Gollis University is committed to excellence in education in addition to fostering an environment that enables students to assume roles of responsibility and leadership. Gollis University provides students with a foundation for lifelong intellectual growth and learning as well as the practical means for a fulfilling career. Gollis University serves as a fully accredited baccalaureate-granting institution. Gollis University also serves a rapidly growing population of younger generations and learners who desire to complete their degrees through an innovative and relevant programs designed to address the needs of a developing country. While in its infancy years, Gollis University is already known for its high quality relevant programs. Beyond the classroom, there is a variety of activities such as homework clubs and extra-curricular events that develop leadership skills and provide advancement opportunities. From a new campus outside the city of Hargeisa nestled on the top of a beautiful hill top and a new extension inside the city to new degree offerings, our present and our future is bright. Our goal is to provide students with the kind of environment that creates a multitude of possibilities for academic and personal growth. These are but a few of the many highlights that make Gollis University unique.

Gollis University serves the entire Hargeisa Region and receives students from portions of the other five regions. Gollis University was founded in 2004 as a non-profit institution, opened to students for enrollment in 2005, and was upgraded to a university within 10 months of its opening. Starting with 40 criminal justice and 40 civil engineering students, the student population reached 706 at the end of 2007. The University operates one campus at Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, and intends to open the main campus with its residence halls and sports facilities as soon as the key facilities are completed. The tuition fees from students ($400.00/student/year) are the main source of income for the University.  In-house demographic growth projections indicate that the Somaliland University age students are expected to increase by more than four fold, in the next 5-10 years, creating new opportunities for the higher education institutions. This rapid growth will challenge the higher education institutions to provide a comprehensive capital development plan to deal not only with the need for new facilities but further to provide improvements at the existing facilities and the infrastructure to support the academic and operational requirements of the entire country. Funding for the capital development can only come from few sources, namely donations from the Diaspora, international organizations such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, UN agencies, and international foundations that support global development in education.