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 The university was founded in 1990 by the Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa of the Church of Christ in the Congo.Isabel Apawo Phiri, Dietrich Werner, Handbook of Theological Education in Africa, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2015, p. 178BUGWABARI Nicodème, CAZENAVE-PIARROT Alain, PROVINI Olivier, and THIBON Christian, Universités, universitaires en Afrique de l'Est, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2012, p. 147
Its first authorization to operate was granted on under the name "Protestant Evangelical University in Africa" by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/0253/91 dated .
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 . The final accreditation of UEA by presidential decree No. 06/106 was issued on .
Faculties As of 2020, the university had 5 faculties:Evangelical University in Africa, Faculties, uea.ac.cd, DRC, accessed June 20, 2020
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 The school is interdenominational and has various evangelical partner denominations.Evangelical University in Africa, Our partners, uea.ac.cd, Democratic Republic of the Congo, accessed May 23, 2020
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