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).
