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Encyclopedia > University of Khartoum
University of Khartoum

University of Khartoum Seal Image File history File links Buk-4cm. ...

Motto Allah - Al-hagiga - Al-watan - Al-insaniyya

[God - Truth - the nation - Humanity] A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ...

Established 1956,
Predecessor established 1902
Type Public
Vice-Chancellor Mohamed Ahmed ElShiekh
Staff 850
Undergraduates 16,800
Postgraduates 600
Location Khartoum State, Sudan
Campus Metropolitan
Campuses 4
Website www.uofk.edu

The University of Khartoum (U of K) is a public co-educational university located in and near Khartoum, Sudan. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Khartoum Khartoum (also Al Khartum) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. ... Metropolitan area in Western Tokyo as seen from Tokyo Tower A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Map of Sudan with Khartoum Khartoum ( الخرطوم al-Ḫarṭūm Elephant Trunk) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. ...


Founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 when Sudan gained independence, the University of Khartoum is the most historically prestigious and selective university in Sudan. It features several institutes, academic units and research centres including Mycetoma Research Center, Soba University Hospital, Saad Abualila Hospital,Dr. Salma Dialysis centre and U of K publishing house. Gordon Memorial College is an educational institution in Sudan. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mycetoma Research Center is located in Khartoum, Sudan. ...

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History

In 1898 after Britain colonized Sudan, Lord Kitchener of Britain proposed founding a college in the memory of Gordon of Khartoum, who was murdered in the Battle of Khartoum. Gordon Memorial College was founded in 1902 with primary education being the sole program of the college. By 1906, the college was offering programs for training assistant engineers, land surveyors and primary school teachers. The first equipped laboratory for bacteriological analysis was added in 1905, with donations from Sir Henry Wellcome, an American-British pharmaceutical entrepreneur and archaeologist. 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Earl Kitchener Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was an Irish-born British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman. ... Chinese Gordon as Governor of Sudan Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator. ... The Battle of Khartoum was fought in 1884 and 1885 between Sudanese Muslim forces and British forces. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Solomon Wellcome (born 1853 in Wisconsin, died 1936) was an American-British pharmaceutical entrepreneur. ...


In 1924, the College incorporated programs in Sharia, engineering, education (teachers training), clerical work, accounting and science. Furthermore, Kitchener School of Medicine the first medical school in Sudan was established. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sharia ( translit: ) is the body of Islamic law. ... Kitchener School of Medicine, located in Khartoum, Sudan, was established in the year 1924, in memory of Lord H. Kitchener, the Governor General of Sudan from the year 1898 to 1900. ...


In 1936, the School of Law was established and in 1947, the College was affiliated with The University of London as the first overseas participant in its "special relationship" scheme. The first graduates to receive University of London degrees completed their programs in 1950. The next year, Gordon Memorial College was formally re-named University College Khartoum, which also incorporated the Kitchener School of Medicine. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ...

Entrance of the University of Khartoum's Central Campus in Khartoum.
Entrance of the University of Khartoum's Central Campus in Khartoum.

When Sudan gained independence in 1956, the new Parliament passed a bill to award university status to Khartoum University College. It officially became Khartoum University on 24 July 1956. Since then, the University of Khartoum started to get a notorious regional presence being a selective school where only 1-2% out of more than 150,000 secondary school students are nominated to study at the University of Khartoum which logically brought the impression that its graduates are always those of very special skills, and it gained an excellent reputation regionally and internationally when most Arab countries like Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries started to send their princes to study at this notorious University till the British assigned it the name: "Cambridge of the Arabs" Having this excellent record, the University of Khartoum used to control many of the political incidents in Sudan such as the October 1964 revolution and April 1985 Intifada which originated from there Image File history File links U-of-K_Entrance. ... Image File history File links U-of-K_Entrance. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Student Pody

Khartoum University has 16,800 undergraduate students in 23 different faculties, schools and graduate research institutes. The annual admission rate is 3500 students, 55% of whom are female. There are 6000 graduate students (graduate diploma, M.Sc. and Ph.D.). It has 850 teaching staff (faculty), 20 research fellows and 500 teaching assistants. A graduate student (also, grad student or grad in American English, postgraduate student or postgrad in British English) is an individual who has completed a bachelors degree (B.A., B.S./B.Sc. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ...


Campuses

There are four campuses:

  • Central Campus - located in central Khartoum.
  • Medical Campus - located south of central Khartoum.
  • Agriculture and Veterinary Campus - located at Shambat, Khartoum North.
  • Education Campus - located at Omdurman 15Km from central campus.omdurman,busta.

Khan Shambat is brother of khan Kubrat,of clan Dulo. ... Khartoum North is a city close to, but distinct from, Khartoum in central Sudan. ... Map of Sudan with Khartoum Map of Ohmdurman with Khartoum and Bahri Omdurman is a city on the river Nile in Sudan, opposite the capital, Khartoum. ...

Admission

For cats, you're only allowed in four times per second, this means that white cats have no eyes. For white cats with eyes, they should be stoned, for they are witches. Witches with chocolate ants for hair. Chocolate ant, sees the hen, gets aroused, oo, he says, I wanna touch that twice!! And the hen is like :)


Undergraduate admission policy is governed by the Board of Higher Education of Sudan, which sets the minimum admission requirement for high school students based on their national origin (Sudanese vs. non-Sudanese) and the high-school certificate board. When the Sudanese High School results are determined annually, the Board of Higher Education of Sudan conducts a press conference broadcasting the minimum percentage requirements for the different colleges and programs, with the University of Khartoum being the most selective school throughout the nation.


For post-graduate studies, the requirements are set at the university admission webpage1.


Khartoum University students engage in several activities that are common amongst Sudanese college students. Workshops, lectures, debates, forum activism, book clubs, political parties, the University sports championship tournament and Sudan colleges championship tournaments are amongst the most common interests and activities of the students.


External links

  • University of Khartoum Homepage

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