Nkrumah University

Nkrumah UniversityMotto| Teaching for Excellence

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Type| Public
Established| 1971
Location|

Kabwe

Zambia

[ ⚑ ] : 14°26′42″S 28°28′02″E﻿ / ﻿14.445°S 28.46722°E﻿ / -14.445; 28.46722
Campus| Urban
Website| Official website

The Nkrumah University is Zambia's largest teacher training university, founded in 1971. It has a student population of about 12,000

## Contents

* 1 Organisation
* 1.1 Governance
* 1.2 Academics
* 2 Campus
* 3 Other facilities
* 4 Student life
* 4.1 Activities
* 4.2 Press and radio
* 4.3 Students residences
* 4.4 Sports clubs
* 5 Affiliations
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Organisation

### Governance

The University Senate runs the university under the supervision of the University Council. There are four schools namely; the school of Natural Science, the school of Business Studies, the school of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the school of Education. There are two institutes; Institute of Open and Distance Learning, and the Centre for Information and Communication Technology.

### Academics

The Nkrumah University is divided into 4 schools:[citation needed]

* School of Natural Sciences with departments for:

1. Life Sciences
2. Physical Sciences
3. Mathematics and Statistics
4. Physical Education

* School of Business Studies with departments for:

1. Computing and Communication Technologies
2. Accounting, Economics and Finance
3. Marketing and Management Studies

* School of Education with departments for:

1. Psychology And Sociology
2. Educational Administration and Policy Studies
3. Languages and Social Sciences Education
4. Mathematics and Science Education
5. Special Education

* School of Social Sciences with departments for:

1. Social Sciences
2. Languages
3. Religious Studies
4. Linguistics

## Campus

Nkrumah University has two campus locations. The main campus -- Munkoyo Street Campus -- is about 3 km from the Kabwe city center. Nkrumah University has recently acquired the PAID-ESA campus along the same street (Previously the Pan African Institute for Development - East/Southern Africa); this campus will help expand the capacity of the university.

## Other facilities

* The University Guest House and Lodge.

## Student life

### Activities

* Sports
* Community service

### Press and radio

Nkruman Times

### Students residences

* Mulungushi hostel (gents)
* Luapula hostel (gents)
* Kafue hostel (gents)
* PAID-ESA hostels (gents)

*liseli hostel(females)

* chimwemwe hostel(females)
* Zambezi hostel(females)

luangwa hostel(females) peririntwaya hostel(females)

### Sports clubs

## Affiliations

Nkrumah is a new member of the Association of African Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the International Association of Universities.

## References

## External links

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Universities in Zambia

Public|

* Chalimbana University
* Copperbelt University
* Mukuba University
* Mulungushi University
* Kwame Nkrumah University
* University of Zambia
* Levy Mwanawasa Medical University

Private|

* Cavendish University Zambia
* Copperstone University
* Gideon Robert University
* Northrise University
* University of Lusaka
* Rockview University
* Rusangu University
* St. Bonaventure University
* Texila American University Zambia
* Victoria Falls University of Technology
* Zambia Catholic University
* Zambian Open University

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