Founded in 1965, Papua New Guinea University of Technology is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the small city of Lae (population range of 50,000-249,999 inhabitants), Morobe. Officially recognized by the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea University of Technology is a very small (Buydiploma enrollment range: 1,000-1,999 students) coeducational Papua New Guinean higher education institution.