University of Buea

University of Buea

University of Buea
Motto	Knowledge with Wisdom
Type	Public
Established	1992
Vice-Chancellor	Dr Nalova Lyonga
Location	Buea , South West Region , Cameroon
Nickname	The place to be
Affiliations	University of Manchester
Website	http://ubuea.cm

University of Buea or UB, is located in Buea along Malingo Street, in the South West province of Cameroon, near Mount Cameroon. It was founded as a university centre in 1985, and became a fully fledged university in 1992, following a Government decree that re-organized state universities in the country. It is one of two English speaking universities in Cameroon, alongside the University of Bamenda.

Central Building

Location

UB is in the historic town of Buea, former capital of German Kamerun, former capital of the federated State of West Cameroon and now the Regional capital of the South West region of Cameroon. Although the university draws its students mainly from the English-speaking part of Cameroon, it also serves the other regions of the country.

Admissions

Admission into the university is competitive.

Student body and staff

The student population is over 12,000, including 50 who are physically and visually disabled. Adequate welfare provision for this latter category of students remains a challenge for the university administration.

There are 300 permanent and 200 part-time teaching staff. In addition to teaching, the staff undertake research in fields that are relevant to national development. In addition to the academic staff, UB has about 473 support staff.

Faculties and Schools

UB has eight faculties:

• Engineering,
• Arts,
• Education,
• Health Sciences,
• Science,
• Social and Management Sciences,
• Agriculture and Veterinary medicine.

UB has two Schools or Colleges:

• Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters,
• College of Technology.

Training at the university is supported by lecture halls and teaching and research laboratories. The university is connected to a fiber optic link to Camtel, a telecommunications company. In keeping with the New University Governance Policy of Cameroon, the outreach activities of the university are increasingly involving the private sector in funding and training so as to ensure that the graduates are relevant to the labour market. The University of Buea provides assistance and plays a leadership role to several other education institutions all over Cameroon.

As in most English-speaking institutions, the governance system of the university is based on structures such as Council, Senate, Congregation and Committees on which staff and students are represented.

Technology

The main campus has a campus-wide optical-fiber network linking most of the buildings. Internet connectivity is provided via a VSAT link.

The IT Centre runs an Internet café for Internet access by staff and students at a modest cost.

Library

The Buea University library operates in two buildings:

• The Main library houses the open stacks book collection, quick reference and general reference books. The library is between the science laboratories, the Faculty of Arts Building and the Annex Library.
• The Annex library is located behind the Faculty of Arts Building. It contains special collections — reserve books/lecturers notes, archives, journals and the Cameroon collection. The library also houses cassettes, video tapes, micro-film and CD-ROM resources.

Faculty, staff, and students of the university use the library collection. Alumni, users from institutions affiliated with UB and members of the public can, with authorization, use the library.

Outreach and cooperation

The University of Buea has linkages with foreign universities and cooperation with international organisations. The linkages usually aim at the exchange of staff and students whilst international organisations usually assist the university with capacity building of staff and funding for research.

External links

• Resources for students in the University of Buea
• University of Buea
• University of Buea official website