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Agostinho Neto University
Agostinho Neto University is a public university in Luanda, Angola, founded in 1962.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Luanda, Angola
- Founded
- 1962
- Teaching language
- Portuguese
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Agostinho Neto University (Universidade Agostinho Neto, UAN) is the main public university of Angola, based in Luanda. Its origins lie in the General University Studies of Angola established in 1962 under Portuguese rule, and it was later renamed after Agostinho Neto, Angola's first president.
UAN comprises faculties of medicine, engineering, law, economics, sciences, social sciences and humanities. In 2009 several regional campuses were reorganised into separate universities, leaving UAN focused on Luanda and Bengo.
Teaching is in Portuguese. Admission is through the university's entrance examinations.
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Courses at Agostinho Neto University are taught in Portuguese.
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Agostinho Neto University was founded in 1962.
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