Njala University
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| Established: | 1964 |
| Type: | Public |
| Students: | 13,045 total |
| Location: | Bo, Sierra Leone |
| Campus: | Njala and Bo campus (urban) |
| Affiliations: | University of Sierra Leone |
Njala University (NU) is a Sierra Leonean university located primarily in the country's second largest city of Bo. The university also has two campus in the town of Njala in Moyamba District. Njala University is the second largest university in Sierra Leone after Fourah Bay College and is also part of the University of Sierra Leone, along with Fourah Bay College and several other colleges in the country.
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[edit] History
NU was originally created as part of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) in 1964 with the help of USAID and offered degrees in conjunction with the University of Illinois. Subsequent legislation in 1972 paired Fourah Bay and Njala under the University of Sierra Leone act, where the presidents of each institution switched the presidency of the USL on a biennial basis. This continued until 2005, when the University act separated Fourah Bay and NU into distinct institutions independently run.
[edit] Statistics
As of the 1999-2000 academic year, NU had 722 male students and 98 female, which equated to approximately 27% of Sierra Leonean college students. It had 436 male staff and 98 females.
[edit] Current schools
The university commenced in August 2005 with the founding of 6 schools:
- School of Education
- School of Community Health Services
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Agriculture
- School of Environmental Sciences
- School of Technology
[edit] Bo campus
Bo campus has 3 schools, Education, Community Health Services and Social Sciences.
[edit] Njala campus
Njala campus has the other 3 schools, including Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Technology as well as the University secretariat. However, as of the 2005-2006 year, New England Ville in Freetown was temporarily home to all of Njala's facilities, pending the rebuilding of Njala's campus.
[edit] Notable people
- Joe Robert Pemagbi, current ambassador from Sierra Leone to the United Nations and former dean and head of language department.
