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The
best
University
in
Sudan
The
roots
of
the
University
of
Khartoum
(U
of
K)
go
back
to
1898
when
Lord
Kitchener
of
Khartoum
proposed
founding
a
college
in
memory
of
General
Gordon.
Funds
for
the
proposed
college
were
raised
by
private
subscription,
and
the
plans
for
the
building
were
drawn
by
the
Khedive's
architect,
Fabricus
Pasha.
The
new
college,
named
the
Gordon
Memorial
College,
was
officially
opened
in
1902,
although
it
was
not
until
1903
that
the
buildings
were
completed
and
the
first
batch
of
primary
level
students
were
admitted.
The
College
however,
was
never
intended
to
be
solely
a
primary
school.
A
secondary
stratum
was
added
in
1905
for
the
purpose
of
training
assistant
engineers
and
land
surveyors,
and
in
1906
a
four
year
course
for
the
training
of
primary
school
teachers
was
established.
In
1905
Sir
Henry
Wellcome
donated
a
fully
equipped
laboratory
for
bacteriological
analysis,
thus
began
the
fruitful
association
between
Khartoum
and
the
Welcome
Research
Laboratories.
In
1924,
the
College
developed
into
a
vocational
secondary
school
concentrating
on
teaching
the
following
disciplines:
Sharia,
Engineering,
Teachers'
Training,
Clerical
Work,
Accounting
and
Science.
In
the
same
year
Kitchener
School
of
Medicine
was
established.
The
year
1936
witnessed
the
beginning
of
higher
education
in
the
Sudan
with
the
establishment
of
the
School
of
Law.
By
1940
the
College
included
schools
of
Agriculture,
Arts,
Law,
Science,
Engineering
and
Veterinary
Science.
Each
School
was
attached
to
the
government
department
in
which
the
graduates
would
be
expected
to
work.
In
January
1945,
all
these
schools
were
brought
under
one
administration
in
a
special
arrangement
with
the
University
of
London.
The
College
was
upgraded
in
1951
to
become
Khartoum
University
College.
In
the
same
year
Kitchener
School
of
Medicine
was
incorporated
in
the
University
College.
The
University
of
London
set
the
examinations
and
awarded
the
degrees.
The
outstanding
students
were
awarded
bachelor
degrees
from
the
University
of
London
and
the
rest
obtained
the
College
diplomas.
The
present
University
of
Khartoum
is
the
result
of
the
natural
transformation
of
the
University
College
of
Khartoum
when
the
country
became
independent
in
1956.
The
bill
giving
full
University
status
to
the
College
was
passed
by
Parliament
on
24th
July
1956,
since
then,
the
University
witnessed
considerable
expansion.
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