Capital District (NCD) that all PNG Passport lodgement and collection would now take place at the new Passport Service Centre.

The new PNGICA centre is located on the first floor of Koitachi Haus, Spring Garden Road, Gordons, along Poreporena Freeway. 

All payments and applications for PNG Passports must be lodged and collected at this venue. 

Furthermore, all other applications for migration services will continue to be at the Central Government Office (CGO) at Waigani. 

The new Passport Service Centre at Koitachi Haus will open every working day. Take particular note of the following times:

• 8:00 am to 12 noon for Passport lodgements and 
• 8:00 am to 4:00 pm for collection and follow-up. 

Clients are advised to lodge all Passport applications (including renewals) at the Passport Service Centre at Koitachi Haus effective as of 16th August 2019. 

For any further information or query contact Client Services on:

• telephone +675 3276101 or 
• email: clientservice@immigration.gov.pg

Australia Awards Short Course Awards - Certificate IV in Agribusiness

Australia Awards Short Course Award Certificate IV in Agribusiness is seeking potential participants who are working in the agricultural industry and would like to develop their knowledge and skills in agribusiness.

[Check out the latest information on Australia Awards Scholarship for 2023]

To be a successful applicant for this Short Course Award you must be an owner or manager working in an agribusiness or an employee of an organisation supporting the development of the agricultural sector in PNG.

You must also:

Have a minimum of Grade 12 qualification with five or more years of experience working in Agriculture/ Agribusiness.

Have a commitment to prepare and implement a project as part of the course requirement.

Engage actively and foster networks with multiple stakeholders, including in Australia and to disseminate learning from the course with colleagues and peers.

Have an endorsement letter from your current manager/supervisor or employer

Have demonstrated ongoing commitment to the development and progress of an agribusiness

Applications close at 5pm on Friday 11 October 2019.

Find out more and download an application form using the links below.

The factsheets listed in bullet points below can be downloaded here

• Download Application Form (PDF) – Private Sector and Civil Society
• Download Application Form (Word) – Private Sector and Civil Society
• Download Application Form (PDF) – Public Sector
• Download Application Form (Word) – Public Sector

More on Australian Awards click here.