Sunday 13 May 2012

United Nations University


United Nations University is better known as UNU is an academic initiative of the world's largest organization which was established in 1973. UNU is headquartered in Tokyo / Japan with vice retorate in Bonn / Germany and liaison offices and UNESCO headquarter Paris / France and UN Headquarter New York / USA. The university is constituted of programmes and institutes in 12 countries across the world. University has a council of UNU which is composed of 24 members appointed by Secretary General of UN. 


  • UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges, Belgium
  • UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany
  • UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) in Accra, Ghana
  • UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama, Japan
  • UNU International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) in Macao, China
  • UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland
  • UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) in Tokyo, Japan
  • United Nations University Institute for integrated management of material fluxes and of resources (UNU-FLORES) in Dresden, Germany
  • UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in Maastricht, Netherlands
  • UNU Land Restoration Training Programme (UNU-LRT) in Reykjavik, Iceland
  • UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC) in Caracas, Venezuela
  • UNU Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Reykjavik, Iceland
  • UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development (UNU-FNP) in Ithaca, New York
  • UNU Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP) in Reykjavik, Iceland


Prospective student applicant, faculty may visit the UN University website for institute, employment, felloships, procurement, articles.

Those who are interested may apply online for jobs / felloships / employment. One should visit the UNU to complete online applications for jobs / admission.

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