Rumbek University (or RU) is a

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

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Location

The university's temporary campus is housed on the premises of Rumbek Secondary School, in the town of

Rumbek Rumbek ( ar, رمبك) is the capital of Lakes State, central South Sudan, and the former capital of the country. Location Rumbek is approximately by road northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Its coordinates are a ...

(estimated population in 2008 was 32,100). The UNICEF compound in Rumbek is situated in ''Rumbek Central County'',

Lakes State Lakes State is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. Rumbek is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warr ...

in central

. This location lies , by road, northwest of

Juba Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newest capital city to be elevated as such, and had a population ...

, the capital and largest city. The coordinates of the campus are: 6° 48' 0.00"N, 20° 41' 15.00"E (Latitude: 6.80000; Longitude: 29.68750). A permanent campus is under construction in Abinajok, a suburb of Rumbek.

History

The concept of establishing Rumbek University was adopted in February 2006 when the president of the

Republic of Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

Omer Al-Bashir visited Rumbek and pledged to build a university in the town. Subsequently the project was approved at the Sudanese federal level in

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and at the regional level in

. The university was established in 2010 as a joint project between the federal government in Khartoum and the Southern Government in Juba. Following South Sudan's

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in July 2011, the university is now the responsibility of the government of

Overview

Rumbek University opened its doors in 2010, with 500 students and 40 academic faculties. The university is a public university. Since the founding of the university, a fifth public university has been established. The list of public universities in the country includes the following: * Juba National University in

; 1977 * Rumbek University in

; 2010 *

Upper Nile University Upper Nile University (UNU) is a university in South Sudan. Location The university's main campus is located in the town of Malakal, Upper Nile State, on the banks of the White Nile. This location is approximately by road north of Juba, the cap ...

Malakal Malakal is a city in South Sudan. It is the capital of Upper Nile State, South Sudan, along the White Nile River. It also serves as the headquarter of Malakal county and it used to be the headquarter of Upper Nile Region from 1970s to late 1990s ...

; 1991 *

University of Bahr El-Ghazal University of Bahr El-Ghazal (UBG) is a university in South Sudan located in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr El Ghazal State. It was established in 1991. Location The University is located in the city of Wau, South Sudan, Wau, in ''Wau County ...

in Wau and *

University of Northern Bahr El-Ghazal University of Northern Bahr el Ghazal (UNBEG) is a university in South Sudan. Location The university is located in the city of Aweil, in '' Aweil Central County'', Northern State, in the Bahr el Ghazal Region, in northwestern South Sudan, nea ...

in Aweil; 2011 Partial List of Public Universities In South Sudan
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Academic Colleges

The university maintains the following faculties: * College of Education * College of Economic and Social Studies *College of Agriculture *College of Veterinary medicine

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