Kwame Nkrumah University


Kwame Nkrumah University is a public university in Zambia.

Location

The university's main campus is in the central business district of the city of Kabwe, approximately by road north of Lusaka, the capital and largest city in Zambia. The geographical coordinates of Kwame Nkrumah University are:14°26'41.0"S, 28°28'02.0"E.

History

The institution was opened in 1967, as Kabwe Teachers Training College. It trained junior secondary school teachers at its inception. Four years later, the president of Zambia at the time, Kenneth Kaunda, re-named the college Nkrumah Teachers College, in honor of Kwame Nkrumah, the founding president of Ghana. During the period when Levy Mwanawasa was president, the college began transforming into a university, a process that concluded while Michael Sata was in office.
Kwame Nkrumah University was established by Part IV, Section 14 of the Higher Education Act No. 4 of 2013. At its inception, the university could only accommodate 600 students, a number that has since increased to 6,000. As of August 2016, it employed 74 full-time academic staff. At that time, the university was undergoing a major infrastructure expansion, including four student hostels; each capable of accommodating 600 students. Hua Jiang Investment Limited, a Chinese construction firm, is carrying out the construction works, on which the government of Zambia had spent in excess of ZMW:57,518,410.
The university held its first graduation ceremony under its own university letterheads in August 2015.

Locations

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 ; this campus will help expand the capacity of the university.

Academics

The following undergraduate degree courses are offered by Kwame Nkrumah University:
The Nkrumah University is divided into 4 schools:
  1. Life Sciences
  2. Physical Sciences
  3. Mathematics and Statistics
  4. Physical Education
  1. Computing and Communication Technologies
  2. Accounting, Economics and Finance
  3. Marketing and Management Studies
  1. Psychology And Sociology
  2. Educational Administration and Policy Studies
  3. Languages and Social Sciences Education
  4. Mathematics and Science Education
  5. Special Education
  1. Social Sciences
  2. Languages
  3. Religious Studies
  4. Linguistics

    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.
Care Taker Committee of Kwame Nkrumah University composed of Dr. Yusuf Ahmed, Mrs. Sherry Anne Thole, Dr. Christopher Mazimba, Dr. Elizabeth Nkumbula, Mr. Felix A. Nkandu, Dr. Phoebe Albina Bwembya, Hon. Susan B. Kawandami, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Higher Education, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance. Prof Hellicy Ng'ambi Vice Chancellor and Dr. Judith C.N.Lungu of Kwame Nkrumah University

Other facilities

Activities

Students residences

Netball, Football, Volleyball, Basketball

Affiliations

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