Botho University

{{Short description|Private university in Botswana}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{More citations needed|date=November 2020}}

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| motto = Excellence, Leadership, Innovation

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| established = {{start date|1997}}

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| chairman =Jay Ramesh

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| vice_chancellor=Sheela Raja Ram

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| director =Sheela Raja Ram

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| administrative_staff = 400+

| students = 4000+

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| city =Gaborone

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| country = Botswana

| campus =Gaborone, Francistown, Manzini, Maseru and an affiliate Botho Higher Education institution (BHEI) Windhoek

| former_names = Botho College

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| website = {{URL|bothouniversity.com}}

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Botho University (formerly known as Botho College/NIIT) is Botswana's largest private tertiary educational provider, founded in 1997. The college offers certificates, diplomas and graduate degrees in accountancy and computer science. It is the first private tertiary institution in the country to be accredited by the [http://www.tec.org.bw Tertiary Education Council] (TEC). All of its programs are also accredited by the Botswana Qualification Authority (BQA). It has trained 16,000 graduates, and enrolls 4,000 students, supported by 150 academic staff.

Botho's Computing Science programs are partnered with international institutions such as NIIT, Open University and Teesside University.{{cite web |url=http://www.bothocollege.ac.bw/index.php |title=Welcome to Botho University |publisher=Bothocollege.ac.bw |accessdate=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803125251/http://www.bothocollege.ac.bw/index.php |archivedate=2013-08-03 }}