Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Plans are underway to construct a permanent facility for Carnegie Mellon University-Rwanda (CMU-R), according to the Minister of Education, Vicent Biruta. The $13 million funded African Development Bank (AfDB) CMU-R permanent campus, is set to be constructed at the Kigali Free Trade Zone, Nyandungu Sector, Gasabo District. According to CMU-R officials, the project is estimated to take two to three years. “The construction works have not started as yet but the campus is set to be inaugurated in 2015 when all construction works would have been completed,” Biruta told The New Times in an interview. The university is currently operating from the Telecom House in Kacyiru.
