University of Zimbabwe
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University of Rhodesia, and adopted its present name upon Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. UZ is the oldest university in Zimbabwe.
Other name | UZ |
|---|---|
Former names | University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland University College of Rhodesia University of Rhodesia University of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979) |
| Motto | Educating to Change Lives |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1952 |
| Chancellor | Emmerson Mnagagwa (ex officio as President of Zimbabwe) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Paul Mapfumo |
Academic staff | 140 professors, 545 lecturers, 155 teaching and research assistants (2018) |
| Undergraduates | 17,718 |
| Postgraduates | 2,681 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | www |
The university has eleven faculties (with faculties of Agriculture Environment and Food Systems, Arts and Humanities, Business Management Sciences and Economics, Computer Engineering Informatics and Communications, Education, Engineering and Built Environment, Law, Science, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Veterinary Sciences and Medicine and Health Sciences) offering a wide variety of degree programmes and many specialist research centres and institutes. The university is accredited through the National Council for Higher Education, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education. English is the language of instruction. The university has faced criticism for awarding fraudulent degrees to members of the Robert Mugabe regime, most notably First Lady Grace Mugabe.