The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) in Harare

Harare

Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...

, is the oldest and largest university

Universities of Zimbabwe

This is a list of universities in Zimbabwe.*University of Zimbabwe*National University of Science and Technology*Catholic University in Zimbabwe*Midlands State University*Zimbabwe Open University*Lupane State University*Harare Institute of Technology...

 in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. It was founded through a special relationship with the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 and it opened its doors to its first students in 1952. The university has ten faculties offering a wide variety of degree programmes and many specialist research centres and institutes. The university is accredited through the National Council for Higher Education

National Council for Higher Education, Zimbabwe

The National Council for Higher Education is the parastatal responsible for accreditation of universities in Zimbabwe, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education....

, under the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education.