University of Papua New Guinea

State university · National Capital District

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Accredited programmes (December 2021 list)

Bachelor's degrees

Postgraduate (master's, doctoral, diplomas)

Next quality review, as given

2020

Previous quality review, as given: 2014

Established or registered under: University of Papua New Guinea Act 1983 — the register adds “registration ongoing”
Programmes accredited by: University of Papua New Guinea
Ownership, as DHERST gives it: State Institution

DHERST calls this an interim register. Its list of accredited programmes dates from December 2021, and most of the “next review” dates it gives have passed. Dates are shown as DHERST gives them: being listed here does not mean a programme or institution is accredited today — ask DHERST or the institution.

Programmes on the December 2021 list (92)

Grouped by level — the grouping is ours, read from each programme's name. Programme names are given as DHERST spells them. Some programmes are marked “NON TESAS” in DHERST's list. TESAS is the government's Tertiary Education Study Assistance Scheme, which makes its awards for approved programmes; the marker is shown as DHERST gives it.

Doctorates (2)

Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy -Doctor of Business Administration

Master's degrees (22)

Master of Arts (M.A)
Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration -Certified Practicing Accoutants
Master of Dental Surgery
Master of Human Resource Management
Master of Laws
Master of Medical Sciences
Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology)
Master of Medicine (Child Health)
Master of Medicine (Dermatology)
Master of Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
Master of Medicine (Intemal Medicine)
Master of Medicine (Medical Imaging)
Master of Medicine (Obstetrics &Gynaecology)
Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology)
Master of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology)
Master of Medicine (Pathology)
Master of Medicine (Psychiatry)
Master of Medicine (Rural Health)
Master of Medicine (Surgery)
Master of Public Health
Master of Science

Postgraduate diplomas and certificates (4)

Higher Postgraduate Diploma (Surgical Sub-Specialties)
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Science

Bachelor's degrees (55)

Bachelor of Accounting
Bachelor of Arts (Major in Creative Arts&Design)
Bachelor of Arts (Major in Creative Arts&Music)
Bachelor of Arts (Major in Creative Arts Theatre Arts)
Bachelor of Arts (Major in English Communication)
Bachelor of Arts (Major in Environmental Science & Geography)
Bachelor of Arts(Major in Gender Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (Major in History, Gender Studies & Philosophy)
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology & Sociology
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts
Bachelor of Arts in English Communication
Bachelor of Arts in Information & Communication Science
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Media Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistic & Modern Language
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in Population Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Social Works
Bachelor of Arts (Professional Studies in Education)
Bachelor of Arts with Honours
Bachelor of Business & Management with Honours
Bachelor of Business & Management (Honours)(Major in Public Policy Management)
Bachelor of Business and Management (Major in Banking and Finance)
Bachelor of Businessand Management (Major in Business Management)
Bachelor of Business and Management ( Major in Human Resource Management-Professional)
Bachelor of Business and Management ( Major in Human Resource Management)
Bachelor of Business and Management (Major in Public Policy Management -Professional)
Bachelor of Business and Management (Major in Public Policy Management)
Bachelor of Business and Management ( Major in Strategic Management)
Bachelor of Business and Management (Major in Tourism and Hospitality Management)
Bachelor of Clinical Nursing -Mental Health
Bachelor of Clinical Nursing -acute care
Bachelor of Clinical Nursing -Midwifery
Bachelor of Clinical Nursing - Paediatrics
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Bachelor of Economics
Bachelor of Medical Imaging Science
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Nursing -Administration & Education
Bachelor of Oral Health
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Public Accounting
Bachelor of Science (Major in Biology)
Bachelor of Science (Major in Chemistry)
Bachelor of Science (Major in Earth Science)
Bachelor of Science (Major in Environmental Science and Geography)
Bachelor of Science (Major in Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science )
Bachelor of Science (Major in Physics)
Bachelor of Science with Honours
Bachelor of Sustainable Development
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Literature
Bachelor of Law

Diplomas (7)

Diploma in Accounting
Diploma in Anaesthetic Science
Diploma in Community Health
Diploma in Comprehensive Hazards and Risk Management
Diploma in Dental Technology
Diploma in Law (Prosecutions)
Diploma in Language and Communicationmarked NON TESAS

Foundation years and other (2)

Science Foundation Year
Business & Management Foundation Year

What isn't here

DHERST publishes no enrolment, graduate, fee or admission figures per institution (its statistics page is empty), so this is a directory of registered institutions and their accredited programmes, not a matcher.

“Programmes accredited by” is the accrediting authority DHERST's register names. Universities set up by their own Act accredit their own programmes, a few other registered institutions have a university as their accrediting authority, and for the rest it is DHERST.

The other universities on the register: Divine Word University, IBS University, Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, PNG University of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Goroka, Western Pacific University

Source: Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST), Papua New Guinea — "Registered Institutes of Higher Education" (web.dherst.gov.pg, read 20 October 2026) and the Higher Education Register's lists of registered institutions and accredited programmes (files dated 6 December 2021). Facts re-keyed by CollegeMatcher, which grouped categories and programme levels and joined names across the lists; this is not a DHERST publication. DHERST's register page.

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