University of Juba
جامعة جوبا | |
| Motto | Relevance & Excellence |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1975 |
| Chancellor | Salva Kiir Mayardit (President of South Sudan) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Robert Mayom Deng |
| Students | c. 40,000 |
| Postgraduates | c. 5,000 |
| Location | , 4°50′28″N 31°35′24″E / 4.84111°N 31.59000°E |
| Campus | Urban (main campus in downtown Juba) |
| Website | uoj |
The University of Juba (Arabic: جامعة جوبا) is an English-language public university in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Established in 1975 as the first institution of higher education in southern Sudan, the university admitted its first students in 1977. It is the largest and highest-ranked university in South Sudan.
The university was founded during Gaafar Nimeiry's presidency, with key involvement from Abel Alier, then Vice President of Sudan and President of the Southern Region's High Executive Council, following the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement which granted autonomy to Southern Sudan. The institution was established to address the shortage of local tertiary education and to train civil servants for the autonomous administration of the region.
Due to the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005), the university was temporarily relocated to Khartoum for the safety of staff, students, and infrastructure. Following South Sudan's independence on 9 July 2011, the university fully repatriated to Juba.