University of Malawi

The University of Malawi is an educational institution established in 1964 and composed of five constituent colleges located in Zomba, Blantyre, and Lilongwe. Of the five colleges, the largest is Chancellor College in Zomba. The name of the school is abbreviated to UNIMA. It is part of the Malawian government educational system. The present Vice Chancellor is Professor Emmanuel Fabiano.

Vision

The vision of the University of Malawi is to provide "relevant, world-class education, research and services for the sustainable development of Malawi and the world."

Significance

The university is the center of knowledge, development of skills values, ideas and attitudes for engaging developmental challenges in the country.

History

The University of Malawi was founded a few months after Malawi Independence.The first enrollment consisted of 90 students in Blantyre.Teaching began in 1965 in Blantyre, and within two years the Institute of Public Administration at Mpemba, the Soche Hill College of Education and the Polytechnic in Blantyre, and Bunda College in Lilongwe became colleges of the university. In 1973, all the constituents of the university apart from the polytechnic and Bunda College moved to Zomba and were merged into Chancellor College. In 1979, Kamuzu College of Nursing became a college of the university, and in 1991 the College of Medicine in Blantyre was formed as a further constituent college.

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Mzuzu University

Mzuzu University is one of the principal universities of Malawi. The school is located in Mzuzu, in the northern region of Malawi. It was founded in 1997 and accepted its first students in 1999. Professor Peter Mwanza, who later entered politics and became a cabinet minister, was active in establishing the university. He was Chairman of the University Council, and later Vice Chancellor.

Departments

The school has departments of:

•     Humanities
•     Languages and Literature
•     Mathematics *(English) Mzuzu University mathematics department
•     Physics
•     Biology
•     Education and Teaching Studies
•     Forestry
•     Renewable Energy Studies
•     Chemistry
•     Library and Information Science
•     Information and Communication Technology
•     Water resources
•     Fisheries
•     Hospitality management and Tourism
•     Nursing
•     Land management

Research

The school operates the following research centers:

• Centre for Open and Distance Learning
• Centre for Continuing Education
• The Test and Training Centre for Renewable Energy Technologies (TCRET)
• Centre for Security Studies
• Centre for Environmental Education, Training and Research

Faculty

The university has the following faculties:

• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Information Science and Communications
• Faculty of Environmental Sciences
• Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management and
• Faculty of Health Sciences

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College of Medicine University of Malawi

The College of Medicine is a student-centred institution. This means that while you are studying with us, it is your needs that come first. We will do everything we can to foster your personal and intellectual growth and to prepare you to lead a fulfilled life beyond the college.

The standard of teaching and learning is one of the highest in the African region. External examiners, who are renowned academicians in Universities outside, evaluate our examinations.

Our Mission Statement “To be an academic centre of excellence, responsive to the health needs of Malawi and its neighbours within the Southern African region in training of professionals, provision of clinical services and medical research.”

ABOUT US 

The College of Medicine (CoM) was established in 1991 as a constituent college within the University of Malawi (UNIMA).  It is the only medical school in Malawi. The CoM has gradually grown from a program with an intake of 10-15 students per year and a handful of Malawian faculty, to a program with a medical student intake of on average 60 per year with 110 faculty members, of whom approximately 67% are Malawians. To date the college has graduated over 250 medical doctors.  The CoM recently commenced undergraduate courses in Pharmacy and Medical Laboratory Technology in 2006.

The CoM introduced postgraduate degree programmes which include the Masters of Public Health (MPH) in the Division of Community Health in 2003, a 2-year MPH programme, which is taught by CoM faculty members in collaboration with staff from local, regional and international institutions. The CoM also has a Masters of Medicine (MMed) in the Division of Clinical Sciences. The 4-year MMed programme which was launched in 2005 is partly taught in Malawi and South Africa.  The college will, starting from 2010 run a joint PhD program which will be held jointly by the College of Medicine and other institutions.

The CoM has had several academic achievements. The College of Medicine has been awarded several international prizes for its innovative undergraduate teaching programme. The Department of Community Health received the Association of African Universities' Prize in 1994 for the introduction of a community-based Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment for final MBBS exams. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 students have won 1st or 2nd prizes in the Tropical Health Education Trust/Reuter Prize for the best student research projects. A 1999 final year student won the first prize for the best student research project from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London.

