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It is owned by the governments of 12 Pacific Island countries - the Cook Islands , Fiji , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Nauru , Niue , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tokelau , Tonga , Tuvalu and Vanuatu . The university runs campuses in all 12 countries, as well as a Law school in Vanuatu and an Agricultural school in Samoa . The largest and oldest campus, at Laucala Bay , in Suva , Fiji , was established in 1968 on the site of a former Airforce base. On 18 November 2005 , plans were announced to build a $6 million campus in the Marshall Islands - the USP's first campus in the northern Pacific.

USP offers Undergraduate and Postgraduate study programmes that lead to a wide variety of careers, including Teaching , Tourism , Journalism , agriculture, science and environmental management, technology, computing and information systems, banking and finance, public administration and management, counselling and social services and others.


FINANCING


On 13 December 2005 , USP Vice-Chancellor Anthony Tarr and Australia n diplomat Stephanie Copus-Campbell signed a Memorandum Of Understanding , under which Australia agreed to provide the USP with a total of A$9.9 Million over the following three years. This is in addition to the A$2.5 Million that Australia contributes annually for scholarships.


CAMPUSES AND CENTRES


USP CAMPUSES:

Alafua Campus
The Secretary, University of the South Pacific
Private Bag, Apia , Samoa
Tel: (685) 21671
Fax: (685) 22933
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/soa

Emalus Campus
The Senior Assistant, Registrar, The University of the South Pacific,
PO Box 12, Port Vila , Vanuatu
Tel: (678) 22748
Fax: (678) 22633
Website: http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/

Laucala Campus
The Registrar, The University of the South Pacific, Suva , Fiji Islands
Tel: (679) 331 3900
Fax: (679) 330 1305, 330 0482, 330 0830
Website: http://www.usp.ac.fj/

USP CENTRES:

USP Centre in Cook Islands
PO Box 130, Rarotonga , Cook Islands.
Tel: (682) 29415
Fax: (682) 21315

USP Centre in Fiji (Northern)
Private Mail Bag, Labasa, Fiji.
Tel: (679) 881 7707
Fax: (679) 881 5570

USP Centre in Fiji (Western)
Private Mail Bag, Lautoka, Fiji.
Tel: (679) 666 6800
Fax: (679) 666 7133

USP Centre in Kiribati
PO Box 59, Bairiki, South Tarawa , Kiribati.
Tel: (686) 21085
Fax: (686) 21419

USP Centre in Marshall Islands
PO Box 3537, Majuro , Marshall Islands.
Tel: (692) 625 7279
Fax: (692) 625 7282

USP Centre in Nauru
Private Bag, Post Office.
Republic of Nauru.
Tel: (674) 444 3774
Fax: (674) 444 3774

USP Centre in Niue
PO Box 31, Alofi , Niue.
Tel: (683) 4049
Fax: (683) 4315

USP Centre in Samoa
PO Box 3014, Apia , Samoa.
Tel: (685) 20874/23454
Fax: (685) 23424

USP Centre in Solomon Islands
PO Box 460, Honiara , Solomon Islands.
Tel: (677) 21307/21308
Fax: (677) 21287

USP Centre in Tokelau
c/o Tokelau Apia Liaison Office,
PO Box 3014, Apia , Samoa.
Tel: (690) 2178
Fax: (690) 2177

USP Centre in Tonga
PO Box 278, Nuku'alofa , Tonga
Tel: (676) 29055/29240
Fax: (676) 29249

USP Centre in Tuvalu
PO Box 21, Funafuti , Tuvalu.
Tel: (688) 20811
Fax: (688) 20704

USP Centre in Vanuatu
PO Box 12, Port Vila , Vanuatu.
Tel: (678) 23988/22748
Fax: (678) 24371 (also two sub-centres)


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