Universidade Oscar Ribas

The Óscar Ribas University was created and promoted by the PITABEL-Prestação de Serviços, Limitada Group, whose corporate purpose is to provide services, including education at all levels.
The present name pays homage to the Angolan writer Óscar Bento Ribas, born in Angola in the city of Luanda, on August 17, 1909. He completed his 5th year at the Salvador Correia High School, having been a civil servant in the then Treasury Services.

Óscar Bento Ribas suffered from congenital rhinitis pigmentosa, which resulted in total blindness at the age of 36.
To support his writing talent, more than 20 literary works were compiled that portray the life and literature of an Angolan ethnic group. Thus, his first book, entitled “NUVENS QUE PASSAM” (PASSING NUMBERS), was published when he was only 17 years old. His writing personality transcends the borders of Angola, where many of his texts appear in anthologies that can be found in several countries with English translations.

He won several awards in the country and abroad, including the Order of the Infante, awarded by the Portuguese Government.

He founded the First School for the Visually Impaired in Angola, sponsored by the Portuguese ophthalmologist, Dr. Jorge dos Santos Lapa.

Mission:  Strengthen the commitment to training outstanding professionals, capable of responding to the demands of the national and international context, improving good practices in teaching, scientific research, university extension, management and internationalization, with a focus on continuous training and strategic partnerships
Vision: To be a reference institution in Angola, recognized for the quality and rigor in training professionals that values meritocracy and leadership in the application of ethical principles and good practices in the production, dissemination and disclosure of scientific results, strengthening Open Science, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Values: 

Discipline – consists of compliance with rules, internal regulations, statutes and other legal instruments that ensure the comprehensive management of the UÓR, as well as mutual respect, regardless of hierarchical differences.
Rigor – consists of compliance with schedules, rules and regulations that ensure the performance of academic, scientific, administrative, cultural and extension activities.
Merit – consists of public recognition of the performance and mode of action of students, professors, scientific researchers, technical-administrative staff and management bodies of the UÓR.
Critical and Self-Critical Spirit – consists of the ability to respect the results produced by others, before assessing the value of people, things and assertions.
Scientific Humility – consists of recognizing analytical and interpretative limitations in the approach to topics related to science, technology and innovation, regardless of the academic, scientific and cultural level of the subjects involved.
Solidarity – consists of putting oneself in the shoes of citizens who are going through difficult circumstances, particularly students, professors, scientific researchers, technical-administrative staff and management bodies of the UÓR, voluntarily presenting viable solutions, aiming to strengthen respect for the dignity of the human person.
Transparency – consists of implementing precise management tools that are accessible to those involved, in the preparation and execution of academic, scientific, university extension, cultural and administrative projects, in accordance with national and international parameters.
Integrity – consists of valuing the dignity of the human person, regardless of their social position, physical condition and intellectual level.
Ethics – consists of complying with principles that guide the activities in progress or
carried out by students, professors, scientific researchers, technical-administrative staff and management bodies of the UÓR, as well as the ability to systematically evaluate them, aiming to strengthen the code of conduct and the culture of good practices in all substantive processes.
Social Responsibility – consists of the voluntary contribution of UÓR in the development of environmental conservation actions, legal advice to citizens with insufficient legal literacy, psychological support to citizens welcomed in social reorientation centers, nursing homes, orphanages, among other areas of charity, through the carrying out of scientific, academic, cultural, sports and extension activities.