History

The history of the Department goes together with the creation of the Faculty of Science. The Faculty of Science was established at the creation of the Université de Lovanium, today’s Université de Kinshasa, in 1951. The Faculty of Science was the first building of the university, built on September 26, 1954. It is worth noting that the first stone to be laid came from a wall of the Louvain Hall. To symbolize the continuity between the new university and one of the oldest universities in the world, 1424 – 1954 was engraved on the stone. The Faculty of Science officially opened in 1957.

Through this page, The Department is paying tribute and expressing its gratitude to all current and past faculty, scientific support and adminsitrative who contributed to through the years to our Department.

Department Leadership

Here are the professors that led the Departement since its creation.