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3 unusual facts about National University of Rwanda


Benebikira Sisters

In 2008 the Benebikira opened a 350 room dormitory in Butare for women students at the National University of Rwanda, to provide safe, affordable housing so that more women could attend the University.

National University of Rwanda

Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, Rwandan politician, current vice president of Low chamber of parliament in Rwanda and former 2010 presidential candidate in Rwanda

Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo, Rwandan Politician, President of the Rwanda senate


Engineers for a Sustainable World

In fall 2008, Dr. E. Daniel Hirleman (then the chair of the mechanical engineering department at Purdue) traveled to Rwanda to meet with the Dean of Applied Sciences and Agriculture at the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in Butare, Rwanda.


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