Benadir University, or University of Benadir, abbreviated as BU, is a university located in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Contents 1 History 2 Faculties 3 Bomb detonated at graduation ceremony 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Benadir University was founded in 2002 as a medical school to help train Somali doctors.

[edit] Faculties

As of 2007, the university has four faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering & Technology
• Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

[edit] Bomb detonated at graduation ceremony

On the 3rd of December 2009, a bomb blast killed at least 22 people and injured at least 40 at a Benadir University graduation ceremony which was taking place at the Shamo Hotel in Mogadishu. Three government ministers attending the ceremony were among the dead.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (English) Benadir University

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