The director of student enrolment at the university, Moss Garde, told Mmegi yesterday that the response from the potential first crop of students has been "unbelievable.""I just came from a career fair in Francistown. I was expecting about 200 people to turn up but more than 400 people came. It shows that there is a huge demand for quality education in Botswana," he said.
Garde said the school, whose first intake will be of about 250 students, will offer 10 junior degree programmes in Information Technology, Applied Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geology, Applied Mathematics, Geological Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering and Mining Engineering. He said they are expecting an average of 25 students in each programme but might accept more in popular programmes such as Mining, Energy Engineering and applied sciences. At the moment, the university has two faculties: College of Engineering and Technology and the College of Science. Garde said it is envisioned that as the institution grows, it will add more academic programmes to meet national demand.
