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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

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and has about 40,000 students enrolled.

History

The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of

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. Founded by the time of Overseas Minister Adriano Moreira, it was called ''Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique'' (Mozambique General University Studies) after ''

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''; in 1968 it became the Universidade de Lourenço Marques (University of Lourenço Marques). After Mozambique became

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in 1975, the city was renamed "Maputo" and the university was renamed in honor of

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leader

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in 1976.

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

Notable alumni

* Nazira Abdula, Mozambican Minister of Health *

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, The first Prime Minister of Timor Leste * U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India * Alice Banze, is a trained social scientist active with

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* Mia Couto, Mozambican author, poet, journalist, and biologist

References

External links

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History

Student enrolment

Notable alumni

See also

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