no administrative infrastructure, no phone network, no IT system, no Internet, no photocopiers, no fax machines, no audio-visual equipment or other basic teaching equipment. When the university opened, each faculty shared a bare classroom with a few old tables and chairs and a single secondhand computer. Structure In 2016, there were 37 higher education courses, organized in nine faculties: Faculty of Agriculture: headquartered at the Central Campus; Faculty of Exact Sciences: headquartered at Balide Campus; Faculty of Social Sciences: headquartered at Caicoli Campus; Law School: headquartered at Central Campus; Faculty of Economics and Management: headquartered at Escola Engº Canto Resende Campus; Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities: considered an heir to the Teacher Training School Engº Canto Resende (therefore the oldest organic institution at this university), it is headquartered at the Liceu Dr. Francisco Machado Campus. There are also three bodies linked to this faculty, namely: National Institute of Linguistics (INL): among other initiatives, it promotes the development of Tetum, one of the country's two official languages; Portuguese Language Center (CLP): in addition to teaching the Portuguese language at UNTL, he is the regulator of the Portuguese variant of East Timor; English Language Center (CLI): dedicated to teaching and disseminating the English language within the UNTL. Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology:headquartered at Hera Campus; Faculty of Philosophy: substitute of the Philosophy College, is located at the Central Campus; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences: headquartered at Caicoli Campus. Research centers In addition to the university structure, there are still four research centers: National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC); Institute for Peace, Conflict and Social Studies (IEPCS); Center for Gender Studies (CEG); Center for Climate Change and Biodiversity (CMCB). Student activities The East Timorese student associations that had been formed on the UNTIM campus and within Indonesia (ETSSC, IMPETTU and RENETIL) became the mainstay of the pro-independence campaign for the ballot and continued to be active afterwards. They have become key organizations of the East Timorese civil society. East Timorese students and academics played a vital role in the clandestine resistance. Many were subject to torture, arbitrary arrest, disappearance, rape and murder. Some joined the Falintil armed forces in the mountains. A clandestine student organisation was formed in 1997 (the East Timor Youth Solidarity Organization, OSK-TL) to encourage non-violent resistance against Indonesian occupation. RENETIL (Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor Leste) began as an organization of East Timorese students attending