(PAU) is a tertiary institution located 17 kilometres outside
Port Moresby ,
Papua New Guinea , and operated by the South Pacific Division of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church . Both the faculty and the student body are international in composition. While most students come from Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island nations such as
Tonga ,
Fiji ,
Samoa ,
Vanuatu and the
Solomon Islands , others have come from
Africa ,
Australia and the
United States .
The institution was established as Pacific Adventist College, a college of higher education in 1984 and given a charter as a university by the Papua New Guinea government in 1998. Currently bachelor's and masters degrees are offered in Business, Education, Health Science, Theology and Industrial Arts.
The campus is also known as a
Bird Sanctuary . One species of bird at the campus is unique to this area of the world. Mike Tarburton, who is also known as the "bird man" had been staying there for quite a while. He has now transferred to Australia for retirement, and his work has been taken up by his students.
- Ray Wilkinson
- Alan Sonter
- Owen Hughes
- Owen Hughes
- Harold Peters
- Nemani Tausari
- Branimir Schubert
- Vice-Chancellor: Branimir Schubert
- Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Graham Chester
- Bursor: Karo Matainaho
- Director of Student Services: Simon Luke
- Arts and Humanities: Jillian Thiele
- Business: Luka Titimanu
- Education: Carol Tasker
- Health Science: Julie Aengari
- Science and Technology: Rodger Jones
- Theology: David Tasker
