 A permanent campus is under construction in Abinajok, a suburb of Rumbek.The concept of establishing Rumbek University was adopted in February 2006 when the president of the Republic of Sudan Omer Al-Bashir visited Rumbek and pledged to build a university in the town.Subsequently the project was approved at the Sudanese federal level in Khartoum and at the regional level in Juba.