Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology was first established as an institute and was upgraded to the university status after the war mainly in 2010. The university is named as Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology in memory of Dr John Garang???s contribution to bringing independence of South Sudan to a reality. The University has expanded from four colleges initially to ten colleges of: Agriculture, Education, Environmental Sciences, Management Sciences, Sciences and Technology, Veterinary Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Law, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics and Social Sciences. The purpose of the university is to accomplish scientific development in the contemporary technology age and to propagate science and technology, and scientific information necessary to ensure development of agriculture sector as engine of growth.