International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) ISSN 2307-4531 (Print & Online) http://gssrr.org/index.php?journal=JournalOfBasicAndApplied --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Somali Undergraduate Students’ Attitude towards Research at University of Somalia in Mogadishu-Somalia Faculty of Business Administration Abdijabbar Ismail Nor * Lecturer at Faculty of Business Administration, University of Somalia Email: suldan005@gmail.com Abstract Informal observations over the last year reveals that a number of students in the undergraduate program at The University of Somalia, January 21- Campus, demonstrate negative attitude towards the research. Hence, this paper presents an analysis of the attitude of undergraduate students at The University of Somalia, January 21- Campus, towards research. Students often rate courses in research methods negatively and regard them as difficult. This study used the Attitude towards Research Scale. to assess the attitudes of 108 randomly selected undergraduate students towards research from University of Somalia as private university in Mogadishu- Somalia. Through a descriptive survey research design, information is collected from a random sampling comprising semester seven and eight students in Business administration and Accounting and finance undergraduate programs. Accordingly, qualitative and quantitative data gathered from a questionnaire provide a description of the extent students; consider knowledge of research is valuable. There is also analysis of students’ positive or negative attitude towards research. Also, analysis of to what extent, that many undergraduates consider lecturers’ involvement in research as beneficial to their own research learning. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program. Frequency and percentages were used to present data in tables. The qualitative aspects of the data were summarized in the form of text for easy description and analysis. Therefore, qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed to present, describe and interpret data collection and to draw adequate conclusion on the findings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Corresponding author.