The Catholic University of Angola (''Universidade Católica de Angola'', UCAN) is a Catholic institution in

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's capital of

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. On 7 August 1992, the government of Angola allowed the Angolan Catholic Church to establish its own university. Through approval by the

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it started teaching on 22 February 1999. It is a private institution and one of 12 recognized private universities.Ministry Names Recognized Universities
updated by decrees published in ''Diário da República'' 20 August 2002, 11 April 2005 and 7 May 2007. Msgr. Manuel Imbamba is the "magno chanceler" and Father Vicente Cauchi is the rector.

Academics

In 2012 it had about 6,000 enrolled students. The language of classes is

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, although

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as a second language (

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) is offered. Four departments have been founded:

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and

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. Notable professors include

Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem Dr. Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem (born 24 August 1934) is an Angolan political figure who was the First Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African P ...

. He is a long-time Angolan politician and current member of the

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Faculties

* Faculty of Social Sciences (director: Prof. António Costa) * Faculty of Law (director: Prof. Adérito Correia) * Faculty of Economics (director: Prof. Justino Pinto de Andrade) * Faculty of Engineering (director: Prof. Aires Veloso)

Campus

The university's location in Luanda was for long at the former Colégio São José de Cluny. This remodeled building is in front of the Museum of History, one block from Kinaxixi Square, and housed the first two faculties of the university. It was restituted to the Sisters of Cluny in 2010. The final buildings complex of the Catholic University was on a selected site, in the Palanca part of Luanda, and will host additional faculties. Subsidiaries are considered in other important Angolan cities.

Funding

Many nations have contributed to the establishment of the university, most prominently the

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, but also

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and

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in the form of private business assistance and non-governmental agencies. UCAN receives all of its government funds because of decree 20/82 in 1982 that required petroleum companies operating in Angola to invest into educational and training programs the amount of $0.15 (15¢ of

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) per barrel of oil produced. These are commonly known as "Training Levy Funds." The

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(AEAF), a

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-based non-profit organization, has been working with the Catholic University of Angola and has participated in the establishment of a computer and Internet access center. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Angola approved on 11 July 1997, decree no. 51/97, in an effort to provide a funding mechanism for higher education institutions in the country. The decree states that a portion of the Training Levy Funds, in the amount of 1¢ per oil barrel, will be used to finance the Catholic University. With Angola producing 300 million barrels of

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in 1998, this amounted to a large majority of the funding for the university.

References

External links

Catholic University of Angola official website (in Portuguese)

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