Undergraduate Programme

• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology (BSc MLT)
• Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy (BSc Physiothelaphy)
• Bachelor of Pharmacy (BSc Pharm)

The Premedical Sciences Programme is a foundation programme to which students enroll before their undergraduate course.

Postgraduate Programme

• Masters in Public Health (Mph)
• Masters of Medicine (MMed)
• MMed Paediatrics & Child Health
• MMed Internal Medicine
• MMed Orthopaedics

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Universities in Malawi

• College of Medicine University of Malawi
• Malawi Polytechnic
• Mzuzu University
• University of Livingstonia
• University of Malawi
• Malawi Adventist University

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Universities in Madagascar

• Institut National de Santé Publique et Communautaire
• Institut Supérieur de la Communication, des Affaires et du Management Madagascar
• Institut Supérieur de Technologie d’Antananarivo
• Institut Superieur Polytechnique de Madagascar
• Université Catholique Madagascar
• Université d'Antananarivo
• Université d'Antsiranana
• Université de Fianarantsoa
• Université de Mahajanga
• Université de Toliara

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Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, formerly Western College of Science and Technology, is a public university in Kenya. The university is named after Masinde Muliro, a beloved Kenyan politician who helped found the school. Muliro died in 1992.

History

MMUST became a fully accredited public university in 2007. Before being elevated to full university status, it was a constituent college of Moi University. The school was established in January 1972, known as Western College or WECO, a college of Arts and Applied Sciences awarding certificates and diplomas in technical courses.

In 2002 it became a constituent college of Moi University and changed its name to Western University College of Science and Technology.

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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) is a public university near Nairobi, Kenya. It is situated in Juja, 36 kilometres North East of Nairobi, along Nairobi-Thika Highway. It offers courses in Engineering, Science, Architecture and Building sciences. The university has a strong research interest in the areas of biotechnology and engineering.

History

The university was started in 1981 as Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (JKCAT), a Middle Level College by the Government of Kenya with the assistance from the Japanese Government. Plans for the establishment of JKCAT started in 1977. In early 1978, the Kenyan president, Jomo Kenyatta, donated two hundred hectares of farmland for the establishment of the college. The first group of students were admitted on 4th May 1981. The new president Daniel Arap Moi formally opened JKCAT on 17th March 1982. The first graduation ceremony was held in April 1984 with Diploma Certificates presented to graduates in agricultural engineering, food technology and horticulture. On 1st September 1988, Daniel Arap Moi, declared JKCAT a constituent College of Kenyatta University through a legal Notice, under the Kenyatta University Act (CAP 210C). The name of JKCAT officially changed to Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology (JKUCAT). It was finally established as a University through the JKUAT Act, 1994 and inaugurated on 7th December 1994.
Currently Jomo Kenyatta has the following campuses, schools, faculties, institutes and colleges:

• Board of Postgraduate Studies
• College of Engineering
• Faculty Agriculture
• Faculty of Science
• Institute for Biotechnology Research
• Institute of Computer Science & IT
• Institute of Energy & Environment Technology
• Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases
• School of Architecture & Building Sciences
• School of Human Resource Development
• School of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering
• School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering
• School of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
• Main Campus - Juja
• Karen Campus
• Taita Taveta Campus
• Nairobi Campus
• Nairobi CBD
• Mombasa CBD
• Nakuru CBD
• Kisii CBD
• Kitale CBD
• Arusha Centre

Accommodation and Catering

There are three students' dining cafeterias; the candle in the wind, main mess and the Hall six dining mess. The university offers accommodation to students at subsidized rates. There are six students' hostels inside the school compound of which three are solely occupied by males while two of them are occupied by females only. One of the hostels is occupied by both males and females where the males occupy the ground floor of the building while the females occupy the first and second floors.

Lecture Theatre JKUAT

Library

The Jomo Kenya University library.

The university has a library that has a seting capacity of 600 students and it is stocked with a book stock of 80,000 volumes.The library also offers other essential services like; online services, reference, interlibrary loan, user-education, orientation, online information services, photocopying, binding and repair.

