Agostinho Neto University

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The Universidade Agostinho Neto ( UAN ) is the first university, founded in Angola after the attainment of independence in 1975. They first covered the state higher education institutions in the entire country, has been restricted 2008/2009 on Luanda and the neighboring Bengo province. Today it is the largest of the twenty public and private universities of Angola.

History

Higher education was introduced in Angola in 1962, at the beginning of the late colonial period. At that time ("General University Studies of Angola " ) were prepared by the Portuguese colonial government in Luanda the Estudos Gerais Universitarios de Angola founded, which had only a few fields. 1968 these were converted into a " Universidade de Luanda ", the self- possessed in Luanda on a economics and a medical school, also in Huambo (then " Nova Lisboa " ) through a Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry. Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church had been given permission to add their specialist school " Instituto de Educação e Pio XII Serviço Social" (Institute Pius XII. Of Education and Social Work ) in Luanda a university degree in social work. After Angola had attained independence in late 1975, the " Universidade de Luanda " end of 1976 under the name " Universidade de Angola " put back into operation and in 1985 renamed the " Universidade Agostinho Neto ", in honor of Agostinho Neto, the first President of Angola and Honorary President of the University.

, - Had not yet been called - UAN first on the training of secondary school teachers in the 1970er/1980er years, the concentrated To this end, it established in Luanda and other cities ISCEDs ( Instituto Superiores de Ciências da Educação, university departments of Education ). In addition, they continued the existing faculties and added to them gradually more. These were located in the capital and in several provincial capitals. Late 2000s included the UAN around 40 scattered across the country faculties and other institutions. In 1997 Rector and Deans were determined for the first time in democratic elections, so a new phase of academic self-government began.

In the following years but it was becoming clear that an institutional structure that geographical expansion inevitably had to lead to significant functional problems. They found the 2008/2009 solution to replace the all-encompassing UAN by a total of seven autonomous regional universities. These were located next to Luanda in six provincial capitals and each got the responsibility for other provinces awarded, in which they also have to provide for the establishment of higher education institutions. Thus, the " Universidade Katyavala Bwila " was founded in Benguela, Cabinda in the " Universidade 11 de Novembro " in Huambo, the " Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos ," in Lubango, the " Universidade Mandume ya Ntemufayo ", in Malanje the " Universidade Lueij A ' Nkonda " and in Uige the " Universidade Kimpa Vita "; the "Mother University " in Luanda retained the name " Universidade Agostinho Neto ". This decentralization of the State University and the simultaneous proliferation of private universities led to a separate Ministry of Science, Research and Technology was set up, which at the same time were also related to the traditional role of the UAN to be contact the government for the entire higher education.

In Luanda, the UAN has now not longer the monopoly University. Until 2002, there was next to her only nor the Catholic University of Angola ( Universidade Católica de Angola, UCAN ). Since there are in the city except the UCAN still about a dozen private universities that compete among themselves and with the UAN to a student demand, whose growth falls short of expectations.

Structure

Currently, the UAN includes the following units, with the exception of the latter all in Luanda:

  • Faculdade de Arquitectura e Belas Artes ( Architecture and Fine Arts )
  • Faculdade de Ciências ( Natural Sciences)
  • Faculdade de Ciências Sociais (Social Sciences)
  • Faculdade de Direito ( jurisprudence )
  • Faculdade de Economia (economics)
  • Faculdade de Engenharia (Engineering Science )
  • Faculdade de Letras ( Humanities )
  • Faculdade de Medicina ( Medicine )
  • Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde ( Health Sciences: for Nurses )
  • Escola Superior de Turismo e Hotelaria ( hotel industry and tourism)
  • Instituto Superior de Ciências de Educação, Luanda, Lubango, Benguela, Huambo, Cabinda and Uige ( Educational Science )
  • Instituto Superior Politécnico, Viana ( Polytechnic )

In connection with the construction of its own campus (see below) is scheduled to present a partial restructuring. In addition, all faculties should establish programs for postgraduate studies ( master's, doctorate).

Infrastructure

So far, the bodies of the UAN are housed in different complexes, which in some cases are not very functional and overall, the ever-growing student, faculty and staff number in no way correspond more. Since the early 2000s, is therefore in the district Kilamba Kiaxi, in the south of Luanda, a " Cidade Universitaria " ( " university city " ) under construction. This is a very sprawling campus that will hold all teaching, research and administrative units of the UAN to 2012. He also provides dormitories for students as well as apartments or houses for faculty members. The capacity of the campus are applied to a total number of 40,000 students.

Financing

The UAN is almost entirely financed from the state budget and by grants from state-owned enterprises ( primarily the Sonangol ). Tuition fees are not charged in general, with the exception of courses that take place in the evening and students are reserved for working in a professional.

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