Public lectures, seminars, open days and ceremonies at UPNG are open to anyone. Most are free, and most are held on the Waigani campus.
A national university argues in public. Our schools put on lectures, panels and seminars on the questions the country is actually facing — resource policy, public health, land and customary law, language and climate — and the audience is meant to include people who do not work here.
Dates and venues are published on the University's events calendar as they are confirmed. Anyone may attend; larger lectures ask you to register so we can seat you.
The recurring series the University runs. Individual dates are published on the events calendar.
A flagship evening lecture by a senior academic or an invited national figure, followed by questions from the floor. Held in the Main Lecture Theatre and open to all.
Each school runs a seminar where staff and postgraduate students present work in progress. Practitioners and students from other institutions are welcome.
Schools open their laboratories, studios and moot courts to prospective students, their families and their teachers, with course advice and campus tours.
The University's graduation ceremonies, with guest attendance by invitation from the graduating student. The surrounding week includes public exhibitions and receptions.
Independence Day, Cultural Day, World Health Day and similar occasions are marked on campus with performances, exhibitions and awareness activities open to the public.
Confirmed lectures, seminars and ceremonies are listed on the University's events calendar with the date, time and venue.
Announcements also go out through the University's news page and social media.
Free lectures in the large theatres ask for registration so the venue is not oversubscribed. Registration closes when the room is full.
Allow time for the security post at the gate. Visitor parking is near the administration buildings, and the campus map shows the way to each venue.
Carry photo identification if you are driving onto campus.
Organisations that would like to co-host a public lecture, or to propose a speaker, should write to the Public Relations and Event Management Unit with the topic and the audience you have in mind.
The Public Relations and Event Management Unit publishes the University's event calendar and handles media and attendance enquiries.
Public Relations and Event Management Unit
Series, venues and frequencies on this page are indicative. Confirmed dates are always those shown on the University's events calendar.