The University of Rwana was created in 2013 by merging the National University of Rwanda with Kigali’s Institutes of Health, Science and Technology and Education, the School of Finance and Banking, and Umatara Polytechnic.
It is the only public sector university in Rwanda.
The six colleges and 22 schools are located on 10 campuses spread across the country. The school of education is headquartered at Rukara campus. Science and technology is based at Nyaragenge while medical and health science are at Remera. Business and economics and arts and social sciences are based on the Huye campus. The Busaga campus hosts agriculture, animal science and veterinary science.
It also hosts African Centres of Excellence in The Internet of Things, Energy and Sustainable Development, Biodiversity and Natural Resource Development, Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain, and Innovative Teaching in Mathematical Science and Data Science.
