University of Lay Adventists of Kigali


The University of Lay Adventists of Kigali is a private university owned and operated by the Federation of Adventist Parents Associations for the Development of Education in Rwanda which is an association of several lay Seventh day Adventist proprietorship secondary school associations that include:
UNILAK was approved through the Convention No. 001 of 3 February 1997, which was signed between the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, and FAPADER. The Institution obtained legal identity as a nonprofit association under Rwandan law through the Ministerial Decree No. 89/11 of 2 July 2004 and it was fully accredited by the government of Rwanda through the Ministerial Order NO 002/09 of 09/04/2009.
The main campus is located in Kicukiro and Gasabo Districts in Kigali, Rwanda. There are also two satellite campuses located in Nyanza and Rwamagana, Rwanda. Although UNILAK is not church owned institution, it is closely aligned with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Academic programs

The university consists of four academic faculties offering undergraduate and graduate programs.
Faculties
Faculties and options
· Accounting,
· Finance,
· Human Resources,
· Marketing,
· Cooperative Management and Accounting,
· Economics
· Information System and Management,
· Information Technology and
· Software Engineering.
· Emergency and disaster management,
· Environmental Management and Conservation,
· Rural Development
POST – GRADUATE STUDIES
· International Criminal Law,
· International Environment and Land Use Law;
· Accounting,
· Finance,
· Human Resource Management,
· Entrepreneurship,
· Project Management
· Strategic Management and
· Marketing
· International Development Studies,
· Environmental Information Systems
· Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Management.
· Information Technology,
· Management Information Systems.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
PROPOSED PROGRAMS
· Electrical Engineering
· Electrical Technology
· Civil Engineering
· Construction Technology
UNILAK INTAKES
An academic year at all UNILAK campuses usually has two intakes, one in September and another in March.