Eduardo Mondlane University

The Eduardo Mondlane University (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; UEM) is the oldest and largest university in Mozambique. The UEM is a public university of a secular state, not affiliated with any religion and that does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, and religion. The university is located in Maputo and has about 40,000 students enrolled.

History
The institution was set up as a center for higher education in 1962 in what was then Lourenço Marques, the capital of Portugal's overseas province of Mozambique. Founded by the time of Overseas Minister Adriano Moreira, it was called Estudos Gerais Universitários de Moçambique (Mozambique General University Studies) after Studium Generale; in 1968 it became the Universidade de Lourenço Marques (University of Lourenço Marques). After Mozambique became independent in 1975, the city was renamed "Maputo" and the university was renamed in honor of Frelimo leader Eduardo Mondlane in 1976.

Student enrolment
All students at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane are full-time, contact students. As of 2015, the university consists of around 40,000 students, of which around 3,300 are pursuing postgraduate courses

Notable alumni

 * Nazira Abdula, Mozambican Minister of Health
 * Mari Alkatiri, The first Prime Minister of Timor Leste
 * U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India
 * Alice Banze, is a trained social scientist active with Oxfam
 * Mia Couto, Mozambican author, poet, journalist, and biologist
 * Adriano Nuvunga, Mozambican scholar, anti-corruption advocate and human rights defender