SubjectsEducation · Agriculture & Environmental Studies · Engineering & Technology · Law · Social Sciences · Natural Sciences · Arts & Humanities
- Accreditation
- Ministério da Educação Nacional e Ensino Superior da Guiné-Bissau (Ministry of National Education and Higher Education of Guinea-Bissau). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 6 December 1999 (legal inception per Wikidata); operations from 2003. Guinea-Bissau's only public university and the national flagship institution, located in Bissau (Complexo Escolar 14 de Novembro, Bairro de Ajuda). Named after Amílcar Cabral, the independence leader of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Coordinates: 11°51'21"N, 15°36'40"W. Offers programs in education, agriculture, engineering, law, social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. Member of the higher-education consortium AILPcsh (International Association of Social Sciences and Humanities in Portuguese Language). Operates from the Complexo Escolar 14 de Novembro campus.
SubjectsSocial Sciences · Education · Arts & Humanities · Law · Theology & Religious Studies
- Accreditation
- Ministério da Educação Nacional e Ensino Superior da Guiné-Bissau (Ministry of National Education and Higher Education of Guinea-Bissau). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 2008 (by the Catholic Diocese of Bissau). Private Catholic university in Bissau, founded by the Diocese of Bissau (Catholic Church in Guinea-Bissau). Reitora: Dra. Zaida Pereira. Strong focus on social sciences and education. Participates in the AILPcsh consortium with other Bissau-Guinean institutions. Website pending verification — collector-provided domain "ucgb.gw" could not be independently confirmed (third pattern of unverified ".gw" domain in this batch).
SubjectsLaw · Business & Management · Computer Science & IT · Social Sciences · Education
- Accreditation
- Ministério da Educação Nacional e Ensino Superior da Guiné-Bissau (Ministry of National Education and Higher Education of Guinea-Bissau). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded September 2003 (first university established in Guinea-Bissau). A private institution of higher education in Bissau, established September 2003 — the first university founded in Guinea-Bissau (preceding the operations of the public Universidade Amílcar Cabral). Since 2007, has a cooperation agreement with the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPL) in Portugal. Offers Licenciatura (bachelor's) degrees in Law, Accounting & Management, Computer Engineering, and Public Administration. Active participant in the AILPcsh academic consortium. Website pending verification — collector-provided domain "ucb.gw" could not be independently confirmed.
