Fourah Bay College (FBC) which is the first university in Sierra Leone is also the first to host tertiary education studies in the whole of West Africa.
FBC was founded on the 18th of February, 1827, by the Church Missionary Society - (CMS) for the training of teachers and missionaries to serve in the promotion of education and the spread of Christianity in West Africa. In 1876 it became a degree granting institution with an affiliation to the University of Durham in England. On the recommendation of the Senate of the University of Dorham in 1960, it was granted a Royal Charter to become Fourah Bay College, The University of Sierra Leone.
Before its current location on Mount Aureol, overlooking Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College was located at Cline Town, on the East End of Freetown, and then as a result of World War II Mabang in Northern Province.
The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary Public University system in Sierra Leone, which, as of May 2005, was reconstituted into the individual colleges of Fourah Bay College - (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and Management - (IPAM) and College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences - (COMAHS). The USL is owned by The Government of Sierra Leone, and the President of The Republic of Sierra Leone - H.E. (Dr) Ernest Bai Koroma is its Chancellor.
Info Source: http://www.usl.edu.sl
FBC was founded on the 18th of February, 1827, by the Church Missionary Society - (CMS) for the training of teachers and missionaries to serve in the promotion of education and the spread of Christianity in West Africa. In 1876 it became a degree granting institution with an affiliation to the University of Durham in England. On the recommendation of the Senate of the University of Dorham in 1960, it was granted a Royal Charter to become Fourah Bay College, The University of Sierra Leone.
Before its current location on Mount Aureol, overlooking Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College was located at Cline Town, on the East End of Freetown, and then as a result of World War II Mabang in Northern Province.
The University of Sierra Leone is the name of the former unitary Public University system in Sierra Leone, which, as of May 2005, was reconstituted into the individual colleges of Fourah Bay College - (FBC), Institute of Public Administration and Management - (IPAM) and College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences - (COMAHS). The USL is owned by The Government of Sierra Leone, and the President of The Republic of Sierra Leone - H.E. (Dr) Ernest Bai Koroma is its Chancellor.
Info Source: http://www.usl.edu.sl