The National University of Rwanda ( NUR ; Kinyarwanda : Kaminuza nkuru y’u Rwanda , French : Université nationale du Rwanda , UNR ) was the largest university in Rwanda . It was located at 2°36′58″S 29°44′34″E / 2.61611°S 29.74278°E / -2.61611; 29.74278 in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec, Canada. Its founder and first rector was Father Georges-Henri Lévesque .
5-470: UNR can mean: National University of Rwanda (French: Université nationale du Rwanda ) University of Nevada, Reno National University of Rosario (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Rosario ), Argentina Ukrainian People's Republic (Ukrainian: Українська Народня Республіка, Ukrajinska Narodnja Respublika ), a Ukrainian nation-state established in 1917 and conquered by Bolsheviks in 1919 Union for
10-546: The New Republic (French: Union pour la nouvelle République ), a defunct Gaullist French political party Ubuntu Netbook Remix , an official Ubuntu distribution for netbooks, which was renamed to Ubuntu Netbook Edition in April 2010 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UNR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
15-524: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UNR&oldid=1254275936 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing French-language text Articles containing Spanish-language text Articles containing Ukrainian-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National University of Rwanda When it
20-514: Was established, the NUR had three divisions (Faculties of Medicine and Social Sciences, and a Teacher Training College), 51 students and 16 lecturers. The university suffered badly during the genocide and had to close in 1994, reopening in April 1995. At that time English was introduced as a medium of instruction alongside French. In 2013, along with all public higher education institutions in Rwanda, it
25-559: Was merged into the newly created University of Rwanda . When it started in 1963 NUR was composed of three academic units: the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Teacher Training College (ENS). At that time, it had 51 students and 16 lecturers. By 2005, the university had 8221 students and 425 lecturers. Important dates and facts are: 1998: creation of the department of Clinical Psychology as
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