Evangelical University in Africa

The Evangelical University in Africa (UEA) is a private interdenominational Christian evangelical university located in Bukavu, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language of instruction is French.

History
The university was founded in 1990 by the Community of Pentecostal Churches in Central Africa of the Church of Christ in the Congo.

Its first authorization to operate was granted on September 26, 1991 under the name "Protestant Evangelical University in Africa" by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/0253/91 dated September 26, 1991.

The first approval and recognition of first-cycle degrees were confirmed by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/0313/92, while the second approval and recognition of second-cycle degrees were confirmed by Ministerial Decree No. ESU/CAB.MIN/A5/175/95 dated December 9, 1995. The final accreditation of UEA by presidential decree No. 06/106 was issued on June 12, 2006.

Faculties
As of 2020, the university had 5 faculties:

* Department of Phytotechnics and Environment * Department of Zootechnics and Environment
 * Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (with two departments: Phytotechnics and Zootechnics). The first engineers graduated from this faculty in the 1995–1996 academic year, with 11 graduates: 6 zootechnicians and 5 phytotechnicians.
 * Faculty of Medicine
 * Faculty of Social Sciences
 * Faculty of Economics and Management
 * Faculty of Protestant Theology

Partners
The school is interdenominational and has various evangelical partner denominations.