Regional institutions

In February 2010, JKUAT was selected as the host for the East and Central Africa regional institute of the Pan African University. The post-graduate Institute on Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation would be hosted at the Main Campus in Juja, with the first students admitted in September 2011. The decision that Kenya would host the regional institute had been made in July 2010 after a protracted dispute.JKUAT hosts the African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD).

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Maseno University

Maseno University is a university based in Maseno, near Kisumu, in Kenya and was founded in 1991. It is one of the seven public universities in Kenya. The University is located in Maseno Township along Kisumu-Busia road, some 25 km from Kisumu City and 400 km west of Nairobi. It has two campuses: the Kisumu campus and the Main campus. The Main campus is located along Kisumu-Busia road, while the Kisumu campus is located in Kisumu City.

The name "Maseno" was coined by Rev. J.J. Willis out of the name of a tree known in local dialects as "Oseno" or "Oluseno" that stood next to the spot where the first missionaries in the region erected their base.

The University offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs in different disciplines at the following faculties and schools:

    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
    Faculty of Education
    Faculty of Science
    School of Public Health and Community Development
    School of Environment and Earth Sciences
    School of Development and Strategic Studies
    School of Graduate Studies
    School of Business and Economics
    School of Medicine
    School of Agriculture and Food Security
    School of Mathematics and Actuarial Science
    School of Computing and Informatics


It is a fully government accredited University, enacted by an Act of Parliament in 1991. In 2000 Maseno University was enacted to be a fully fledged university. At the December 2008 Graduation Ceremony, H.E. the President of Kenya, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, appointed Professor Frida Karani, PhD, as the second Chancellor of Maseno University, after the expiry of the tenure of Mr. William Wamalwa. The new Chancellor was honoured by Maseno University, receiving the Doctor of Education honoris causa of Maseno University before presiding over the 9th Graduation Ceremony on 17th December 2009. The current Vice-Chancellor of the University is Professor Dominic Makawiti, who was appointed on 18 February 2011, succeeding Professor Frederick N. Onyango.

Kisumu Hotel is a property that was acquired by the University in 2004. The bed space has doubled from the original 40 to 80 rooms. The Hotel has enabled the University offer one of the best training programs in Eco-tourism, Hotel and Institution Management.

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Egerton University

Egerton University is a public university; the main campus is in Njoro, near the city of Nakuru, Kenya. The chancellor is Ambassador Bethuel K Kiplagat and the vice chancellor is Professor J. K. Tuitoek.

History

The school was founded in 1939 and was originally named Egerton Farm School. It was established by a large land grant of 740 acres (3 km²) by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton. The school's original purpose was to prepare white European youth for careers in agriculture.[citation needed]

By 1955, the name had changed to Egerton Agricultural College. A one-year certificate course and a two-year diploma course in agriculture were offered. In 1958, Lord Egerton donated another 1,100 acres (4.5 km²) of land.

Soon afterward, the college opened its doors to people of all races from Kenya and other African countries. The first African principal, Dr. William Odongo Omamo, was appointed in 1966.[citation needed]

In 1979, due to support from the Government of Kenya and USAID, the college expanded yet again. It became a part of the University of Nairobi system.

In 1987, the College was recognized as a chartered public university.

Student affairs

The affairs of the students are handled by the dean of student office. The office is headed by a dean who is elected every year. The office mainly deals with student organizations and clubs. The dean also oversees student activities, the most popular being the publication of Hush magazine.

Faculties of Egerton University

The university has several faculties:

• The faculty of Health Sciences
• The faculty of Agriculture
• The faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
• The faculty of Education
• The faculty of Science
• The faculty of Engineering and Technology
• The faculty of commerce

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Moi University

Moi University is a Kenyan public university located in Eldoret, western Kenya. It was the second public university to be established in Kenya, second only to the University of Nairobi. It is one of seven fully fledged public institutions of higher learning in Kenya (the others being the University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Maseno University, Egerton University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Kenyatta University). It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of Parliament after recommendations from the Mackay Commission.

As of 2007 it had over 20,000 students of whom 17,086 were undergraduates, and operates eight campuses and two constituent colleges. The chancellor of the university is Bethwell Allan Ogot and the vice-chancellor is Professor Richard K. Mibey.

