{"id":61,"date":"2016-10-17T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.demo.acmethemes.com\/education-base\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:09:47","slug":"departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"UNAM Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;46&#8243; title=&#8221;About UNAM&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<h2><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the largest and leading National institution of higher education in the country. \u00a0It is a diverse institution with a student population from 41 countries and from all continents. Although a relatively young university, it has grown to support a student population of over 30,929 this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mainCampusLAndscape.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mainCampusLAndscape.webp 1162w, https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mainCampusLAndscape-300x107.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mainCampusLAndscape-1024x366.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mainCampusLAndscape-768x274.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Academic programmes at the University are housed by four faculties and seventeen schools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-agriculture-natural-resources\">Faculty of Agriculture, Engineering &amp; Natural Sciences<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-agriculture-natural-resources\/#SoAFS\">School of Agriculture &amp; Fisheries Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-agriculture-natural-resources\/#SoETBE\">School of Engineering &amp; the Built Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-agriculture-natural-resources\/#SoMS\">School of Military Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-agriculture-natural-resources\/#SoS\">School of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-economic-management-sciences\">Faculty of Commerce, Management &amp; Law<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-economic-management-sciences\/#SoA\">School of Accounting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-economic-management-sciences\/#SoBMGE\">School of Business Management, Governance &amp; Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-economic-management-sciences\/#SoL\">School of Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbs.edu.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namibia Business School (NBS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-economic-management-sciences\/#NSDS\">Namibia School of Diplomatic Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\">Faculty of Health Sciences &amp; Veterinary Medicine<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoAHS\">School of Allied Health Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoD\">School of Dentistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoM\">School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoNPH\">School of Nursing &amp; Public Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoP\">School of Pharmacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-health-sciences\/#SoVM\">School of Veterinary Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-education\">Faculty of Education &amp; Human Sciences<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-education\/#SoE\">School of Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/faculty-of-education\/#SoHSD\">School of Humanities, Society &amp; Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These committed faculties and competent administrative support staff have earned the University a ranking of being one of the top African Universities. During 2006, UNAM was rated as the best higher education institution in Namibia by the Professional Management Review of South Africa and won a Golden Arrow Award. The previous year a Geneva based Foundation for Excellence in Business Practice nominated UNAM to be the recipient of the Foundation&#8217;s Gold Medal for Excellence in Business Practice.<\/p>\n<p>As UNAM celebrated the 25th Jubilee of her existence in 2017, it also prides herself for having responded positively to the call of our Government where it could.\u00a0 To date UNAM has graduated over 39,536 students who are serving the country in various sectors of the economy with most occupying prominent positions in government and the private sector, as well as worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>For up to date data, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNAM Stats page.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;46&#8243; title=&#8221;About UNAM&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Overview The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the largest and leading National institution of higher education in the country. \u00a0It is a diverse institution with a student population from 41 countries and from all continents. Although a relatively young university, it has grown to support a student population of over 30,929 this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/?page_id=61\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12556,"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unam.edu.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}