🇷🇼 15 universities · 3 provinces
Rwanda's universities — one public university, and a growing private sector.
Rwanda merged its public institutions into the University of Rwanda in 2013; most other universities are private, and several are campuses of universities based elsewhere. This directory lists 15 from Wikidata.
Universities listed
15
In Kigali
12
With a website on record
13
What isn't here, and why
Rwanda's Higher Education Council lists the accredited institutions and their programmes but states no reuse terms, and the Ministry of Education's statistical yearbook reports higher education only as national totals, not per institution. So this page has no enrolment, fees or programmes.
This list is from Wikidata, a community-maintained source — retrieved 2026-10-01. A university missing here is a gap in that source, not a judgement about the university, and being listed here is not proof of accreditation: check with the national regulator. Public or private status is shown only where Wikidata records it (1 of 15).
All 15 universities, by province
Kigali (12)
| Adventist University of Central Africa | est. 1978 | |
| African Leadership UniversityGasabo District | est. 2015 | |
| Kigali Independent University ULK | est. 1996 | |
| KIM University | est. 2006 | |
| Mahatma Gandhi University, Kigali | est. 1983 | |
| Mount Kigali University | ||
| North Gate University | est. 2011 | |
| Rwanda Christian University | ||
| Rwanda Tourism University College | ||
| University of Lay Adventists of KigaliKicukiro District | est. 1997 | |
| University of RwandaBusogo | Public | est. 2013 |
| University of Tourism, Technology and Business StudiesUNIVERSITY OF TOURISMKicukiro District |
Southern (2)
| Catholic University of RwandaHuye District | ||
| University of GitweRuhango | est. 1993 |
Northern (1)
| University of Global Health EquityKicukiro District | est. 2015 |
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