Marien Ngouabi University
Université Marien Ngouabi(French) | |
Type | State-funded university |
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Established | 4 December 1971 |
President | Gontron Ondzotto |
Dean | Blaise Irene Atipo-Ibara (Faculté des Sciences de la Santé) |
Students | 20,000 (2012) |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | UMNG |
Website | University website |
Marien Ngouabi University(French:Université Marien Ngouabi,UMNG) is the only state-funded university in theRepublic of the Congo.[1]It is located in the nation's capitalBrazzaville.
History[edit]
The University of Brazzaville was founded on 4 December 1971[2]amidst desires to assert the country's sovereignty.[citation needed]Following the assassination of PresidentMarien Ngouabion 18 March 1977, the university was renamed in his honor on 28 July 1977.[3]The University of Brazzaville was a continuation of the Foundation for Higher Education in Central Africa (1961), which in turn developed out of the Center for Higher Education in Brazzaville (1959). It has a number of separate campuses, each with individual libraries (ten different ones in 1993), in Brazzaville and the rest of the country. The largest and most important library is what is called the Central Library, the Library of the School of Humanities and of the Advanced Institute of Economic, Juridical, Administrative, and Management Sciences (1993 nomenclature); this library originates in the library ofFrench Equatorial Africa's government and theAlliance Française.[4]
Initially, the university had four institutions and 3,000 students; by 2012 it had grown to 11 institutions and some 20,000 students.[2]
Institutions[edit]
- FacultyofLaw
- FacultyofEconomic Sciences
- Faculty of Letters andHuman Sciences
- Faculty ofSciences
- Faculty ofHealth Sciences
- Superior Institute of Management
- Institute of Rural Development
- Superior Institute ofPhysical and Sports Education
- National School of Administration and the Magistracy
- National School of Advanced Studies
- National Polytechnic School
Alumni[edit]
- Edith Lucie Bongo(1964–2009), physician and formerFirst Lady of Gabon
- Delphine Djiraibe(1960–), lawyer and human rights activist
- Mandingha Kosso Moanda,academic
References[edit]
- ^INHEA | Congo (Brazzaville) Higher Education ProfileArchived2008-02-11 at theWayback Machine
- ^abcRepublic of Congo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.International Monetary Fund. 2012. p. 129.ISBN9781475548433.
- ^"L’université Marien-Ngouabi de Brazzaville célèbre ses trente ans d’existence"Archived2012-02-26 at theWayback Machine,Les Dépêches de Brazzaville,8 December 2001(in French).
- ^Wedgeworth, Robert, ed. (1993).World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services.American Library Association.p. 222.ISBN9780838906095.
External links[edit]
- Official website(in French)
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