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University of Botswana

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Gaborone, Botswana
1201–1500th in World University Rankings 2025
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About

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institution

The University of Botswana was established in 1982 and was the country’s first institute of higher education.

However, it began life as a colonial Catholic vocational training university in 1946, before becoming a joint, cross-national higher education institution in 1966, when Botswana and Lesotho gained independence. The university became autonomous in 1982.

It has three campuses: one in Maun, one in Francistown and one in the capital city Gaborone. The university comprises eight faculties: business, education, engineering, health sciences humanities, medicine, science and social sciences. There is also the University of Botswana School of Medicine, which is the result of a collaboration with the University of Melbourne. The latter is on the main Gaborone campus and includes a 450-bed academic teaching hospital.

Many students live on campus and make use of the extensive on-campus facilities, which include one of the largest libraries in Africa, an 8,000-seater stadium with an IAAF accredited track, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, outdoor courts for tennis, volleyball, basketball, field hockey and handball, and a climate-controlled 5,000 seater multipurpose indoor sports arena, food courts and a full service post office.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Botswana

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
60 F : 40 M (1)
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International student percentage
5% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
23.2 (1)
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Student total
16961 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at the University of Botswana

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Social Sciences801+

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Physical Sciences1001+

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Clinical and Health501–600th

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Other Health