| Protestant University in the Congo | |
| Motto: | Truth, Faith, Freedom |
| Type: | Private |
| Vice Chancellor: | Monsignor Ngoy Boliya Daniel |
| City: | Lingwala, Kinshasa |
| Country: | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Students: | 8,000 (2015) |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Coor: | -4.3331°N 15.2978°W |
| Website: | (French) |
Protestant University in the Congo (French: '''Université protestante au Congo''', or UPC), is a university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, affiliated with the Protestant Church which is known in the country as the Church of Christ in the Congo.[1]
The university's campus is located in the neighborhood called Lingwala, in the Lukunga District of Kinshasa, the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The campus is bounded to the west by Avenue Pierre Mulele, immediately north of the Centenary Protestant Cathedral and adjacent to the National Museum of Congo, which lies to the south and south-east of the campus. The geographical coordinates of UPC campus are 4°19'59.0"S, 15°17'52.0"E (Latitude:-4.333056; Longitude:15.297778).
The UPC traces its origins to the establishment of the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (Faculté de Théologie Protestante du Congo Belge et du Rwanda-Urundi) in 1959. It became the Faculty of Protestant Theology in Free University of the Congo in 1963 and was later folded into the National University of Zaire (UNAZA) as part of the centralization of secondary education in the country in 1971. It was subsequently re-established an independent body in 1974 when UNAZA was securalised. As of 2015, it was the largest Protestant university in the world, with a student enrollment of approximately 8,000. At that time, 55 percent of the students were female and 45 percent were male.[1]
As of September 2015, UPC had the following faculties as illustrated in the table below. The year each faculty was established is also shown.[1]
| Notes | |||
| 1 | Faculty of Theology | 1959 | |
| 2 | Faculty of Business Administration and Economics | 1989 | |
| 3 | Faculty of Law | 1994 | |
| 4 | Faculty of Medicine | 2006 | |
| 5 | Faculty of Computer Science | 2017 | |
The table below illustrates the religious diversity among registered students in the university, as of September 2015.[1]
| 1 | Independent Churches | 2,959 | 37.70 | |
| 2 | 2,510 | 31.97 | ||
| 3 | 2,298 | 29.27 | ||
| 4 | Jehovah's Witnesses | 28 | 0.35 | |
| 5 | 26 | 0.33 | ||
| 6 | 19 | 0.24 | ||
| 7 | Orthodox | 3 | 0.04 | |
| 8 | 2 | 0.025 | ||
| 9 | Salvationists | 2 | 0.025 | |
| Total | 7,849 | 100.00 | ||