Excerpt and photo from universityworldnews.com
The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Tuvalu Campus located in the capital Funafuti is perhaps the smallest university in the world, but it offers a distinctive service.
The nation of Tuvalu comprises nine small atoll islands which have a combined population of just 11,400. The Tuvalu Campus itself is restricted to one small building with three classrooms, a conference room, a couple of office spaces and several mobile teaching and learning units.
Regardless of the size of the campus, USP Tuvalu’s Campus Director Dr Olikoni Tanaki from Tonga is positive about the university’s role and contribution. In a message on its website, he argues it is the people that “make this campus distinctive and we continuously strive to explore better ways to provide the best services to our communities, and that sustains our distinctiveness”.