University of Mwaro
private university in Burundi
The University of Mwaro (French: Université de Mwaro) is a private university in the Commune of Kayokwe, Mwaro Province, Burundi.
Location
The University of Mwaro is south of the town of Kibumbu in the Commune of Kayokwe, Mwaro Province.
It is southeast of the Kibumbu Sanatorium and south of the Kibumbu Hospital.
To the north the RN18 highway runs west through Kibumbu to the nearby city of Mwaro.
History
The University of Mwaro was opened on 11 October 2001.
It originally had two faculties and an institute.
For each of these, the university awarded a bachelor 's degree (in law, in administration and management and in paramedical sciences and techniques).
In 2005 the law and administration faculties were suspended.
They were closed due to lack of students, and only the paramedical sciences institute remained open.
In 2012 the university launched new paramedical courses in Nursing and Midwifery.
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