Eduardo Mondlane University
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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)[4] after Studium Generale; in 1968 it became the Universidade de Lourenço Marques (University of Lourenço Marques).[5] 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.[5]
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 [6]
Notable alumni
- Nazira Abdula, Mozambican Minister of Health
- Mari Alkatiri, first Prime Minister of Timor Leste[7]
- 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
- Carla Louveira, Mozambican Finance Minister
- Venâncio Mondlane, Mozambican politician
- Odete Muximpua, Mozambican engineer[8]
- Carmelita Namashulua (born 1962), Minister of Education and Human Development for Mozambique, previously Minister of State Administration and the Public Service of Mozambique (2015–2020)
- Adriano Nuvunga, Mozambican scholar, anti-corruption advocate and human rights defender
See also
References
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