University of São Tomé and Príncipe

University of São Tomé and Príncipe
Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe
Type Public
Established December 31, 1996
Affiliation AULP
Rector Ayres Bruzaca de Menezes[1]
Students 2,000
Address Quinta de Santo António, CP 546, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Campus Quinta de Santo António
Campo Milho
3 de Fevereiro
Piedade
Website http://www.ustp.st

The University of São Tomé and Príncipe (in portuguese: Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe), USTP, is a public institution of higher education in São Tomé and Príncipe.[2] It is the main institution dedicated to teaching, research and university extension of the country.[3]

In the midst of reforms in the educational system of São Tomé in 2014, it was converted into a university after 18 years existing as Higher Polytechnic Institute, its parent institution.

History

USTP was founded in 1996 through Decree 88, under the name "Higher Polytechnic Institute of São Tomé and Príncipe" (ISPSTP, in portuguese);[4] Began operations on January 29, 1998. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture, ISPSTP began its activities with three-year baccalaureate courses aimed at training secondary school teachers in the areas of Portuguese, French, Mathematics, Biology and History. Other baccalaureate courses were created later. He was affiliated to the University of Porto and the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança during its creation.[5]

On July 24, 2014, the government of São Tomé and Príncipe decided to establish the "São Tomé and Príncipe Public University" (UPSTP). For that, they converted the ISPSTP (transforming into an organic institution), giving instead the first public university of the archipelago. At the installation ceremony, the Minister of Education, Culture and Formation, Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus, inaugurated the university professor Peregrino do Sacramento da Costa, as the Magnificent Rector of the new university.[6]

Two Brazilian institutions have supported the project since its inception in 2012: the University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (Unilab) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Both universities, together with the Brazilian Ministry of Education are assisting the institution until its final consolidation, which is scheduled for July 2018.[7]

On September 2015, the creation of a German course was announced by at the UPSTP with the support of the Goethe Institute and the German Academy Exchange Service and in collaboration of the University of Münster, its first with German classes started.[8]

In 2016 the institution changed its name and its acronym, being renamed "University of São Tomé and Príncipe" (USTP); On July 28, 2016, the new rector, Professor Ayres Bruzaca de Menezes, took office.[9]

Organic structure

Mini-conference by ISP during the Smart Talk Event in 2014 with the speakers Cláudio Corallo and Hilária Teixeira.

In its organic structure, the USTP has four teaching centers:[2]

Notable alumni and professor

  • Claudio Corallo - former professor, agronomical engineer and businessman
  • Manuel Penhor - professor, meteorologist and astrophysics.[14]
  • Guadalupe de Ceita (alumnus of the former School of Nursing) - medic and politician

Rectors

NameTermCampusElection form
Peregrino do Sacramento da Costa[15]July 24, 2014 - July 28, 2016Higher Polytechnical InstituteMinisterial decision
Ayres Bruzaca de Menezes[1]since July 28, 2016Higher Polytechnical InstituteMinisterial decision

References

  1. 1 2 "ANDIM TV: Cerimónia de Empossamento do novo Reitor da Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe na íntegra" (in Portuguese). Andim TV. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 São Tomé e Príncipe cria a 1ª universidade pública - Portal AULP
  3. ↑ Primeira Universidade pública instituída em São Tomé e Príncipe - Jornal Tropical-STP
  4. ↑ A compilation of background information about educational legislation, governance, management and financing structures and processes: Sub-Saharan Africa - UNESCO-IBE, 2008
  5. ↑ PONTÍFICE, Maria Fernanda. "Educação Superior em São Tomé e Príncipe". Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
  6. ↑ São Tomé e Príncipe já tem universidade pública - RFI Português
  7. ↑ Parceria entre Unilab e UFMG para implantar universidade pública em São Tomé e Príncipe - UNILAB
  8. ↑ "Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe prepara licenciatura em alemão – "University of São Tomé und Príncipe Prepared Licences in German", Portuguese language article of Deutsche Welle (DW), 24 September 2015, accessed on 5 January 2017
  9. ↑ Ayres Bruzaca é o novo Reitor da Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe - ANDIM TV. Disponível em: <www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9DAfGecoh4/>
  10. ↑ RAMOS. Américo d’ Oliveira dos.. Proposta de lei n.º 16 /IX/11 – Orçamento Geral do Estado para o Ano Económico de 2012. Assembleia Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe.
  11. ↑ Instituto Superior de Ciências de Saúde - Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe. Rede Internacional de Educação de Técnicos em Saúde
  12. ↑ CARDOSO, Maria Manuela. Educação em São Tomé e Príncipe. Lisboa: ISCTE-IUL, [s.d.]
  13. ↑ Projecto CATAP - UNICEF
  14. ↑ "PLOAD - Grupo Lusófono de Astronomia para o Desenvolvimento". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "São Tomé e Príncipe cria 1ª universidade pública" [São Tomé and Príncipe Created its Only University] (in Portuguese). AULP. 28 July 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.