Divine Word University (DWU)

Divine Word University (DWU) is a Christian university in Papua New Guinea with its main campus in Madang. It was founded in 1968 as Divine Word High School by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and the Holy Spirit Sisters (SSpS), became the Divine Word Institute in 1972, received legal backing through an Act of Parliament in 1980 and was granted full university status in 1996. According to its governance statement, it is organised as a public university but privately administered. DWU also teaches in Port Moresby, Wewak, Rabaul and Mount Hagen, and reports more than 5,000 enrolled students.

Teaching is organised in four faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Faculty of Business and Informatics
• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Faculty of Education

Programmes range from two-year diplomas to bachelor's degrees in fields such as environmental health, accountancy, information systems, mathematics and computer science, management and primary teacher education, as well as postgraduate study. A Flexible Learning programme for working professionals combines face-to-face contact sessions with online learning. Admission requirements vary by programme. Students can live in on-campus dormitories, and the university also helps those looking for off-campus accommodation.