The University of Namibia (UNAM) is a leading public, higher education institution in the country. With a student population of close to 13,000 students each year, academic programmes at the University emanate from eight faculties and two schools. These are: the
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Faculty of Economics and Management Science;
Faculty of Education,
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences;
Faculty of Law;
Faculty of Health Sciences, consisting of the
School of Nursing and Public Health and the
School of Medicine; and the
Faculty of Science.
The Vision of the University of Namibia as the national university is to engage with society in the creation and dissemination of knowledge, through teaching, research and advisory services, and a commitment to lifelong learning; thereby becoming a treasure house of knowledge at the service of national development, and available to all in forms directly relevant to the improvement of the quality of their lives.
The Council of the University is responsible for the governance of the instution and also serves as its executive authority. The organisation and superintendence of instruction, examinations, lectures, classes, curricula and research are vested in the Senate of the University.