Campuses

• Main Campus
• Odera Akang'o Campus
• Town Campuses

Satellite campuses

• Alupe Campus
• Kericho Campus
• Kitale Campus
• Nairobi Campus
• Coast Campus

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Kenyatta University

Kenyatta University, located in Nairobi, Kenya is the second largest public university in the country (after University of Nairobi). The University is located in Kahawa, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Nairobi's city centre, along the Nairobi-Thika road.

History

The university traces it history to a colonial military installation known as the Templer Barracks. In 1965 Templer Barracks was converted into Kenyatta College, primarily a teacher training institution (majorly S1 graduates). Kenyatta College was then elevated to a constituent college of the University of Nairobi in 1970. In 1985 the university college was incorporated by the then-president Daniel arap Moi and was renamed Kenyatta University. This was done through establishment of the Kenyatta University Act by the National Assembly of Kenya.

The majority of its graduates were from the school of education, making the university a leader in education courses. Over time the college has diversified its course offerings to remain competitive and help achieve the national goals of eradicating ignorance.


Postal Address. Kenyatta University P.O. Box 43844-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.

Tel: +254 20 8710901, +254 20 8711622,

The university has open-learning, e-learning, school-based, part-time and full-time teaching. This has transformed the institution into the second largest in Kenya.
In 1997 it had about 8,000 students. As of 2009, has about 24,000 students.

Current initiative

Kenyatta University has embarked on a rapid expansion strategy aimed at making it a world-class university and at expanding the courses it offers. To achieve this, the university has created a solid ICT infrastructure which includes a campus network based on fibre optic technology, gigabit access to the network for both students and staff to facilitate access to the Internet and localized information services.
It has built a morgue with the introduction of surgery and medicine courses. The university is building more labs and reviving projects that had been stalled for years, including completion of an arts complex. More effort is being put on the flow of information by investing in communication channels and getting feedback from students. This includes a community radio, which is streamed via the Internet to the satellite campuses across Kenya.
The Arts Complex (phases 1 and 2) that houses the university radio station KU 99.9 FM, 2 hostels (Nyayo 5 and 6), New Lecture Halls (Onesmo OleMoiyoi Lecture Thetre) and the science laboratories have been finalized. Another milestone has been the completion of a large 5 storey laboratory and library unit that is visible from the Thika road; it is rumoured to accommodate all 24,000 students as well as an amphitheatre.
A state of the art Business and Student Servive Center was opened on May 2009 that has facilities including the office os the dean of students, food courts, banks, post office, Student governance offices, mentoring offices, the university printing press, a computer laboratory which is meant to be open for 224 hours and aa reading room just to mention a few.

Campuses

Kenyatta University is continually expanding and has opened additional campuses apart from its main campus. The campuses include:

City Campus

Located at the heart of Nairobi City, Haile Sellasie avenue, to cater for the growing number of students in the city center.

Parklands Campus

Located in Parklands near Nairobi city Center: This campus offers business and I.T. related course at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The campus also offers LL.B. (Bachelors of Law)

Ruiru Campus

This campus is located at Ruiru town, less than five kilometers from the main campus. It is generally an extension of the main campus. This campus does not offer the full range of subjects offered at the main campus.

Mombasa Campus

This campus is situated in Mombasa town along the coastal strip of Kenya. It began operation in May 2007.

Kitui Campus

It began operation in October 2007. It is among the smaller campuses. It is currently among the most fast developing campuses of Kenyatta University due to the increasing number of student admission. The campus is found along Machakos-Kitui road a place known as Kwavonza..

Kericho Campus

This campus is located in Kericho Town. It is also among the smaller campuses. The major course being offered in this campus is Education.

Management

The current chancellor is Justice (Rtd) Onesimus Mutungi installed in December 2010 and the Vice Chancellor is Prof. Olive Mugenda, who is the first female vice chancellor of a public university in Kenya. Under the vice chancellor, there are three deputy vice chancellors and three registrars.

Vice Chancellor

• Vice chancellor: Prof. Olive Mugenda

Deputy Vice Chancellors

• DVC Academic: Prof. John Okumu
• DVC Administration: Prof. P.K. Wainaina
• DVC Finance, Planning and Development: Prof. Daniel N. Mugendi

Registrars

• Registrar Academic: Dr. Daniel M. Muindi
• Registrar Administration: Prof. Godfrey Mse
• Registrar Finance, Planning and Development: Dr. Nelson Karagu

Dean of Students

• Dr. Edwin Gimonde

Director, Open Distance & e-Learning

• Dr. Speranza Ndege

Former Vice Chancellor. Proff. George Eshiwani. PHD, EBS

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University of Nairobi

The University of Nairobi (UON) is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution goes back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in Uganda, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and the University of Nairobi.

