3rd, Profiles of The University
PROFILE OF THE UNIVERSITY
Founded in June 2003, The University of Cambodia (UC) strives to provide quality education for students to develop critical, analytical, and creative thinking, and to promote academic excellence at the national, regional and international levels.
The University prepares students to address the increasingly complex issues in society and to discover meanings in their own lives. It encourages diversity in its student body and meets the needs of students by providing them with interdisciplinary and innovative undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses.
The University nurtures and supports a diverse faculty who engages in active research, brings excellence and innovation into the classroom, and responds to the needs of students and the community.
In the short time since its founding, The University of Cambodia has quickly become a leader in scholarship, research and publication. The University boasts a rigorous, interdisciplinary American curriculum and Cambodia’s most extensive library collection. UC is a leader in Cambodia in research, dialogue and publication. It publishes a newspaper, The Cambodia Weekly, and owns a radio station, Radio Southeast Asia, or FM 106 Mhz. It also publishes the Journal of Cambodia Studies—the only research journal among Cambodian universities—and is the first university in Cambodia to run Dr. Handa’s Eminent Diplomatic Lecture Series, a Distinguished Public Lecture Series, and a Visiting Research Fellows program. At the same time, The University of Cambodia has been running several important programs include, among others, the Asia Economic Forum (AEF) and the Asia Faiths Development Dialogue (AFDD).
As a leading private university in Cambodia, UC is centrally located in the heart of Phnom Penh. The University offers a range of Bachelors
programs and Masters and Doctoral programs dedicated to quality theses and dissertations. Among its international staff are leaders in their fields who are dedicated to preparing students for future leadership roles in Cambodia and abroad.
The Colleges within the University are the College of Arts and Humanities, College of Education, College of Law, College of Management, College of Sciences and Technology, and College of Social Sciences. Institutes and Centers are the Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (IRAS), Institute for Technical and Professional Training (ITPT), Leadership and Career Development Center (LCDC), Center for ASEAN and East Asian Studies (CAEAS), Center for International Studies (CIS), and Center for English Studies (CES).
