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The University of Mauritius is the oldest and biggest university in the country based on student enrolment and academic offerings.. The public university's main campus is located in R¨¦duit, Moka.

The university was first officially established by the University of Mauritius Ordinance in December 1965, when it took over the existing school of agriculture. It achieved full university status in 1972.

The faculty of agriculture is the oldest faculty in the university, dating back to 1914. Today the faculty operates the University of Mauritius Farm along with a laboratory on 21 acres.

Students can also choose to study at its six other faculties: engineering; information, communication and digital technologies; law and management; medicine and health sciences; science; and social sciences and humanities. As well as those faculties, the university also offers a Centre for Innovative Lifelong Learning, a Centre for Information Technology and Systems and a Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research.

There is a student's union at the university which acts as a bridge between the students and the faculty.

There are a range of sports facilities on campus including a football pitch, a volleyball pitch and pool tables.