Somaliland University of Technology (SUTECH) (Somali: Jaamacadda Teknoolajiyadda Somaliland) is the only stand-alone technical university in the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in Hargeisa, the capital city. The university was founded in 2000 as a small non-profit educational institution by Dr. Saeed Sheikh Mohamed. It was formerly known as the Hargeisa College of Applied Arts & Technology (CAAT). The CAAT was an approved center of City & Guilds and Edexcel. The Somaliland University of Technology is situated in a splendid new campus of 20 hectares donated by Saeed Sheikh Mohamed. Building construction was funded by the Islamic Development Bank based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and opened in 2007. The university has two partnership agreements with the University of Khartoum and Ahfad University for women in Sudan. The university is very keen to enter partnership agreement with universities worldwide for mutual benefit and cooperation. The Somaliland University of Technology signed an agreement of cooperation with three African universities: 1. Cape Peninsula University of Technology of South Africa, 2. The State University of Zanziba in Tanzania, and 3.