The University of Luanda (UniLuanda; ) is an Angolan public university based in the city of Luanda.Aviso sobre inscrições para os exames de acesso ao ensino superior . FSS-UniLuanda. 5 August 2021.
The university emerged from the merger of the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies and the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport, and from the transformation of the faculties of arts and social service. Before the creation of UniLuanda, they were autonomous higher education institutions spread across the province of Luanda.Malanje e Namibe têm novas universidades. Jornal de Angola. 30 July 2020.
The university's base territory is the Luanda Province.Extinção das regiões académicas leva à fusão das instituições. Expansão. 20 August 2020
History UniLuanda's component bodies emerged from decree-law 7/09, of 12 May 2009, approved by the Council of Ministers, which created the Higher Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (ISUTIC) and the Higher Institute of Social Service (ISSS).Barreto, M. A.; Costa, A. B.. II Coopedu Africa e o Mundo: Livro de Atas. Lisboa: ISCTE-IUL/CEA/ESECS-IPL, 2012. The same decree also created the Instituto Superior de Artes (ISArt), but it only came into operation in 2013.Instituto Superior de Artes anuncia primeiros finalistas. Quilamba News. 17 May 2019.
In 2016, presidential order 38/16, of 24 March 2016, created the Higher Institute of Management, Logistics and Transport (IPGEST).
By presidential decree 285, of 29 October 2020 — which reorganizes the Network of Public Higher Education Institutions of Angola (RIPES) — these institutions were integrated into the newly formed University of Luanda (UniLuanda). The ISUTIC and the IPGEST remained as institutes, while the Faculty of Social Service and the Faculty of Arts were constituted.Decreto presidencial nº 285, de 29 de outubro de 2020 - Estabelece a reorganização da Rede de Instituições Públicas de Ensino Superior . Diário da República - I Série - nº 173. 29 October 2020.
Notable alumni Maria de Jesus Trovoada, politician and scientist
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