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The Universidade Amílcar Cabral (UAC; in
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: Amílcar Cabral University) is a public higher education institution in
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...
. It is the only public university in the country. Founded in 1999 with the mission of federating the nation's various top institutions, it was abruptly closed in 2008. From 2010, it underwent a major restructuring, culminating in its resumption of activities in 2013, with the appointment of its new administrative body. In 2020, the UAC federative system consisted of the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Medicine, in addition to the National School of Administration and the Guinea-Bissau Higher School of Education. With rectory installed in the city of Bissau, the university was named after
Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes Cabral (; – ) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders. He was also a pan-Africanist and intellectual nationalist ...
, considered the ideologist and political architect of the country's independence. In May 2015,
UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
reportedly donated about $600,000 worth of computer equipment to the university.


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