In 2002 the University had some 22,000 students, of whom 17,200 were undergraduates and 4,800 postgraduates.The university has launched several policy frameworks and introduced module 2 degrees to cope with the demand of higher education in Kenya.

History

 The inception of the University of Nairobi is traced back to 1956, with the establishment of the Royal Technical College which admitted its first lot of A-level graduates for technical courses in April the same year. The Royal Technical College was transformed into the second University College in East Africa on 25 June 1961 under the name Royal College Nairobi. The college was entitled to a special relation with the University of London whereupon it started preparing students in the faculties of arts, science, and engineering for degrees awarded by the University of London.

On 20 May 1964, the Royal College Nairobi was renamed University College Nairobi as a constituent college of the inter-territorial Federal University of East Africa, and henceforth the enrolled students were to study for degrees of the University of East Africa rather than the University of London. In 1970, the University College Nairobi transformed into the first national university in Kenya and was renamed the University of Nairobi. Later, the university made ties with the University of Rome La Sapienza and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium mainly for research funding purposes.

Faculties

 Centre For Biotechnology & Bioinformatics
    Centre For Hiv Prevention And Research (Uon-Chivpr)
    Centre For Open And Distance Learning (Codl)[
    Faculty Of Agriculture[6]
    Faculty Of Arts
    Faculty Of Veterinary Medicine
    Institute For Development Studies
    Institute Of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies
    Institute Of Diplomacy And International Studies
    Institute Of Nuclear Science & Technology
    Institute Of Tropical & Infectious Diseases (Unitid)
    Kenya Science Campus
    Population Studies And Research Institute
    School Of Law
    School Of Medicine
    School Of Biological Sciences
    School Of Business
    School Of Computing And Informatics
    School Of Continuing And Distance Education
    School Of Dental Sciences
    School Of Economics
    School Of Education
    School Of Engineering
    School Of Journalism
    School Of Mathematics
    School Of Nursing Sciences
    School Of Pharmacy
    School Of Physical Sciences
    School Of The Arts And Design
    School Of The Built Environment
    The Wangari Maathai Institute For Peace And Environmental Studies
    Board Of Post Graduate Studies
    Center For International Programmes & Links

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Arba Minch University

Arba Minch University
© Arba Minch University
Established	1986
Type	Government
Students	more than 20,000
Location	Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.amu.edu.et/

Arba Minch University is a research university located in Arba Minch, Ethiopia, about 500 km south of Addis Ababa. Officially inaugurated in 2004, it is one of the top widely recognized universities in Ethiopia. The university's 2004/05 academic year enrollment is over 6,600, placing it among the top largest universities in the country. It is founded on 2 square kilometres of land, at the eastern foot of the Gamo mountains and adjacent to the vast low lying land stretching towards Lake Abaya which is part of the East African Rift valley.

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Admas College

 Admas University College
Established     1998
President     Yibrah Girmay
Location     Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website     http://www.au.edu.et

Admas University College is a higher education institution in Ethiopia. It has been in operation since 1998.

The University College is accredited by Regional Educational Bureaus, Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) and Federal Ministry of Education Ethiopia and offers both on-campus education and distance learning, in a number of programs, which are offered in number of levels: certificate, diploma and degree.

The University College has also started many e-Learning programs to develop the Ethiopian Higher Educational System. It is currently working in partnership with internationally renowned institutions such as Cisco and University of Lübeck, Germany to reach these goals.

Admas has an autonomous branch in Hargeisa, Somaliland established in 2006, which is called the Admas University College, Hargeisa. This University College in Hargeisa is one of the leading higher education provider in Somaliland.

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Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa University (formerly Haile Selassie I University) is a university in Ethiopia. It was originally named "University College of Addis Ababa" at its founding, then renamed for the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I in 1962, receiving its current name in 1975.

