The University of Namibia is located in Windhoek, the Capital city of Namibia. It is situated in Pioneerspark a middle class suburb on the outskirts of city adjacent to fresh field and scenic mountains in the west and south. It is just about 2km from Eros Airport in the East and along the Western by-pass highway in the West

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,
the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences,
The Faculty of Education,
the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences;
the Faculty of Law,
The Faculty of Health Sciences which consists of the School of Medicine and
the Faculty of Science.

These young yet dynamic and committed faculties and schools competent administrative support staff has earned UNAM a ranking of being one of the top African Universities.
During 2006, UNAM was rated as the best higher education institution in Namibia by the Professional Management Review of South Africa and won a Golden Arrow Award. The previous year a Geneva based Foundation for Excellence in Business Practice nominated UNAM to be the recipient of the Foundation’s Gold Medal for Excellence in Business Practice. To date UNAM has graduated over 17,000 students who are serving the country in various sectors of the economy with most occupying prominent positions in government and the private sector.
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