Organization:Nkrumah University

Nkrumah University

Motto	Teaching for Excellence
Type	Public
Established	1971
Location	Kabwe , Zambia
Campus	Urban
Website	Official website

The Nkrumah University is Zambia's largest teacher training university, founded in 1971. It has a student population of about 12,000

Organisation

Governance

The University Senate runs the university under the supervision of the University Council. There are four schools namely; the school of Natural Science, the school of Business Studies, the school of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the school of Education. There are two institutes; Institute of Open and Distance Learning, and the Centre for Information and Communication Technology.

Academics

The Nkrumah University is divided into 4 schools:

• School of Natural Sciences with departments for:

1. Life Sciences
2. Physical Sciences
3. Mathematics and Statistics
4. Physical Education

• School of Business Studies with departments for:

1. Computing and Communication Technologies
2. Accounting, Economics and Finance
3. Marketing and Management Studies

• School of Education with departments for:

1. Psychology And Sociology
2. Educational Administration and Policy Studies
3. Languages and Social Sciences Education
4. Mathematics and Science Education
5. Special Education

• School of Social Sciences with departments for:

1. Social Sciences
2. Languages
3. Religious Studies
4. Linguistics

Campus

Nkrumah University has two campus locations. The main campus — Munkoyo Street Campus — is about 3 km from the Kabwe city center. Nkrumah University has recently acquired the PAID-ESA campus along the same street (Previously the Pan African Institute for Development - East/Southern Africa); this campus will help expand the capacity of the university.

Other facilities

• The University Guest House and Lodge.

Student life

Activities

• Sports
• Community service

Press and radio

Nkruman Times

Students residences

• Mulungushi hostel (gents)
• Luapula hostel (gents)
• Kafue hostel (gents)
• PAID-ESA hostels (gents)

*liseli hostel(females)

• chimwemwe hostel(females)
• Zambezi hostel(females)

luangwa hostel(females) peririntwaya hostel(females)

Affiliations

Nkrumah is a new member of the Association of African Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the International Association of Universities.