UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

STUDENTS UNION

8 March 2017

To: Chairperson of Senate and Vice Chancellor,

University of Mauritius

Dear Chairperson of Senate,

Re: Request for new programmes to be offered

More than 50% of the University of Mauritius graduates were unemployed six months after
leaving university, while most of them took jobs as call center operators, cleaners, shelf-stackers
and other such small jobs.

Young graduates are struggling to find work that matches their skills and adapt to the current
job market. The overall employment prospects for graduates had reached pre-crisis levels and
prospects for graduates could worsen next year amid early signs of the weakening labour market.

A List of Indicative Priority Fields of Study (LIPFS) has been published by the Tertiary
Education Commission and highlights the countrys priority for the next few years.

The LIPFS 2017/2019 (annexed I) is composed of new fields of study that have a greater job
prospects for employing a higher number of graduates.

The Students Union has a moral obligation towards our prospective graduates and graduates of
the University. A request to the senate is being made to start developing a number of new

Students Union Office, University of Mauritius, Rduit.

Tel No: 465 5933 Email: presidentsu@uom.ac.mu

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programmes and allow the University to act as the leading tertiary institution and continue on
our path to provide knowledge at the service of our nation.

Most of programmes in the LIPFS are not offered in Mauritius and students will to go abroad
for these. It is also worth to note that the current postgraduate programmes offered by the
University have failed to attract many students and the number of postgraduate students have
drastically decrease throughout the years.

A list of potential undergraduate programmes that could have been offered at the
University of Mauritius is listed below:

Undergraduate Programmes:

Multimedia Technology and Design

Spanish
German
Digital Marketing
International Business
Oceanography
Network Engineering
Green Architecture
Water Engineering
Aquaculture
Medicine Sciences
Bio-medical Engineering
Dental
Radiotherapy

Students Union Office, University of Mauritius, Rduit.

Tel No: 465 5933 Email: presidentsu@uom.ac.mu

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Postgraduate Programmes

Quality Assurance in Education

Guidance and Counselling
Creative Writing
Clinical Counselling and Psychology
Fisheries Economics
Marine Economics
Anti Money Laundering
Digital Marketing
Forensic Accounting
Islamic Finance
Marine Surveying
Maritime Safety and Security Management
Ocean Governance
Cyber Law
Arbitration Law
Mathematical Computing and Modelling
Cloud Computing
System Engineering
Green Architecture
Industrial Engineering
Bio-Security and Food Safety
Wildlife and Conservation Management
Ayurvedic Medicine
Hazard Waste Management

There is a great need for the University to develop new programmes of study and compete
against local and international University.

Students Union Office, University of Mauritius, Rduit.

Tel No: 465 5933 Email: presidentsu@uom.ac.mu

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Views of the senate are sought on this matter.
Regards,

Goolfee Mohammad Saahir Dawood,

President,
Students' Union 2016/17,
University of Mauritius.

Students Union Office, University of Mauritius, Rduit.

Tel No: 465 5933 Email: presidentsu@uom.ac.mu

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