University of Zambia
| University of Zambia | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Service and Excellence |
| Established | 1966 |
| Type | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Stephen Simukanga |
| Location | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.unza.zm |
The University of Zambia is Zambia's largest university, founded in 1966. It has a student population of about 10,000.
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[edit] Organisation
[edit] Academics
The University of Zambia is divided into the following faculties:
- School of Agricultural Sciences [1]
- School of Engineering [2]
- School of Education [3]
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences [4]
- School of Law [5]
- School of Mines [6]
- School of Medicine [7]
- School of Natural Sciences [8]
- School of Veterinary Medicine [9]
[edit] Campus
Its main campus—the Great East Road Campus—is on the Great East Road, about 7 km from Lusaka City. It also has the Ridgeway Campus within Lusaka City located at the University Teaching Hospital (famously called UTH); this campus specifically houses students pursuing medical and pharmacological courses.
[edit] Other facilities
- The Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- The University of Zambia Library.
[edit] Radio
- UNZA radio
[edit] Affiliations
UNZA is a member of the Association of African Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the International Association of Universities.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Levy Mwanawasa, the late Zambian President studied Law at UNZA
- Dr. Twange Kasoma, US-based media academician and professor of mass communications at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia, USA.
- Professor Muna Ndulo, dean of Law School at Cornell University
- Hakainde Hichilema, leader of the opposition political party UPND studied Economics at UNZA.
- Monica Nashandi, Namibian ambassador and 1983 graduate
- Chitalu Chama, PhD Economics candidate at University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Huxwell Manwachi, former Students Union leader, 2004 graduate.
[edit] Notable research
The University of Zambia has a nanotechnology research center that was founded in 2001. The center was founded by Elijah Mwansa, who after graduating from the University of Zambia received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and was a professor at University of Heidelberg and Carnegie Mellon University. The center has several researchers from other African countries and Europe and is the only one of its kind on the African continent. It is financed by the government of Zambia as part of the Zambia 2020 initiative and grants from foreign science foundations.
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Coordinates: 15°24′S 28°20′E / 15.4°S 28.333°E
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