List of universities in Rwanda

This is a list of universities in Rwanda .

Post-secondary institutions

As at December 2015, there are 34 institutions of higher education in Rwanda, 11 public and 23 private. ^[1] In 2013, the government of Rwanda merged all public universities, leading to one public university, University of Rwanda, with six colleges. ^{[2] [3]}

Public university

• University of Rwanda (UR)
  • College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (CAVM)
  • College of Arts and Social Sciences (CASS)
  • College of Business and Economics (CBE)
  • College of Education (CE)
  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS)
  • College of Science and Technology (CST)

Public integrated polytechnics and college

• Gishari Integrated Polytechnic (GIP)
• Institute of Legal Practice and Development (ILPD)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Ngoma(IPRC-Ngoma)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Kigali (IPRC-Kigali)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Huye (IPRC-Huye)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Karongi (IPRC-Karongi)
• Musanze Polytechnic College (Musanze Campus)
• Rwanda Teachers College (RTC)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Tumba (IPRC-Tumba)
• Community Integrated Polytechnic (CIP)
• Integrated Polytechnic Regional College Rusizi(IPRC-Rusizi)^{[ citation needed ]}
• IPRC Kitabi

Public nursing schools

• Byumba School of Nursing And Midwifery
• Kibungo School of Nursing And Midwifery
• Nyagatare School of Nursing And Midwifery
• Rwamagana School of Nursing

Private universities

• Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA)
• Eastern African Christian College (EACC)
• Kigali Integrated College (KIC)
• University of Kigali (UoK) ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Ruli Higher Institute of Health (RHIH) ^[7]
• University of Lay Adventists of Kigali (UNILAK)
• Adventist University of Central and East Africa (AUCA)
• African Leadership University (ALU)

• Akilah Institute for Women, Kigali (AIWK) ^[8]
• East African University Rwanda
• Carnegie Mellon University Rwanda (CMUR) ^[9]
• Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (ICK) ^[10]
• Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR) ^[11]
• Christian University of Rwanda (CHUR). ^[12] Closed in 2020 by Government of Rwanda. ^[13]
• Hanika Anglican Integrated Polytechnic (HAIP)
• University Of Kibungo (UNIK)
• Muhabura Integrated Polytechnic College (MIPC)
• Institute of Applied Sciences Ruhengeri (INES)
• Institut Superieur Pedagogique de Gitwe (ISPG)
• Kibogora Polytechnic (KP)
• Premier ECDE Teachers College (PECDTC) ^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Kigali Independent University (ULK)
• KIM University ^[17]
• Mount Kenya University Kigali Campus (MKU Kigali) ^[18]
• Protestant Institute of Arts & Social Sciences (PIASS)
• University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB) ^[19]
• University of Technology and Arts of Byumba (UTAB)
• University of Global Health Equity

References

1. RMOED (29 December 2015). "List of Institutions of Higher Education In Rwanda". Rwanda Ministry of Education (RMOED). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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