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18-559: The hospital was created by Decree #100/121 on 28 December 1984. Under Ministerial Ordinance #6101/1175 of 11 December 2006 it was placed under the supervision of the Rector of the University of Burundi . It is self-governing, but receives state subsidies. The CHUK is under the authority of the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research. The CHUK provides medical and health care, serves as

36-665: A Heineken N.V. susidiary, announced that it and the Kamenge University Teaching Hospital had launched the Niwonkwe project, funded by the Heineken Africa Foundation. The project would provide obstetric equipment and training of health workers at CHUK and the Kabezi District Hospital . University of Burundi The University of Burundi ( French : Université du Burundi , or UB )

54-725: A training center, and supports research. It is home to a Faculty of Medicine and offers internships to students from higher education institutions and students from paramedical schools. It does not have an important technical platform, but is Burundi's national reference center. The CHUK is in the northwest of Bujumbura. As of 2024 the CHUK had 420 beds, and a total of 730 employees. Departments are Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Community Medicine, Specialties (ENT, Ophthalmology, Stomatology), Radiology, Laboratory and Pharmacy. On 19 December 2022 Brasseries et Limonaderies du Burundi (Brarudi),

72-682: Is a public university located in Bujumbura , Burundi . Founded in 1964, it comprises eight faculties and five institutes and has a student enrollment of approximately 13,000. It is based in three campuses in Bujumbura and a fourth in Gitega . It took its current name in 1977 and is Burundi's only publicly funded university. The origins of the University of Burundi can be traced to the Agronomy Institute of

90-514: Is active in 119 countries, and represented by regional offices and information centers on campuses and in institutes. The Association receives funding from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), and its headquarters are located at the Université de Montréal , Quebec . In 1959, Jean-Marc Léger (Canadian journalist at Le Devoir ) and André Bachand (public-relations director at

108-639: Is affiliated to the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), and the Conseil Africain et Malagache pour l'enseignement supérieur (CAMES). The university is divided into faculties and institutes which are themselves made up of departments. As of 2018, the university

126-558: Is available for selected projects. The AUF's education office and headquarters are in Montreal; central services and a second education office are in Paris . Regional offices have been established in Montreal , Port-au-Prince , Dakar , Yaoundé , Antananarivo , Hanoï , Beirut , Brussels and Bucharest . 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie . To mark

144-578: The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie . To answer the Moncton action plan's request, the AUF undertook reforms in three fields in 1999: In 2005, the AUF endowed a four-year program to meet the goals and priorities of the decennial strategic agreement of the institutional French-speaking world. This agreement, adopted in 2004 by member states of the French-speaking world, sets the principles and strategies of

162-654: The University of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi , founded under Belgian colonial rule . In 1960 this became the Agronomical Institute of Ruanda-Urundi ( Institut agronomique du Ruanda-Urundi ) and moved to Bujumbura , becoming the country's first major centre of higher education. Under the initiative of the Jesuit missions, three other specialist institutions subsequently emerged in Bujumbura after Burundi 's independence in 1962. These institutions were merged to form

180-464: The World Bank . It has been requested to assist in: In 2001, the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie facilitated the creation of electronic French-language science journals. Francophone digital campuses were created to support the development of TIC (technologies of information and communication). AUF conducts workshops on the presentation and publication of scientific articles. Financial support

198-707: The AUF is a multilateral institution supporting co-operation and solidarity among French-speaking universities and institutions. It operates in French-speaking and non-speaking countries of Africa, the Arab world , Southeast Asia , North and South America , Polynesia , the Caribbean , Central , Eastern and Western Europe . As of 2020, the AUF has 1,007 members (public and private universities, institutes of higher education, research centers and institutions, institutional networks, and networks of university administrators) distributed throughout francophone countries on six continents. It

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216-565: The Official University of Bujumbura ( Université officielle de Bujumbura , or UOB) in January 1964. In 1977, the UOB merged with two vocational institutions to create the University of Burundi ( Université du Burundi , or UB). The Library of the University of Burundi was opened in 1981 and formally dedicated in 1985. It was reported in 1993 to have 150,000 volumes in its collection, making it one of

234-484: The University of Montreal) voiced the idea of a worldwide organisation which would create a link between French-speaking universities. On 13 September 1961 in Montreal, some 150 representatives of the French-speaking world created the foundation of what would become Association des Universités Partiellement ou Entièrement de Langue Française (AUPELF), French for the "Association of Partially or Entirely French-speaking Universities." From 1972 to 1975, Robert Mallet chaired

252-512: The board of directors of AUPELF. In 1987, during the heads of state summit in Quebec, an "exchange university" project was implemented under the name UREF ( Université des Réseaux d'Expression Français , University French Expression Networks). Its purpose was to create a university network for research and education. In November 1993, AUPELF became AUPELF-UREF . In April 1998, in Beirut, AUPELF-UREF became

270-488: The institutional French-speaking world and controls its activities. The association is composed of seven bodies: The primary activities of the AUF are distributed among four scientific administrations, each aiming at a specific goal. These four branches are: The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie has developed partnerships with three objectives: AUF numbers among its partners the European Union , UNESCO and

288-472: The largest libraries in Burundi . Teaching at the university has been significantly disrupted by political upheaval elsewhere in Burundi since independence. The Burundian Civil War (1993–2006) created particular problems, as did the accompanying socio-economic crisis which led to strikes, funding problems, and a brain drain of academic staff overseas. On 11–12 June 1995 ethnic Hutu students were massacred at

306-417: The university by ethnic Tutsi . Its alumni include Pierre Nkurunziza who served as President of Burundi from 2005 to 2020. He studied physical education and later held a post as assistant lecturer at the university before, as a Hutu, being forced to flee in 1995. His successor, Évariste Ndayishimiye , also studied law at the university before the violence of 1995 but did not complete his studies. UB

324-477: Was said to comprise: Agence universitaire de la Francophonie The Agence universitaire de la Francophonie ( AUF ; English: Association of Francophone Universities ) is a global network of French-speaking higher-education and research institutions. Founded in Montreal, Quebec , Canada in 1961, as the Association des Universités Partiellement ou Entièrement de Langue Française (AUPELF),

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