Growing up is a scam, I often hear from the youngsters as they confront the reality of maturing and are called to make decisions pertaining to their life pathways. One such big decision was where study for your tertiary education. The question was how to I make the right choice? I am deciding for the remainder of my life, but I have not decided on anything besides my friends, fashion, girls and sweetheart. How then do I decide? Who do I know who has a successful career? Where is the world heading to? What do I love? Who do I want to become? Who is my inspiration? Who is my role model? These are many questions for someone who has just matriculated right? Eventually you decided: my choice is NUST! But where in NUST do I fit? Maybe your parents, siblings, family, friends, teachers or other community leaders led you to NUST. Confronted with so many choices you had work to do – choose the field of study! Cutting the long story short, FCO became the ultimate choice, and here we are today, welcoming you into our big family. We are a small faculty, green and growing and seeking minds to prepare for the Namibian and global economies. That combination means that you will challenged to become the best version of yourself, you only have yourself as competition and when you emerge in 3 to 4 years you will look back and marvel at who you have become. We have passionate, humane, professional faculty and admin support staff all overflowing with gems that only you can tap into. I thus invite you to interact with fellow student and all university staff as you seek to make FCI your home. There are many opportunities in waiting and only you can unlock them. Just for information, once a part of FCI you will always be. I hope you will walk the milestones until your name is written in the NUST  hall of fame at the end of your PhD journey.

Studying is the main thing right? But besides studying I implore you to live a balanced life and have a full NUST experience. Join the different institutional clubs, participate in hackathons, datathons, challenges and other events hosted on campus and abroad. As a connected faculty, we offer pathways to international experiences through global exchange programmes facilitated by our international relations office. What you become depends on your choices and how you live your NUST years, lasting connections are birthed in varsity too. For some you will also meet your significant other in class or on campus.

Look after your physical, emotional spiritual and intellectual being and ensure you granted with all qualification of life.
 
The Faculty of Computing and Informatics offers different specialisations and different exit levels. Our offering includes Bachelor, Bachelor Honours, Master and PhD degrees in various specialisations in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Human Computer Interaction, Informatics, Journalism and Media Technology and Digital Arts and Animation.   We also offer Postgraduate Certificates in specialised fields. We endeavour to keep up with the rapid changes and evolution of technology. We produce high-quality graduates for both the local and international ICT sectors. We are further renowned for innovative projects and research. We have active research clusters and strive to solve national and international problems by using ICT as an enabler to societal digital transformation. We also consider community service as a priority.

Our research addresses the needs of the country, the region and the world at large. The Faculty focuses on four main research areas: Big Data, Indigenous Knowledge in Digital World, Smart & Secure Environment and Digital Transformation.

We have the following research clusters: Indigenous Knowledge Management Systems (IKMS), Dependable Advanced Network Systems (DANS), Marginalised Community Development (MCD), Smart Communication Systems (SCS), Digital Forensics & Information Security (DFIS), E- Participation (EP) and Business & Policy Analytics (BPA).

Prof Fungai Bhunu Shava
Executive Dean, Faculty of Computing and Informatics