Vision & Mission
Dedication to community development through sound policies, provision of high quality educational & service resources as well as upholding multicultural values & heritage.
Nile University is a private institution of higher education, which draws on up on the traditions of higher education in the Sudan. The pioneering University of Khartoum upheld these traditions for more than half a century.
The ideals of integrity, excellence and relevance were high on their list. It is the vision of Nile University to uphold these ideals as well as to pursue innovative goals both in direction and method.
The threshold of the twenty-first century is witnessing dynamic change in various technological and socio-economic sectors. These developments are expected to exert new demands on the resources of existing and future institution of higher education, not only in numbers but also in the quality of education and training.
It is the vision of Nile University to contribute to national social economic development through promotion of services, education and manpower development.
Optimum employment of educational and professional manpower will require an attractive working environment and services. It is the vision of Nile University to contribute to attracting highly qualified personnel especially in the fields of health care, business, and information technology at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Mission
The Mission of Nile University centres on quality management of services in education, health care, research & socio-cultural development.
- Education and service resources will be managed with a new perspective: towards maintenance of quality and continuous improvement.
- Educational programs will attend to upholding cultural values based on the realization that, in developing countries, multicultural heritage and ethnic diversity are both a strength and a weakness.
- Providing educational programs of international standard.
- Quality management of educational programs & services.
- Participation in community development & promoting the principles of social responsibility.
- Using learning experiences aiming at personal & professional development.
- Supporting scientific research.
Philosophy of Nile University Faculties
Under the burden of underdevelopment, the following convictions represent the philosophy which underpins the faculty design of disciplinary and interdisciplinary.
- Education as a goal in itself that leads to self-development and in turn to the improvement of the quality of life of the individual, the family and the community. It is also a mean to build sound values and morality necessary for good citizenship.
- Higher education is the pinnacle of educational achievements that aim at capacity building of effective and competent manpower development. It is the interface between the nation and the world of higher learning and research. The transfer of knowledge, science and technology is one of its primary functions.
- Adult education and continuing professional development are a major concern in modern societies.
- The University endeavours to interact with and develop the capacity of the community under conditions of famine and strife as well as in prosperity and peace.
- Educational goals aim at the development of higher cognitive skills as well as professional competence and attitudes rather than emphasis of theoretical and lower cognitive levels.
- Educational methods are selected on the basis of effectiveness through encouragement of active learning and development of self-learning habits; and utilization of information technology.
- Evaluation methods ensure assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes using predetermined criteria based on "Educational Outcomes".
Nile University Goals
Based on the mission and philosophy the main goals that guide the formulation of each Faculty objectives include.
- Graduates should have acquired a high standard of social and professional ethics.
- Provide programs of study leading to a acquisition of knowledge and culture necessary for development of good citizenship.
- Training opportunities for professionals capable of contributing to services as well as socio-economic development.
- Programs of studies will support scientific research as well as upholding the principles and ethics of research.
- The facilities of Nile University will contribute to community services and development through its various institutions, its faculty and students.
- Nile University will take initiatives in the fields of continuous professional and personal development.
- Faculties at Nile University will support authorship and publishing
For more elaborate educational outcomes consult the curriculum documents.