The University of Zambia (UNZA) has been ranked 6th best university in Africa from 156 universities in 20 countries by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings while at the global level UNZA has been ranked in the 501-600 position out of 1,799 participating universities.

The Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Anne Sikwibele held partnership meetings with the leadership of Vanderbilt University on Thursday 10th November 2022. Vanderbilt University was established in 1873 and today stands at number 14th in the overall rankings in the United States with 6 Nobel laureates to its credit.

The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Anne Sikwibele leds UNZA delegation to the United States of America for various strategic initiatives and partnership meetings with universities.

The Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts has partnered with the University of Zambia School of Education to offer training programmes in sports administration, management, and coaching to sports personnel.

Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary (PS) Technical Services, Mr Joel Kamoko, is delighted at the University of Zambia (UNZA)’s role in instilling quality assurance training in colleges of education through collaborative affiliations.

Chief Chitambo of Chitambo chiefdom is delighted by the University of Zambia’s plans to develop a centre of excellence for educational and agricultural purposes.

The University of Zambia (UNZA) Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Anne Sikwibele, has applauded the Zambia Association of Public Universities and Colleges (ZAPUC) for creating a strategic forum for consultation, exchange of information, experiences and cooperation among universities and colleges in Zambia in order to promote the exchange of best practices in delivering tertiary education.

The University of Zambia (UNZA) through the School of Mines has launched the Capacity Building programme for the Ministry of Water Development and Sanitation and World Vision with a focus on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Groundwater Modelling on Tuesday, 11th October 2022.

The University of Botswana seeks collaboration with the University of Zambia

On 27th April 2022, the Lusaka District Health Office was notified of an increase in persons presenting with flu-like symptoms around the University of Zambia Great East Road campus. Our Disease Intelligence team led by the Zambia National Public Health Institute investigated the upsurge in flu-like illness amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.