University of Khartoum
The University of Khartoum is the oldest and largest public university in Sudan, and its story began with Lord Kitchener's proposal in 1898 to establish a college in memory of Gordon Pasha, who was killed in the Battle of Khartoum, so "Gordon Memorial College" was opened in 1902 as a primary education program, then expanded by 1906 to include training assistant engineers, land surveyors and primary school teachers. The first equipped laboratory for bacteriological analysis was added in 1905, and the 1920s witnessed expansion including Sharia, Engineering, Education, Accounting and Science, while the Kitchener School of Medicine was established — the first medical college in Sudan — then the College of Law in 1936.
The college was affiliated with the University of London in 1947, and the first batch graduated with University of London degrees in 1950, then it bore the name "Khartoum University College" in 1951, and gained university status officially on July 24, 1956 by an act of Parliament after independence. The university today includes five campuses and about 16,800 students, and its motto is: "God – Truth – Homeland – Humanity".
The university has a wide network of colleges, institutes and research centers, including the Institute of African and Asian Studies, the Professor Abdullah Al-Tayeb Institute for Arabic Language, the Development Studies and Research Institute, the Mycetoma Research Center, the Institute of Endemic Diseases, Soba University Hospital, Saad Abu Al-Ala Hospital, Dr. Salma Center for Kidney Diseases and Surgery, and the University Publishing House. The Sudan Library affiliated with it also performs the role of the country's national library, and the university is referred to as one of the most prestigious academic institutions in Sudan and Africa.
(Sources: The University's official website uofk.edu, Arabic and English Wikipedia, Sudanese higher education reports)
— Editorial Team