Umutara Polytechnic

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox university | established = 2004 | closed = 2011 }} '''Umutara Polytechnic''' ('''UP''') was a higher education institution in Rwanda.<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-01-28|url=http://www.nyagatarecampus.ur.ac.rw/index.php?p=11&rpp=3&News=58|title=News: 28th January 2015|publisher=NyagatareCampus.ur.ac.rw|accessdate=2020-05-24|lang=en|archive-date=8 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508091111/http://www.nyagatarecampus.ur.ac.rw/index.php?p=11&rpp=3&News=58|url-status=dead}}</ref> Founded in 2004, was located in the city of Nyagatare, capital of Nyagatare district in Eastern Province, Rwanda.<ref>[http://www.umutarapolytech.ac.rw/aboutus.php About Umutara] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182002/http://www.umutarapolytech.ac.rw/aboutus.php |date=2016-03-03 }}, Umutara Polytechnic.</ref>

UP started its first academic year on 2 May 2006 with 265 students and 16 staff. It was organized into faculties of Agriculture,<ref>Godfrey Ntagungira, [http://www.rwandagateway.org/article.php3?id_article=3275 ISAR to provide lecturers to Umutara polytechnic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108180457/http://www.rwandagateway.org/article.php3?id_article=3275 |date=2007-11-08 }}, ''The New York Times'', 16 October 2006.</ref> Commerce and Applied Economics, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Veterinary Science. On 28 August 2008, Umutara Polytechnic was declared as a public institution of higher learning by a cabinet meeting chaired by the President of the Republic of Rwanda.{{fact|date=December 2020}}

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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110102225557/http://www.umutarapolytech.ac.rw/ Umutara Polytechnic website]

Category:Educational institutions established in 2004 Category:Universities in Rwanda Category:Eastern Province, Rwanda Category:2004 establishments in Rwanda