List of universities in Rwanda

This is a list of universities in Rwanda.

Post-secondary institutions

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

  • 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 colleges

  • 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)
  • Tumba College of Technology (TCT)
  • Community Integrated Polytechnic (CIP)
  • Intregrated Polyclinic Regional College Rusizi(IPRC-Rusizi)

Public nursing schools

  • Byumba School of Nursing And Midwifery
  • Kibungo School of Nursing And Midwifery
  • Nyagatare School of Nursing And Midwifery
  • Kabgayi School of Nursing And Midwifery
  • Rwamagana School of Nursing

Private universities

  • Ruli Higher Institute of Health (RHIH)http://www.rhih.ac.rw/
  • University of Kigali (UOK)[4][5][6]
  • University of Lay Adventists of Kigali (UNILAK)
  • Adventist University of Central and East Africa (AUCA)
  • Akilah Institute for Women, Kigali (AIWK)[7]
  • Carnegie Mellon University Rwanda (CMUR)[8]
  • Catholic University of Kabgayi (ICK)
  • Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR)[9]
  • Christian University of Rwanda (CHUR)[10]
  • Universite de Kibungo (UNIK)
  • Muhabura Integrated Polytechnic College(MIPC)
  • Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Ruhengeri (INES)
  • Institut Superirieur Pedagogiqe de Gitwe (ISPG)
  • Kibogora Polytechnic (KP)
  • Premier ECDE Teachers College (PECDTC) [11] [12] [13]
  • African Leadership University(ALU)
  • Kigali Independent University (ULK)
  • KIM University formerly Kigali Institute of management (KIM)
  • Mount Kenya University Kigali Campus (MKU Kigali)[14]
  • Protestant Institute of Arts & Social Sciences (PIASS)
  • University of Tourism Technology and Business Studies (UTB)
  • University of Technology and Arts of Byumba (UTAB)

References

  1. RMOED (29 December 2015). "List of Institutions of Higher Education In Rwanda". Rwanda Ministry of Education (RMOED). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. Rutayisire, Emmanuel (16 August 2015). "Institutes of higher learning to merge with University of Rwanda". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. Kwizera, Charles (5 April 2013). "Rwanda moves on with One University plan". The Independent (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. Editorial (March 2015). "Video: University of Kigali introduces post-graduate programmes". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. "University of Kigali: 'An Icon of Academic Excellency'". en.igihe.com.
  6. "University of Kigali". 29 May 2015.
  7. LSB (2015). "Elizabeth Dearborn Davis, CEO and Co-Founder of The Akilah Institute". London Speaker Bureau (LSB). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  8. Wilhelm, Ian (14 September 2011). "Carnegie Mellon University to Open Campus in Rwanda, a Milestone for Africa". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. Ntambara, Paul (10 July 2010). "New Catholic University opens". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. Ntambara, Paul (10 July 2010). "New Catholic University opens". New Times (Rwanda). Kigali. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. "Rwanda's first nursery teacher training school".
  12. "First Lady calls for more effort to promote early childhood devt". 17 June 2017.
  13. Imbuto Rwanda (19 June 2017). "First Lady's speech at the 1st Graduation of the Premier ECDE College - Kigali, 16 June 2017" via YouTube.
  14. Mutegi, Mugambi (28 December 2015). "Third Kenyan varsity to open Rwanda campus in 2016". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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