University of Khartoum

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University of Khartoum
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motto Allah - Al-hagiga - Al-watan - Al-insaniyya
founding 1902
Sponsorship public
place Khartoum , Sudan
president Mohamed Ahmed ElShiekh
Students 22,800
Employee 850
Website www.uofk.edu

The University of Khartoum ( Arabic جامعة الخرطوم, DMG Ǧāmiʿat al-Ḫarṭūm ) in Khartoum in Sudan is the most important university in the country. It is located east of the business center on the banks of the Blue Nile .

history

1902 during the British colonial era , the Gordon Memorial College established the first only a primary school was. After a few additions to the subject, Sudan's first medical training center was opened in 1924. In 1936 a legal department was established, from 1947 the college was attached to the University of London .

With the independence of the country in 1956, the previous college was given university status.

structure

Main entrance to the university campus in the south in early 2007
The main building of Khartoum University in a photo from 1936

Khartoum University has 16,800 undergraduate students in 23 different faculties, schools and research institutions. Around 3,500 new students are accepted every year, 55% of them are women.

In addition, 6,000 “ graduate students ” (master's and doctoral students ) are enrolled. 850 lecturers and professors, 20 research colleagues and 500 teaching assistants are employed at the university.

The University also has the Mycetoma Research Center.

Faculties

  • Central campus in Khartoum
  • Medicine campus in the south of Khartoum
  • Agronomy and veterinary medicine campus in Shambat, North Khartoum
  • Education and training campus in Omdurman , 15 km from the central campus

Individual evidence

  1. According to the University of Khartoum on its website in 2005
  2. According to the University of Khartoum on its website in 2005

Web links

Commons : University of Khartoum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 15 ° 36 ′ 43.5 ″  N , 32 ° 32 ′ 31.6 ″  E