University of Zafizamarrah
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| Latin: Universitas Studiorum Zafizamaraiensis | |
| Motto | Novus, Optimus, Futurum |
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Motto in English | The New, The Best, The Future |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 19th of November 1898 (as Zafizamarrah Colonial St. John School of Medicine), 1972 (as University of Zafizamarrah) |
| Rector | Dr. Anzairi Hasanuddin |
Administrative staff | 8,000 |
| Students | 76,842 (2022) |
| Undergraduates | 55,281 (2022) |
| Postgraduates | 14,561 (2022) |
| 7,000 (2022) | |
| Location | Metropolitan Zafizamarrah , |
| Campus | Urban : Mukhlis Krasnaya N. South Blvd. Rural : Outer Iskandaruddin |
| Colors | Alezian Gold |
| Athletics | The Grand Zafi |
| Affiliations | ACU, IARU, WMCA University Alliance, APRU, ISESCO, The Alezian Ivy |
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The University of Zafizamarrah (UniZafi) is a public university in Metropolitan Zafizamarrah and Outer Iskandaruddin, Zafizamarrah, North Alezia, the Alezian Union. Founded on 19th of November 1898 as the Zafizamarrah Colonial St. John School of Medicine, UniZafi is the oldest running University in the Alezian Union. It is generally considered as one of Alezia's most prestigious and sought-after universities together with the University of Doorsbreeken, Bucinnois' Alezian Institute of Arts, and Trishi Technology Institute. UniZafi itself has been regularly put into the top 200 best Universities in the World since 2003.
UniZafi offers wide programmes of studies and is already well known for its' Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics, Faculty of Law, and Faculty of Medicine Studies.
UniZafi has two campus with its urban campus located in the newly-built part of the Metropolitan City, in the southern part of the 10 kilometer-long Mukhlis Krasnaya Novogrody Boulevard. Meanwhile, the rural campus is located in Outer Iskandaruddin, 20 kilometers away from the southern border of the Metropolitan City.
History
In 1898, the British Government of the Colony of Zafizamarrah lead by Governor General Alois Fergusson enacted a series of laws known as "The Decree of Ethical Cooperation" in order to raise living standards in the colony (which can be compared to the Dutch East Indies' "Dutch Ethical Politics"). One of the laws enacted at the time was to give the non-European people access to higher education. This would result in the opening of the Zafizamarrah Colonial St. John School of Medicine located in Zafizamarrah's Old Town Area (now known as "The Old Campus Area"). As the name suggests, the school first start as a Tertiary School to prepare students into the Medical field, working as doctors and nurses.
Eventually, the Faculty of Law was created as a response to an inquiry made by a nine-people committee lead by Hadji Nursalam Hadid calling themselves "Advocates for a Lawful Alezia" in order to create future lawyers that would defend the needs of a day-to-day Alezian. Even though a non-Medical Faculty was made, the name of the school was never changed. Initially it was going to be changed into the "Zafizamarrah Colonial St. John School of Higher Education" but unknown reasons blocked the name change from happening.