The Eduardo Mondlane University (Portuguese: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; UEM) is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is a secular public university, unaffiliated with any religion, and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. The university is located in Maputo and has about 40,000 students enrolled.
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History
The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portugal's overseas province of Mozambique. Founded by the time of Overseas Minister Adriano Moreira, it was called Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique (Mozambique General University Studies) after Studium Generale; in 1968 it became the Universidade de Lourenço Marques (University of Lourenço Marques). After Mozambique became independent in 1975, the city was renamed Maputo and the university was renamed in honor of FRELIMO leader Eduardo Mondlane in 1976.
Student enrolment
All students at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane are full-time, contact students. As of 2015, the university consists of around 40,000 students, of which around 3,300 are pursuing postgraduate courses
Notable alumni
Nazira Abdula, Mozambican Minister of Health
Mari Alkatiri, first Prime Minister of Timor Leste
U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India
Alice Banze, trained social scientist active with Oxfam
Mia Couto, Mozambican author, poet, journalist, and biologist
Carla Louveira, Mozambican Finance Minister
Venâncio Mondlane, Mozambican politician
Odete Muximpua, Mozambican engineer
Amélia Nakhare Mozambique Deputy Minister and tax expert
Carmelita Namashulua (born 1962), Minister of Education and Human Development for Mozambique, previously Minister of State Administration and the Public Service of Mozambique (2015–2020)
Adriano Nuvunga, Mozambican scholar, anti-corruption advocate and human rights defender