Maputo Pedagogical University

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Pedagogical University
Universidade Pedagógica
founding 1986 (1995 university)
place Headquarters in Maputo , nationwide branches (Delegações)
country Mozambique
Rector Rogério José Uthui
Students 31,695 (2007)
Employee 829 (2007)
Website www.up.ac.mz

The University of Education ( Portuguese Universidade Pedagógica , abbreviated UP) is the second largest university in Mozambique after the Eduardo Mondlane University . The UP focuses on teacher training .

Founded in 1986 as a secondary educational institution, it received university status in 1995. The university's headquarters are in Maputo . The UP is divided into various faculties (Faculdades) and has branches (Delegações) throughout the country. There are collaborations with the following German universities: Heidelberg University of Education , Dresden University of Technology , Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg . At the UP there has been a specialist editing department of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) since 2009 .

Faculties of the UP

  • Language Faculty
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Pedagogical Faculty
  • Faculty of Sports
  • Escola Superior Técnica (vocational school teacher training)

Branches

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Breve historial da UP . In: www.up.ac.mz . Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Universidade Pedagógica . In: www.whed.net WHED - IAU's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c Universidade Pedagogica . In: www.sarua.org, Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) . Retrieved February 10, 2015.

Coordinates: 25 ° 58 ′ 24.7 ″  S , 32 ° 35 ′ 6.5 ″  E