University of Queensland

was founded in 1996 in Haiti as a Private Christian University of Public Services by Queensland University Foundation (FUQ), on Higher Education and Research in the Caribbean Region , Haiti . The Queensland University Foundation (FUQ), which was set up in 1995 to investigate Higher Education in the Rural and Urban Areas of Haiti, recommended among other things, the setting up of University Faculty in association with the Queensland Foundation (FQ). This was followed up by a number of separate Commissions in different regions of Haiti . The Queensland Foundation Commission was under the Chairmanship of the Very Reverend Jean-Claude Dorsainvil. The Queensland Foundation Commission published a majority report which recommended the establishment of the Queensland University (UQ) Faculty in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a minority report which held that only one University Faculty of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences (FAES) of Queensland University (UQ) for the whole of Queensland Foundation( FQ) was feasible. The Small Board of Governance at first accepted the minority report of the Queensland University Foundation (QUF) and decided that a University Faculty for the whole of Queensland Foundation should be established at Delmas 19, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. But the haitian people of the Ouest Department could not accept this recommendation for the great openning of Queensland University (UQ) . The Netherlands Government by his Embassy in Jamaica accordingly reviewed its decision and agreed to the establishment and accepting to give a small financial support for the functionning of the Faculty of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences (FAES) of Queensland University (UQ) in Haiti. In 1999, the Queensland University Foundation (FUQ) has openned a Theological Seminary called : Seminaire de Theologie Evangelique de la Grace (STEG) / Grace Evangelical Theological Seminary. We recived a Volunteer Canadian Missionary about STEG, Brother Richard Ouellette, he teachs Counseling and Communication in the STEG. And in 2003, The Board of Directors of Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), Washington, DC, United States of America , accepted Queensland University (UQ) as its First Affiliate Member Queensland University (UQ) in Haiti. The University Faculty benefitted greatly from this arrangement which certainly helped to maintain its high academic standards in Haiti with the arrival of the Canadian Missionary , Richard Ouellette. And International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education (IAPCHE) , IA, United States of America , accepted Queensland University (UQ) as a Member.International Council for Higher Education (ICHE), Switzerland and India has accepted Queensland University (UQ) as a Member. Queensland University (UQ) and Grace Evangelical Theological Seminary (STEG) together created an Association of Christian Schools called : Haitian Association of Christian Schools of Higher Education (HACUAS) and after the quake on January 12, Grace Evangelical Theological Seminary (STEG) and other Haitian Biblical Schools created : Association of Theological Institutions of Haiti (ATIH) and a Ministry called : Grace Community Haiti Ministries (GCHM). And in 2003, the Haitian Government Ministry of Education send a Letter to the Office of Queensland University (UQ) notified for the reception of all Documents of Queensland University (UQ) for Recognition. And in 2005, The Haitian Government via Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cults has recognized the Seminaire de Theoologie Evangelique de la Grace (STEG) of Queensland University (UQ). The Queensland University (UQ) is recognized by the Haitian Government and we wait only a Licence of the Ministry of Education in Haiti.