The University of Lubumbashi (), also known by the acronym UNILU, is one of the largest universities in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It is located in

Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katang ...

in Haut Katanga Province, previously Katanga Province. The campus is located in the northern part of the city, west of the airport.

History

The university was created in 1955 under Belgian colonial rule as the Official University of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (french: Université officielle du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi) by the

University of Liège The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...

and opened in 1956. It was one of the institutions merged into the National University of Zaire in 1971. It was re-established as an autonomous university in 1981 when the National University of Zaire was split up. In May 1990 Zaire's government violently suppressed student protests on the campus, killing several students and destroying parts of the campus. File:L1020299.jpg, University of Lubumbashi Campus File:U_of_Lubumbashi_Admin_Building.jpg, Administration building File:University of Lubumbashi, DRC.jpg, University of Lubumbashi Campus File:Fac de droit University of Lubumbashi.jpg, Law Faculty

Notable faculty

Edgar C. Polomé Edgar Ghislain Charles Polomé (July 31, 1920March 11, 2000) was a Belgian-born American philologist and religious studies scholar. He specialized in Germanic and Indo-European studies and was active at the University of Texas at Austin for mu ...

, linguist

Notable alumni

* Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, Roman Catholic archbishop *

Sammy Baloji Sammy Baloji is a photographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He works in Lubumbashi and Brussels, and held exhibitions in Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Bilbao, Cape Town and Bamako.Témoin Africa''Sammy Baloji Né le 29 décembre 1978. ...

, award-winning photographer * General William Yakutumba, rebel commander

References

External links

UNILU homepageSouthern African University

Archive University of Lubumbashi
Royal Museum for Central Africa Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo University of Lubumbashi Educational institutions established in 1955 1955 establishments in the Belgian Congo {{DRCongo-university-stub