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Evangelical University in Africa

Coordinates: 2°32′32″S 28°51′34″E / 2.54222°S 28.85944°E / -2.54222; 28.85944
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Evangelical University in Africa
Université évangélique en Afrique
TypePrivate university
Established1991
RectorNGONGO Kilongo Fatuma
Location, ,
LanguageFrench
AffiliationsAUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie)
Websiteuea.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

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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

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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

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The school is interdenominational and has various evangelical partner denominations.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Isabel Apawo Phiri, Dietrich Werner, Handbook of Theological Education in Africa, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2015, p. 178
  2. ^ BUGWABARI Nicodème, CAZENAVE-PIARROT Alain, PROVINI Olivier, and THIBON Christian, Universités, universitaires en Afrique de l'Est, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2012, p. 147
  3. ^ Evangelical University in Africa, Faculties, uea.ac.cd, DRC, accessed June 20, 2020
  4. ^ Evangelical University in Africa, Our partners, uea.ac.cd, Democratic Republic of the Congo, accessed May 23, 2020
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