A distinctive Anglo-Saxon university pursuing higher standards of achievement and innovation across the arts, sciences, technology and the professions.
If you are looking for a life-changing experience that will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to meet the future with confidence, you will find it at UBa. As a graduate or postgraduate student, you will study in modern surroundings that boast exceptionally well-equipped studios, workshops and facilities.
Equipping students with universal knowledge in the arts, sciences and technology, in the spirit of the Anglo-Saxon tradition.
Pursuing personal and collegial excellence in research and training, responsive to the exigencies of the contemporary environment.
Carrying the university’s knowledge and service beyond the campus, to the community and the nation it serves.
The mission of UBa is to equip students with universal knowledge in the arts, sciences and technology. It strives to imbue in students an overt spirit, reflective of critical and constructive thinking, spontaneous to initiative and enterprise.
The university brings students to maturity as they imbibe, exchange and value ideas within a context of moral integrity and associative life. Its critical agenda is to pursue personal and collegial excellence in teaching, training, research and outreach in the spirit of the Anglo-Saxon tradition, without sacrificing the advantages of cultural dialogue.
The learning experience the university provides is the basis upon which students should demonstrate responsible leadership and subscribe to the core values of intellectual insurance, responsive to the exigencies of the contemporary environment.
Conscious of the dynamic character of science and technology, the university will continue to strive for innovation in its quest to meet the ramified demands of our contemporary times.
The story of The University of Bamenda is inextricably linked to the Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology (CCAST) and the École Normale Supérieure Annex (ENSAB) in Bambili.
Following reforms in the educational policy of West Cameroon, Dr. John Ngu Foncha — then Prime Minister, later Vice President of the Federal Republic — champions a standard of higher learning modelled on the Nigerian Colleges of Arts, Science and Technology. At the time, the Southern Cameroons counted slightly over twenty university graduates, and top civil-service posts were dominated by expatriates.
The West Cameroon Government’s Education Policy Paper envisages CCAST as a future college of the Federal University of Cameroon — in the mould of an American junior college or an English polytechnic. USAID lends support to firmly establish the institution, especially in the sciences, and Mr. H. O. H. Vernon Jackson of the United States becomes pioneer Principal.
CCAST transfers from its temporary site at GTTC Kumba to its present site in Bambili, and Mr. Sylvester Dioh — one of the key Cameroonian figures in its early development — is appointed Principal.
Presidential decree creates The University of Bamenda on the historic Bambili site — the last of Cameroon’s eight state universities, charged with teaching, research and outreach.
Founding instrument — Decree N° 2010/371 of 14th December 2010 creating The University of Bamenda.
