Universidade Jean Piaget | |
Type | Private |
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Established | 1999 |
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Universidade Jean Piaget de Angola (Jean Piaget University of Angola) is a university in based in Luanda, Angola, with campuses in the Benguela province. It is named after the Swiss philosopher Jean Piaget.
The university was founded in 1999. [1] [2]
As of 2005, the university had 815 enrolled students and is one of seven state recognized universities, both private and public, in the country. [3]
It currently offers the following faculties:
The university currently has 17 undergraduate and 5 postgraduate courses. [4]
An estimated 8 million USD are planned to be spent in an upcoming university expansion project that will add four buildings with three floors each, in an area of 35 hectares to accommodate 2,500 students. [5]
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The Agostinho Neto University is the largest public university of Angola, based in Luanda and in the nearby city of Talatona, in Angola. In the academic year 2005–06, 68 licensing courses were ministered by the university: 18 in Bachelor's and 15 in master's degrees, involving areas of scientific knowledge in the faculties, institutes, and higher learning schools. It is one of seven public universities in Angola. Until 2009 the Agostinho Neto University was the country's only public university, and had campuses in all its major cities. In 2009 it was split up, with its campuses outside Luanda becoming six autonomous universities, located in Benguela, Cabinda, Huambo, Lubango, Malange, and Uíge. Agostinho Neto University is now one of the seven regional university among others, serving Luanda Province and Bengo Province. It remains the largest university in Angola.
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