University of Luanda

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University of Luanda
Type Public university
Established29 October 2020
Location,
Campus Urban

The University of Luanda (UniLuanda; Portuguese : Universidade de Luanda) [1] is an Angolan public university based in the city of Luanda. [2]

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The university emerged from the merger of the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies and the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport, and from the transformation of the faculties of arts and social service. Before the creation of UniLuanda, they were autonomous higher education institutions spread across the province of Luanda. [3]

The university's base territory is the Luanda Province. [4]

Historic

UniLuanda's component bodies emerged from decree-law 7/09, of 12 May 2009, approved by the Council of Ministers, which created the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ISUTIC) and the Higher Institute of Social Service (ISSS). [5] The same decree also created the Instituto Superior de Artes (ISArt), but it only came into operation in 2013. [6]

In 2016, presidential order 38/16, of 24 March 2016, created the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport (IPGEST).

By presidential decree 285, of 29 October 2020 — which reorganizes the Network of Public Higher Education Institutions of Angola (RIPES) — these institutions were integrated into the newly formed University of Luanda (UniLuanda). The ISUTIC and the IPGEST remained as institutes, while the Faculty of Social Service and the Faculty of Arts were constituted. [7]

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References

  1. Maria Teixeira (28 May 2021). "Funcionários do IPGEST em risco de ficarem desempregados". O País/Press Reader.
  2. Aviso sobre inscrições para os exames de acesso ao ensino superior. FSS-UniLuanda. 5 August 2021.
  3. Malanje e Namibe têm novas universidades. Jornal de Angola. 30 July 2020.
  4. Extinção das regiões académicas leva à fusão das instituições. Expansão. 20 August 2020
  5. Barreto, M. A.; Costa, A. B.. II Coopedu Africa e o Mundo: Livro de Atas. Lisboa: ISCTE-IUL/CEA/ESECS-IPL, 2012.
  6. Instituto Superior de Artes anuncia primeiros finalistas. Quilamba News. 17 May 2019.
  7. Decreto presidencial nº 285, de 29 de outubro de 2020 - Estabelece a reorganização da Rede de Instituições Públicas de Ensino Superior. Diário da República - I Série - nº 173. 29 October 2020.