Lovanium University

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Catholic university higher education institution university

Lovanium University was a prominent Catholic university in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) in the Belgian Congo, recognized as one of Africa’s earliest modern universities before becoming the University of Kinshasa.

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Label	Occurrences
Lovanium University canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic university ⓘ higher education institution ⓘ university ⓘ
academicDiscipline	humanities ⓘ medicine ⓘ science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
affiliation	Catholic University of Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ Université catholique de Louvain NERFINISHED ⓘ
campusLocation	Mont Amba NERFINISHED ⓘ
campusType	residential campus ⓘ
city	Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionDate	1971 ⓘ
founder	Belgian colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	1954 ⓘ
governedBy	Catholic hierarchy in the Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType	public university ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Catholic intellectual life in the Belgian Congo ⓘ major training center for postcolonial Congolese leadership ⓘ
inception	1954 ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Léopoldville NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto	National University of Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Catholic University of Leuven NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the earliest modern universities in Africa ⓘ medical education in Central Africa ⓘ training Congolese elites before independence ⓘ
operatedDuring	Belgian Congo period ⓘ early years of independent Congo ⓘ
partOf	Belgian colonial education system ⓘ Congolese national university reform of 1971 ⓘ
predecessor	Catholic higher education initiatives in the Belgian Congo ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	University of Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
transformedInto	University of Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Lovanium University
Description of subject: Lovanium University was a prominent Catholic university in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) in the Belgian Congo, recognized as one of Africa’s earliest modern universities before becoming the University of Kinshasa.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Kinshasa → formerName → Lovanium University ⓘ