THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE (UoPeople)

HELLOW everyone. 

Here is a brief of this new university that is aiming at pulling down the walls of poverty and cultural impediments. (I shared something on that in another network about it a fortnight ago.)

UoPeople was founded by Shai Reshef in 2009.

Mr Reshef is an Israeli entrepreneur but who was also educated in USA.

The two streams offered are Computer Science and Business Administration, the two streams that are in demand in the world today.

You can complete a bachelor’s degree in both fields – or if you want a shorter programme, try the associate degree.

NO TUTION FEE

The fascinating thing about this programmes is (as Mr Reshef said in his ted.com talk … Check ted.com), NO TUITION FEE is charged.

There are five (5) terms – where students can study anywhere and anytime.

EXAM FEE

The only fee a student will pay is the EXAM FEE of US$100 (K285) – for each course taken.

Lecturers in top universities around the world are also invited and offering their notes for free for the students of UoP.

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAMME

I have looked at the CS courses and I can say the courses are standard – as would be in any top university in the world.

Students will learn:

-      Programming 1

-      Programming 2

-      Computer Systems

-      Databases 1

-      Databases 2

-      Web Programming 1

-      Web Programming 2

-      Operating Systems 1

-      Operating Systems 2

-      Software Engineering 1

-      Software Engineering 2

-      Operating Systems 1

-      Operating Systems 2

-      And so on.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information, go to http://uopeople.edu/ …

You can download a catalogue which has information about the courses and other stuff.

NOTE: This is a privilege for those who cannot get into university due to lack of money. (That was Mr Reshef’s main aim when he founded UoPeople. He wanted to make university studies accessible to as many students as possible. He wants it to be a right, not the privilege of a few.)

But note that some students would need to upgrade their high school knowledge to prepare them for the programmes offered by UoPeople.

CS courses may need you to upgrade your knowledge in Maths to handle concepts taught there.

I had a conversation with a Maths tutor a fortnight ago and he said some students struggle in CS (particularly in programming) because they lack the essential Maths knowledge.