Lúrio University (Portuguese: Universidade Lúrio), also known as UniLúrio, is a public university in Nampula Province, Mozambique. Established by decree on 26 December 2006, the university has since grown to comprise seven faculties. Lúrio offers degree programs in 21 disciplines, enrolling 1,430 total students, including both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Besides its main campus in Nampula, the university operates campuses in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province, and Niassa Province. The university is named for the Lúrio River in northeastern Mozambique. History Lúrio University was established by decree No. 50/2006 of the Council of Ministers on 26 December 2006, published in the Boletim da República, and officially inaugurated on 29 June 2007 by President Armando Guebuza. Education Minister Aires Ali, among others, attended the inauguration. In 2007, the university rectory was organized in Nampula, at first occupying facilities provided by the Museum of Ethnology of Mozambique. This made it the first public university in the country headquartered outside of the capital, Maputo. On 21 August 2007 the university council held its first session, defining its vision, mission, structure, and a suitable acronym. The Latin Scientia, Cretum, Fides ("Science, Development, Commitment") was chosen as the motto, and UniLúrio was selected as an acronym. The university logo was also chosen, selected from various designs put forward through a contest promoted by Eduardo Mondlane University's Faculty of Architecture and Physical Planning. The university opened the Faculty of Health Sciences to students in 2007. The university started out with 20 instructors, 254 students, and three courses, medicine, dental medicine, and pharmacy. From the start, the university planned to eventually expand to three campuses. These goals came to fruition in 2008 and 2009, when satellite campuses were opened in Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province and Sanga, Niassa Province, respectively. The Pemba campus opened in temporary quarters in August 2008, and later moved onto a 12-hectare permanent campus. At the Pemba campus' opening, the Minister of Education said that Lúrio University "has positively surprised us, because without much uproar it is producing results." By 2013, the university had 192 professors and 1,430 students. That year, the university reported it was planning to construct a 70-bed teaching hospital, and potentially an eye-hospital with Indian assistance. At that point, the university was using the Central Hospital of Nampula as its training hospital. During the rectorship of Jorge Ferrão, the university acquired significant debt. Rectors Jorge Ferrão (c. 2013) Francisco Pedro Noa