Although the university has six of its seven campuses within Addis Ababa (the seventh is located in Debre Zeit, about 45 kilometers away), it also maintains branches in many cities throughout Ethiopia, leading to the claim of being "the largest university in Africa." The government assigns qualified students to these universities upon completion of secondary school. The writer and theorist Richard Cummings served as a member of the Faculty of Law.

Associated institutions include the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, founded by Richard Pankhurst. It is the only non-U.S. member institution associated with the United Negro College Fund.
History
Addis Ababa University.

Addis Ababa University was founded in 1950 at the request of Haile Selassie by a Canadian Jesuit, Dr Lucien Matte, S.J. as a two-year college, and began operations the next year. Over the following two years an affiliation with the University of London was developed.

As part of their sweeping changes, the Derg ordered Addis Ababa University temporarily closed March 4, 1975 and dispatched its 50,000 students to the countryside to help build support for the new regime. Ironically, it was a group of former college students in Tigray Province who founded the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front to resist the Derg government, which later joined a number of other groups to become the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

The university offered its first master's programs in 1979 and its first PhD programs in 1987.

Three top university administrators resigned their posts December 2002 in protest against increasing government interference in internal university matters. Government officials wanted the University to change its system of student evaluations to conform to a "gemgema" (self-criticism) system favored by the ruling party.
Notable alumni

    Yohannes Haile-Selassie, paleoanthropologist
    Zeresenay Alemseged, paleoanthropologist
    Mesfin Woldemariam, peace activist
    Birtukan Mideksa, judge and first woman opposition political leader
    Haileluel Nigussie, Veterinarian
    Berhane Asfaw, paleontologist who co-discovered the apparent origin of the Homo genus
    Solomon Weldegirma, organic chemist, instructor, and laboratory coordinator at the       University  of South Florida - Tampa
    Michael Tsegaye, artist and photographer

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Adama University

Adama Science and Technology University (formerly known as Nazareth Technical College, Nazareth College of Technical Teachers Education, and Adama University) is a university with branches in Adama city and a branch in Asella, and Debre Zeyit cities, Oromia Region, Ethiopia and also in Addis Ababa (Winget campus).

Overview

Established in September 1993, Adama Science and Technology University was the first institute in Ethiopia to offer degree programs for technical teachers. Formerly it was known as Nazareth Technical College and Nazareth College of Technical Teachers Education. The university adopted the name Adama University on July 9, 2005.

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University of Asmara

The University of Asmara (UoA) was Eritrea's first university and is located in the capital city, Asmara. It was created by the Piae Madres Nigritiae (Comboni Sisters). The school was meant to provide for the local population, though its initial enrollment in the 50s was entirely Italian.
The University was originally founded in 1958, albeit by a different name, the Catholic College of Santa Famiglia.

By 1964 the University had been renamed and began offering Associate Diploma programs in the Arts, Commerce, and the Sciences.

The school just limped along through the 1970s until 1979 when a new president pushed through a major reorganization of the curriculum and structure. The next years saw an increase in students from 300 to 2,700. New courses, staff, day and evening extension programs and campus buildings revived the University, together with a bilateral agreement to exchange students and faculty with the University of Addis Ababa, particularly focusing on graduate training in Addis Ababa to produce faculty for Eritrea.
However, the university stopped accepting incoming students in the early 2000s. In 2002, the government issued a directive re-configuring the university. This effectively shut down all of the university's undergraduate programs. Future students were not allowed to enroll and were directed to the Eritrea Institute of Technology, which opened after the University of Asmara closed. High school graduates were not allowed to pick their course of study, and were assigned vocational programs based on their performance on a maltriculation exam, however students in the military were granted a medical waiver from the exams. The government denied exit visas for those looking to study abroad, and university academics who wished to travel abroad required permission from the University president and the government. The university has been non-functional since the end of the academic year 2005-2006. The university was ordered to close its doors supposedly due to student protests in 2001 against alleged excessive government control of the university and lack of freedom in every-day life.
Current programs

To date, the fate of the UOA remains unknown, with the government having never given any explanation for the closure of the university.

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Eritrea Institute of Technology

The Eritrea Institute of Technology is located on Mai Nefhi, about 20 km south west of Asmara, near the Mai Nefhi dam. It currently has three colleges: Science, Engineering and Technology, and Education. Other new colleges are also under construction elsewhere in the country in other fields of studies. The Institute began with about 5,500 students during the 2003-2004 academic year.

