The University of Cape Verde is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órgãos. It has over 5000 students. A new campus for Uni-CV is under construction in Palmarejo, financed by the Chinese government. It should be completed by July 2020. It will have capacity for 4,890 students and 476 professors, with a library, dorms, cafeterias and sports facilities. It will have 61 class rooms, five auditoriums with a capacity of 150 seats, eight computer rooms, eight reading rooms and 34 laboratories.
History
The University of Cape Verde was created by decree-law 53/2006 of 20 November 2006 by merging of three colleges:
ISE in Palmarejo, Praia, created under the decree-law 54/95 of October 2, 1995
ISECMAR in Mindelo, created under the decree-law 40/96, of October 21, 1996
INAG, in Praia, created under the resolution of 24/98 of October 21, 1998
In 2007, a fourth school officially joined the others: INIDA in São Jorge dos Órgãos. Under the law-decree no. 29/2008 on October 9, ISE, ISECMAR and INAG were eliminated. In the first years of its existence the school received help from King Henry VIII in teacher training and the exchange of administrative experiences. In 2014, both the university and the Camões Institute of Lisbon, Portugal created Eugénio Tavares Chair of the Portuguese language in order to boost research of teaching of Portuguese in Cape Verde. In January 2014, the rector of the university was elected for the first time. Out of three candidates, Dr Judite do Nascimento won. She was re-elected in March 2018.
Faculties and schools
The University of Cape Verde has the following faculties and schools:
The Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts was created from ISE, and is based in Praia and Mindelo. It offers the following licentiate courses:
The Faculty of Engineering and Maritime Sciences was created from ISECMAR, and is based in Mindelo. It offers the following licentiate courses:
Biological Sciences
Civil Engineering
Electrotechnical Engineering
Information Engineering and Telecommunication
Marine Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nautical Sciences - Piloting
Nursing
The School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences was created from INIDA, and is based in São Jorge and Praia. It offers the following licentiate courses:
Socio-Environmental Agronomy
Socio-Environmental Agronomy
The School of Business and Governance was created from INAG, and is based in Praia and Mindelo. It offers the following licentiate courses:
Business and Organizational Sciences
Commercial Management and Marketing
Economy
Hotel Management
Public Relations and Executive Secretariat
The Faculty of Education and Sports is based in Praia, Mindelo and Assomada. It offers the following licentiate courses:
