Affiliation AULP Founded 31 December 1996 | Established December 31, 1996 Students 2,000 | |
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Rector Ayres Bruzaca de Menezes Campus Quinta de Santo AntónioCampo Milho3 de FevereiroPiedade Similar Private University of Angola, Universidade Independente de Angola, Universidade Lurio, Jean Piaget University, Catholic University of Angola | ||
The University of São Tomé and Príncipe (in portuguese: Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe), USTP, is a public institution of higher education in São Tomé and Príncipe. It is the main institution dedicated to teaching, research and university extension of the country.
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In the midst of reforms in the educational system of São Tomé in 2014, it was converted into a university after 18 years existing as Higher Polytechnic Institute, its parent institution.
History
USTP was founded in 1996 through Decree 88, under the name "Higher Polytechnic Institute of São Tomé and Príncipe" (ISPSTP, in portuguese); Began operations on January 29, 1998. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture, ISPSTP began its activities with three-year baccalaureate courses aimed at training secondary school teachers in the areas of Portuguese, French, Mathematics, Biology and History. Other baccalaureate courses were created later. He was affiliated to the University of Porto and the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança during its creation.
On July 24, 2014, the government of São Tomé and Príncipe decided to establish the "São Tomé and Príncipe Public University" (UPSTP). For that, they converted the ISPSTP (transforming into an organic institution), giving instead the first public university of the archipelago. At the installation ceremony, the Minister of Education, Culture and Formation, Jorge Lopes Bom Jesus, inaugurated the university professor Peregrino do Sacramento da Costa, as the Magnificent Rector of the new university.
Two Brazilian institutions have supported the project since its inception in 2012: the University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (Unilab) and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Both universities, together with the Brazilian Ministry of Education are assisting the institution until its final consolidation, which is scheduled for July 2018.
On September 2015, the creation of a German course was announced by at the UPSTP with the support of the Goethe Institute and the German Academy Exchange Service and in collaboration of the University of Münster, its first with German classes started.
In 2016 the institution changed its name and its acronym, being renamed "University of São Tomé and Príncipe" (USTP); On July 28, 2016, the new rector, Professor Ayres Bruzaca de Menezes, took office.
Organic structure
In its organic structure, the USTP has four teaching centers: