{{Short description|University in Copperbelt Province, Zambia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox university | name = Copperstone University | image = | motto = Our Vision, Our Country, Our world | established = {{Start date and age|2004}} | type = | vice_chancellor = Prof Sitwala Mundia | city = Luanshya | country = Zambia | enrollment = full time /Open Distance Learning | staff = | campus = Plot 38002, Baluba Campus, along Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway, Luanshya | website = [https://copperstoneuniversity.com/ Official Website] }} '''Copperstone University''' is located in Luanshya District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (25 km north of Luanshya). It is on the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway (T3 Road). It was founded in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moe.gov.zm/index.php/component/content/article/54-directory/146-universities | title=LIST OF RECOGNISED UNIVERSITIES IN ZAMBIA 2015 | publisher=Republic of Zambia Ministry of General Education | accessdate=26 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421151106/http://www.moe.gov.zm/index.php/component/content/article/54-directory/146-universities | archive-date=21 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Teferra2013">{{cite book|author=D. Teferra|title=Funding Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YIhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT307|year=2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-137-34578-3|page=307}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moe.gov.zm/index.php/component/content/article/54-directory/146-universities |title=Universities |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421151106/http://www.moe.gov.zm/index.php/component/content/article/54-directory/146-universities |archive-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Mwakikagile2010">{{cite book|author=Godfrey Mwakikagile|title=Zambia: Life in an African Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFVS4IixY5oC&pg=PA170|year=2010|publisher=New Africa Press|isbn=978-9987-16-011-2|page=170}}</ref>
==History== The university was established in 2004, through company incorporation. In July 2011, it attained its charter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Copperstone University|url=http://www.educationinzambia.com/index.php/universities/copperstone-university|website=Education in Zambia|accessdate=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426194503/http://www.educationinzambia.com/index.php/universities/copperstone-university|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Location== With the main campus located in the northern part of Luanshya District, on the Ndola-Kitwe Dual Carriageway.The physical library is located at Baluba River Campus with a collection of over 4000 books and serials across various fields.
==See also== * List of universities in Zambia * Education in Zambia
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://copperstoneuniversity.com/|Copperstone University official website}} {{Universities in Zambia}} {{coord missing|Zambia}}
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Category:Universities in Zambia Category:Luanshya Category:Buildings and structures in Copperbelt Province Category:2004 establishments in Zambia Category:Universities and colleges established in 2004