The EIT was opened after the University of Asmara was ordered closed. The government however claims that reason for the opening of the college was to achieve equal distribution of higher learning in areas away from the capital city of Asmara. Similar colleges were opened in other parts of the country. College enrolment has dramatically increased in the country as a result of the opening of these institutions.

Currently the Eritrea institute of Technology or EIT at Mai Nefhi is the main college of higher studies in science, engineering and education in Eritrea. The number of faculties is increasing every year and the EIT facilities are getting better. The funding for EIT is basically external. However some funding is also provided by the Ministry of Education, Eritrea. The number of students graduating is also increasing every year.

Surprisingly enough, the University of Asmara, the only university in the country and one with international accreditation was ordered to close its doors in favor of the newly established colleges, none of which has a recognized international standing. Currently the government has plans to shut down EIT in 2012 and ship the student back to UOA and use the EIT facility for military training purposes. The government has done this because the previous sawa camp was to far for the students and wanted students to be encouraged by being close to asmara the capital and for mainly budget purposes currently the UOA is undergoing severe renovation for the new students. Second of all students with a UOA degree, certificate, and diploma will be internationally accredited. Although there is much frustration with students over the changes in schools the ministry of education is working diligently to encourage students. students who have 1yr left will be still in mai nefhi but in a different facility from the national high school students, to encourage sawa students how much important higher education is. EIT is currently helping with 45% percent of the development in Eritrea. From chemical engineers to Geologists Eritrea is reaching higher and higher to a developed country. Currently EIT's motto is EDUCATION FOR NATION BUILDING students love the motto and feel a sense of pride when they recognize that, Students realize that they are working day and night to give their country a better future. Some of the courses are bio-medical, chemical, medical, micro, scatological,and other engineering courses. On the education facility the graduates are helping their current severe shortages of teachers. The current teachers are old, but new graduates will be younger and help with the school shortages. By 2015 the student-teacher ratio will drop by 52% meaning less students per teacher, which is part of the ministry of education eagerness to help Eritrea become more developed.

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University of Djibouti

The University of Djibouti is an institution of higher education located in the city of Djibouti, the capital of the Republic of Djibouti.

History

Resulting from the conversion of University Centre of Djibouti, the University of Djibouti is a public university established on 7 January 2006 by Decree No. She received 2500 students in 2008, and 5030 in 2011.

Components

The University of Djibouti has three faculties and one institute

Faculties

• Faculty of Law, Economics and Management (FDEG)
• Faculty of Science (FS)
• Faculty of Humanities, Languages ​​and Social Sciences (FLLSH)
• Institute

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Université des Comores

Name (international):	University Comoros
Name (local):	Université des Comores
Type of Institution:	University
City:	Moheli
Homepage:	University Comoros

Job Opportunities
Internships | University Comoros
Graduate Job Vacancies | University Comoros
Academic Jobs, Faculty Vacancies, Jobs | University Comoros
Administration, General Job Vacancies | University Comoros
Study Opportunities Bachelors, Masters, PhD programs worldwide
Unspecified courses, programs, degrees    Degrees Courses Programs | University Comoros
Undergraduate Courses, Programs, Degrees    Undergraduate Programs | University Comoros Certificate Programs | University Comoros Associate Programs | University Comoros Diplomas | University Comoros Bachelors Degrees | University Comoros
Postgraduate Courses, Programs, Graduate Degrees, MPhil, PhD    Graduate Programs | University Comoros Postgraduate Programs | University Comoros Masters Degrees | University Comoros PhD Programs | University Comoros Research Degrees | University Comoros
Majors, Minors, Specialities, Teacher Education    Majors | University Comoros Minors | University Comoros Specialities | University Comoros Degrees in Education | University Comoros
Distance Learning, Study Abroad, Continuing Education    Distance Learning Programs | University Comoros Study Abroad Programs | University Comoros Online Programs | University Comoros Continuing Education Programs | University Comoros
Scholarships, Fellowships, Awards    Scholarships | University Comoros Fellowships | University Comoros
Scientific Cooperation and Partners   Scientific Cooperation and Partners | University Comoros

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