Universidade de Cabo Verde (Portuguese) | |
Motto | Scientia via est |
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Type | Public |
Established | 20 November 2006 |
President | Iderlindo Pina |
Rector | Judite Nascimento |
Administrative staff | more than 480[1] |
Students | more than 5000[1] |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | Uni-CV |
Website | University website |
The University of Cape Verde (Portuguese: Universidade de Cabo Verde, abbreviated "Uni-CV") 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.[1] 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.[2]