Lovanium University
Catholic university that was the first in the Belgian Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Lovanium" redirects here. For the city in Belgium, see Leuven.
Lovanium University (French: Université Lovanium) was a Catholic university in Kinshasa in the Belgian Congo. The university was established in 1954 on the Kimwenza plateau, near Kinshasa. The university continued to function after independence until it was merged into the National University of Zaire in 1971. It can be considered an antecedent of the University of Kinshasa.