The Jean Piaget University of Angola (Portuguese: Universidade Jean Piaget de Angola) is a private university based in Luanda, Angola, with campuses in the Benguela province. It is named after the Swiss philosopher Jean Piaget.

History The university was founded in 1999.

As of 2005, the university had 815 enrolled students and is one of seven state recognized universities, both private and public, in the country.

Faculties offered It currently offers the following faculties: Law Economics and Management Computer sciences Sociology Civil engineering Nursing Medicine Electromec engineering Petroleum sciences The university currently has 17 undergraduate and 5 postgraduate courses.

Planned expansion An estimated 8 million USD are planned to be spent in an upcoming university expansion project that will add four buildings with three floors each, in an area of 35 hectares to accommodate 2,500 students.

See also Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde

References

External links Report on Angolan universities Encarta article highlighting Angolan universities (Archived 2009-10-31) University of Jean Piaget in Cape Verde