Evangelical University in Africa
Université évangélique en Afrique | |
| Type | Private university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1991 |
| Rector | NGONGO Kilongo Fatuma |
| Location | , , |
| Language | French |
| Affiliations | AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) |
| Website | uea.ac.cd |
The Evangelical University in Africa (UEA) is a private interdenominational Christian evangelical university located in Bukavu, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language of instruction is French.
History
[edit]The university was founded in 1990 by the Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa of the Church of Christ in the Congo.[1][2]
Its first authorization to operate was granted on 26 September 1991 under the name "Protestant Evangelical University in Africa" by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/0253/91 dated 26 September 1991.
The first approval and recognition of first-cycle degrees were confirmed by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/0313/92, while the second approval and recognition of second-cycle degrees were confirmed by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/A5/175/95 dated 9 December 1995. The final accreditation of UEA by presidential decree No. 06/106 was issued on 12 June 2006.
Faculties
[edit]As of 2020, the university had 5 faculties:[3]
- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (with two departments: Phytotechnics and Zootechnics). The first engineers graduated from this faculty in the 1995–1996 academic year, with 11 graduates: 6 zootechnicians and 5 phytotechnicians.
* Department of Phytotechnics and Environment * Department of Zootechnics and Environment
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Economics and Management
- Faculty of Protestant Theology
Partners
[edit]The school is interdenominational and has various evangelical partner denominations.[4]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Isabel Apawo Phiri, Dietrich Werner, Handbook of Theological Education in Africa, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2015, p. 178
- ^ BUGWABARI Nicodème, CAZENAVE-PIARROT Alain, PROVINI Olivier, and THIBON Christian, Universités, universitaires en Afrique de l'Est, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2012, p. 147
- ^ Evangelical University in Africa, Faculties, uea.ac.cd, DRC, accessed June 20, 2020
- ^ Evangelical University in Africa, Our partners, uea.ac.cd, Democratic Republic of the Congo, accessed May 23, 2020
