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POLYTECHNIC
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ANNUAL REPORT

Innovation : Entrepreneurship : Wealth Creation

POLYTECHNIC OF NAMIBIA

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community, we continuously strive to produce enhanced economic utility through scholarly activities, as expressed in
discovering, preserving and applying knowledge.

HISTORY & STRUCTURE

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We continued to build a robust university knowing that it will survive the rough rides of the economy and
new revolutions. We are thus particularly pleased with the level of local and international participation and
the overwhelming demand from school leavers for admission to our university. The year saw the institution
grow from strength to strength as expressed, amongst many factors, in the impressive growth of academic
programmes, especially in the applied sciences, and in student enrolment.

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established hallmark of our historic development, our financial system once again withstood the challenges
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