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Postal Address |
Contact Numbers |
Web Addresses |
National University of
Lesotho,
Lesotho |
National University of
Lesotho, P.O. Roma 180,
Lesotho
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| Tel No: |
(+266) 21 3704 /
21 3700 /
(+266) 34 0264 |
| Fax No: |
(+266) 34 0702 /
34 0000 |
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| History |
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National University of Lesotho (NUL), situated
about 34km from Maseru, the Capital of the Kingdom
of Lesotho, has its origin back to 8th April, 1945
when a Catholic University College, the Pius XII
College, was founded at Roma by the Roman Catholic
Hierarchy of Southern Africa. The objective of the
College was to provide African Catholic students
with post-matriculation [high-school] and
religious education. The College was located on a
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Since 1945, various
major developments in the history of the
University have taken place both in terms of
physical infrastructure development and growth in
students' enrolment. In 1946, the College was
moved to its present site and by 1959 it had 171
students from the original five. By 1963, staff
houses, a kitchen and refectory, a modern science
block, administrative buildings, workshops, garage
and a power plant had been built. The student
number had also grown to 180.
On 1st January,
1964, the Pius XII College became an integral part
of the independent, non-denominational University
of Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, and
Swaziland (UBBS), whose Charter was granted by
Queen Elizabeth II.
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1966, the UBBS became the University of Botswana,
Lesotho and Swaziland in conformity with the names
chosen after independence of the three countries.
On 20th October 1975, the National University of
Lesotho (NUL), was established through Act No. 13. |
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| Colleges
& Institutes |
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The University has
student population of around 1958, of whom
between 15 and 20 are postgraduate students. The
University has the following faculties and specialized
institutes:
- Faculty of
Agriculture
- Faculty of
Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of
Science
- Faculty of
Social Science
- Faculty of
Post-Graduate Studies
- Faculty of
Educations
- Institute of
Extra-Mural Studies (IEMS)
- Institute of
Southern African Studies (ISAS)
- Institute of
Education (IE)
Areas of Study
Advanced degrees are
offered in the faculties of Educations,
Humanities and Social Sciences. Study areas
differ, however students have been studying
history, educations and economics.
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Automation
on Campus
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The number of
computers available on campus is quite difficult
to estimate. No comprehensive survey has been
done. However, various brand name and clone
microcomputers are the main computers used on
campus and a rough estimate will put their
number at just below one hundred PCs:
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Workstations |
Servers |
Thomas
Mofolo Library
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Department
of Mathematics and Computer
Science Lab
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Institute of
Education
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Institute of
Southern African Studies
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University
Computer Services Unit
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addition, there are computers in various
offices of the University. These are being
used for the Student Information System (at
the Computer Services Unit), teaching (at the
Computer Lab), Payroll (at the Bursar's
Office), Information Storage and retrieval (in
the Library and the documentation centres of
ISAS and IE); and word processing and desktop
publishing (in the University Administration).
Certain University departments are also using
computers for various work using specialised
software (i.e. Statistical packages in the
Dept. of Statistics; programming languages in
the Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science) etc. |
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