50/2006 of the Council of Ministers on 26 December 2006, published in the Boletim da República, and officially inaugurated on 29 June 2007 by President Armando Guebuza.

[2] In 2007, the university rectory was organized in Nampula, at first occupying facilities provided by the Museum of Ethnology of Mozambique.

On 21 August 2007 the university council held its first session, defining its vision, mission, structure, and a suitable acronym.

The Latin Scientia, Cretum, Fides ("Science, Development, Commitment") was chosen as the motto, and UniLúrio was selected as an acronym.

[3] At the Pemba campus' opening, the Minister of Education said that Lúrio University "has positively surprised us, because without much uproar it is producing results.

[1] That year, the university reported it was planning to construct a 70-bed teaching hospital, and potentially an eye-hospital with Indian assistance.

The Faculty of Agrarian Sciences provides engineering degrees with specialties in forestry, rural development, and zootechnics.

[4] Although the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences is based out of the Nampula campus, it courses include time spent at the Island of Mozambique.

[1] The university is looking to develop a football (soccer) team, and recently built a field and stands.