University in Haiti
State University of Haiti
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Type
| Public university
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Established
| 1820s
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Academic affiliations
| RESCIF
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Rector
| Fritz Deshommes
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Address
| 10, Ave Magloire Ambroise
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Website
| www
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.ht
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The
State University of Haiti
(
French
:
Universite d'Etat d'Haiti (UEH)
,
Haitian Creole
:
Inivesite Leta Ayiti
) is one of
Haiti
's most prestigious institutions of
higher education
. It is located in
Port-au-Prince
.
Its origins date to the 1820s, when colleges of medicine and law were established. In 1942, the various faculties merged into the University of Haiti. After a student
strike
in 1960,
Francois Duvalier
's government brought the university under firm government control and renamed it the State University of Haiti. In 1983, the university became an independent institution according to the Haitian constitution. The university's independent status was confirmed in the Haitian constitution of 1987.
In 1981, there were 4,099 students at the University of Haiti, of whom 26% were enrolled in the School of Law and Economics, 25% in the School of Medicine and Pharmacy, 17% in the School of
Administration
and Management, and 11% in the School of Science and Topography. Despite the important role played by agriculture in the Haitian economy, only 5% of the university's students were enrolled in the School of
Agronomy
and Veterinary Medicine. In 1981, the University of Haiti had 559 professors, compared to 207 in 1967. Most professors worked part-time, were paid on an hourly basis, and had little time for contact with students. UEH also suffered severe shortages of books and other materials.
As of 2010, tuition was US$15 a year. However, while this made it more affordable for many Haitians than other forms of tertiary education in the country, competition for places was fierce. The university accepted only 15% of applicants for undergraduate places, while its dentistry school had just 20 places for about 800 applicants yearly.
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Among its past rectors, the university includes the writer
Jean Price Mars
.
The university's buildings were largely destroyed during the earthquake of January 12, 2010. A consortium of
historically black colleges
in the United States was formed to help rebuild part of the campus.
[2]
After the earthquake, the government of the
Dominican Republic
paid for the construction of a new university campus near the town of
Limonade
in northern Haiti, called the
Universite d'Etat d'Haiti, Campus Henri Christophe de Limonade
.
[3]
Editions de l'Universite d'Etat d'Haiti
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The Editions de l'Universite d'Etat d'Haiti (State University Press of Haiti) was launched in 2006 with Professor Herard Jadotte at its helm as Director. Its mission is to promote research through the publication and dissemination of scientific texts, to diversify the documentary resources for the academic community and the general public and to improve university education. The Editions de l'Universite d'Etat d'Haiti publishes scientific and didactic works for teachers and researchers, the best end-of-studies dissertations supported at UEH, classics belonging to the Haitian intellectual heritage, research published abroad of interest to the academic community, scientific journals, and symposium proceedings.
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By June 2014 it had a catalogue of 70 academic and research publications, with another 20 titles slated to launch in the fall.
[5]
Constituent Colleges and Schools
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- Ecole Normale Superieure
- Faculte d'Agronomie et de Medecine Veterinaire (School of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine)
- Faculte des Sciences Humaines (Faculty of the Humanities)
- Faculte des Sciences (Faculty of Science)
- Faculte de Droit et des Sciences Economique (Faculty of Law and Economics)
- Faculte d'Ethnologie (Faculty of Ethnology)
- Faculte de Linguistique Appliquee (Faculty of Applied Linguistics)
- Faculte de Medecine et de Pharmacie (Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy)
- Faculte d'Odontologie (Faculty of Dentistry)
- Institut d'Etudes et de Recherches Africaines (Institute of African Studies and Research)
- Institut National d'Administration, de Gestion et de Hautes Etudes Internationales (INAGHEI - National Institute of Administration, Management and International Studies)
- Centre de Techniques de Planification et d'Economie Appliquee (CTPEA)
- Ecole de Droit et des Sciences Economiques des Gonaives (Gonaives School of Law and Economics)
- Ecole de Droit de Hinche (Hinche School of Law)
- Campus Henri Christophe de Limonade
- Faculte de Droit, des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion du Cap-Haitien (Cap-Haitien Faculty of Law, Economics and Management)
- Ecole de Droit et d'Economie de Port-de-Paix (Port-de-Paix School of Law and Economics)
- Ecole de Droit et des Sciences Economiques de Fort-Liberte (Fort-Liberte of Law and Economics)
- Ecole de Droit et des Sciences Economiques des Cayes (Cayes School of Law and Economics)
- Ecole de Droit de Jacmel (Jacmel School of Law)
Notable alumni
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