Currently, the head-quarter and main campus of GIU are located in the Beled Hawa district of Gedo region in Jubaland Member State of Somalia for the following reasons:
◊ Region’s commercial gateway as well as the need of neighbouring regions.
◊ Beled-Hawa has been an educational heartland, ideal to set up campus of international standards and can be very conducive and safe.
◊ Geographical location, the district is regarded as strategic hub border town that connects three countries of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.