The University of Luanda (UniLuanda; pt, Universidade de Luanda) is an

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public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

based in the city of

Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...

. The university emerged from the merger of the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies and the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport, and from the transformation of the faculties of arts and social service. Before the creation of UniLuanda, they were autonomous higher education institutions spread across the province of Luanda. The university's base territory is the

Luanda Province Luanda is a province of Angola. It covers an area of 18,835 km2, and had a population of 6,945,386 at the Census of 16 May 2014. The latest official estimate (for 2019) is 8,247,688.Instituto Nacional de Estatístiica, República de Angola. The ...

.Extinção das regiões académicas leva à fusão das instituições
Expansão. 20 august 2020

Historic

UniLuanda's component bodies emerged from decree-law 7/09, of May 12, 2009, approved by the Council of Ministers, which created the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ISUTIC) and the Higher Institute of Social Service (ISSS). The same decree also created the Instituto Superior de Artes (ISArt), but it only came into operation in 2013.Instituto Superior de Artes anuncia primeiros finalistas
Quilamba News. 17 may 2019. In 2016, presidential order 38/16, of March 24, 2016, created the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport (IPGEST). By presidential decree 285, of October 29, 2020 — which reorganizes the Network of Public Higher Education Institutions of Angola (RIPES) — these institutions were integrated into the newly formed University of Luanda (UniLuanda). The ISUTIC and the IPGEST remained as institutes, while the Faculty of Social Service and the Faculty of Arts were constituted.Decreto presidencial nº 285, de 29 de outubro de 2020 - Estabelece a reorganização da Rede de Instituições Públicas de Ensino Superior
Diário da República - I Série - nº 173. 29 october 2020.

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