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University of Curaçao

Universiteit van Curaçao Universidat di Kòrsòu
Former names	University of the Netherlands Antilles, Antillean College of Technology, College of the Netherlands Antilles, College of Law
Motto	Pursuing excellence in values, knowledge, and skills
Type	Public
Established	1979
Endowment	ANG20 million
Rector	Francis B.G. de Lanoy
Academic staff	4
Administrative staff	80
Undergraduates	2045
Postgraduates	70
Location	Willemstad, Curaçao 12°09′25″N 68°57′40″W / 12.157°N 68.961°W / 12.157; -68.961
Website	www.uoc.cw

The Dr. Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez University of Curaçao, formerly University of The Netherlands Antilles (UNA; Dutch: Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen), is the state university of Curaçao. It is a public university, graduating approximately three hundred students per year. The quality and level of the program are similar to those in the Netherlands. All programs provided at the university are accredited by The Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO).

History

The University of Curaçao has existed in its present form since 1973. In 1970, however, the Law College of the Netherlands Antilles was established there to prepare students to take the LL.B. Antillean Law exam. The Law College became the College of the Netherlands Antilles in 1974, after a degree program in Business Administration was established. The Department of Business Administration was changed into the Department of Business Administration and Public Administration in 1977, after which students could also obtain a bachelor's degree in Public Administration. Finally, with the foundation of the UNA in 1979 by a national decree dated 12 January 1979 (O.B. 1979 no. 12), the Antillean College of Technology (established 1972), was transformed into the Faculty of Engineering.

In 2011 the University of the Netherlands Antilles was renamed the University of Curaçao mr. dr. Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez.

Notable alumni

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• Mike Eman (Prime Minister of Aruba)
• Diana Lebacs writer and knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
• René Römer (CEO Curaçao International Financial Center and Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange N.V.)

Notable faculty

Former faculty

• Frank Martinus Arion, writer
• Rutsel Martha, minister of Justice and diplomat

References

1. "Naamsverandering UNA 'belangrijke stap' | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep". www.rnw.nl. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
2. "Curaçaoan Writers Featured at Havana's International Book Fair". Repeating Islands. Puerto Rico. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
3. Rodríguez, Emilio Jorge (2016). "Lebacs, Diana (1947– ), fiction writer, actress, and playwright". In Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (eds.). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-93580-2.  – via Oxford University Press's Reference Online (subscription required)

External links

• Official website
• University of the Netherlands Antilles at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Official site of the SIDS GG Chair

• University of Curaçao
• Educational institutions established in 1979
• 1979 establishments in Curaçao