Department of Information Technology

The Department of Information Technology (IT) provides Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) services to support teaching, learning, research and administrative business activities of the University. The IT Department serves both staff and students of the University.

Goals

The Information Technology Department provides service to the University based upon these three goals:

  1. Provide quality services and appropriate state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure and business applications, with seamless and secure access that support learning, teaching and research, and administrative functions.
  2. Manage ICT Service Delivery and Service Support benchmarked against best-practice Service Management guidelines.
  3. Establish an ICT infrastructure and services that enable cost reduction, cost sharing, cost recovery and income generation to offset the cost of ICT service provision.

Services Provided

  • System Development and Solution Design Services: Development and maintenance of ICT systems and applications -  determining standards and best practices for systems development for the University; promoting adoption of these standards; developing and implementing systems.
  • Database Services: Managing all database platforms of the University-wide systems including transaction, reporting and management information systems.
  • Acquisition and maintenance of ICT equipment and software: including network and applications security services; supporting enterprise infrastructure applications such as directory services and email services.
  • Network Services (including Internet and web services): design, operation, and management of campus data communication services.
  • Advising faculties and departments in ICT-related matters.
  • IT Training.
  • Internet Cafe Services (for students).

Contacts

The Director
Telephone: [267] 355 2323
Fax: [267] 390 1594