List of universities in Rwanda
This is a list of universities in Rwanda.
Post-secondary institutions
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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-Hye)
- 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
[edit]- Byumba School of Nursing And Midwifery
- Kibungo School of Nursing And Midwifery
- Nyagatare School of Nursing And Midwifery
- Rwamagana School of Nursing
Private universities
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ RMOED (29 December 2015). "List of Institutions of Higher Education In Rwanda". Rwanda Ministry of Education (RMOED). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Rutayisire, Emmanuel (16 August 2015). "Institutes of higher learning to merge with University of Rwanda". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Kwizera, Charles (5 April 2013). "Rwanda moves on with One University plan". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Editorial (March 2015). "Video: University of Kigali introduces post-graduate programmes". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "University of Kigali: "An Icon of Academic Excellency"". en.igihe.com.
- ^ "University of Kigali". Igihe.com. 29 May 2015.
- ^ Kigali Roman Catholic Archdiocese (29 January 2019). "Overview of Ruli Higher Institute of Health". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ LSB (2015). "Elizabeth Dearborn Davis, CEO and Co-Founder of The Akilah Institute". London Speaker Bureau (LSB). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Wilhelm, Ian (14 September 2011). "Carnegie Mellon University to Open Campus in Rwanda, a Milestone for Africa". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (29 January 2019). "About Catholic Institute of Kabgayi". Muhanga: International Federation of Catholic Universities Quoting Catholic Institute of Kabgayi. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Ntambara, Paul (10 July 2010). "New Catholic University opens". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Ntambara, Paul (10 July 2010). "New Catholic University opens". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Two more universities shut down by education ministry". The New Times | Rwanda. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Sylvia Rugina (18 April 2014). "Rwanda's first nursery teacher training school". The EastAfrican. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Donah Mbabazi (17 June 2017). "First Lady calls for more effort to promote early childhood development". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Imbuto Rwanda via YouTube (19 June 2017). "First Lady's speech at the 1st Graduation of the Premier ECDE College - Kigali, 16 June 2017". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Times Reporter (30 March 2016). "Kigali Institute of Management rebrands to KIM University". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ Mutegi, Mugambi (28 December 2015). "Third Kenyan varsity to open Rwanda campus in 2016". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Times Reporter (27 September 2016). "About University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies". New Times (Rwanda). Retrieved 29 January 2019.