Eduardo Mondlane University Explained

Eduardo Mondlane University
Native Name:	Portuguese: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Type:	Public
Established:	21 August 1962^[1]
Rector:	Manuel Guilherme Júnior, PhD^[2]
Students:	39,078 (2015)^[3]
Undergrad:	35,809
Postgrad:	3,207
Doctoral:	62
City:	Maputo
Country:	Mozambique
Coor:	-25.9667°N 32.5833°W
Affiliations:	AAU^[4]

The Eduardo Mondlane University (Portuguese: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; UEM) is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is a secular public university, unaffiliated with any religion, and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion.^[5] The university is located in Maputo and has about 40,000 students enrolled.^[6]

History

The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portugal's overseas province of Mozambique. Founded by the time of Overseas Minister Adriano Moreira, it was called Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique (Mozambique General University Studies)^[1] after Studium Generale; in 1968 it became the Universidade de Lourenço Marques (University of Lourenço Marques).^[7] After Mozambique became independent in 1975, the city was renamed Maputo and the university was renamed in honor of Frelimo leader Eduardo Mondlane in 1976.^[7]

Student enrolment

All students at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane are full-time, contact students. As of 2015, the university consists of around 40,000 students, of which around 3,300 are pursuing postgraduate courses ^[8]

Notable alumni

• Nazira Abdula, Mozambican Minister of Health
• Mari Alkatiri, first Prime Minister of Timor Leste^[9]
• U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India
• Alice Banze, trained social scientist active with Oxfam
• Mia Couto, Mozambican author, poet, journalist, and biologist
• Adriano Nuvunga, Mozambican scholar, anti-corruption advocate and human rights defender

See also

• Education in Mozambique

External links

• • Enrollment Data
• Southern African Regional Universities Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nota Histórica (History). uem.mz. pt.
2. Web site: Reitor da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Rector of Eduardo Mondlane University). uem.mz. pt.
3. Web site: UEM em números - 2015. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. 7 April 2018. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125819/http://uem.mz/index.php/uem-em-numeros-2015. dead.
4. Web site: Member Universities. Association of African Universities. dead. https://archive.today/20120719234547/http://www.aau.org/membership/. 19 July 2012.
5. Web site: Visão e Missão . uem.mz . 31 October 2023. pt.
6. Web site: UEM em números - 2015. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. 7 April 2018. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125819/http://uem.mz/index.php/uem-em-numeros-2015. dead.
7. Web site: History of Eduardo Mondlane University. uem.mz. 11 November 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090303183546/http://www.uem.mz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=42. 3 March 2009.
8. Web site: UEM em Números - 2015. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. 7 April 2018. 9 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125819/http://uem.mz/index.php/uem-em-numeros-2015. dead.
9. Web site: Mari Alkatiri: Berterimakasilah pada Fretilin. 5 March 2011. teguhtimur.com. 10 November 2017.