The United Methodist University (UMU) is a private institution of higher learning located in Monrovia in the West African nation of Liberia.

[1] UMU is certified by the Liberian government's National Commission on Higher Education to grant both bachelor's and master's degrees.

[3] The church planned to move forward in 1990, but the First Liberian Civil War delayed the creation of the school, which the goal was re-affirmed in 1997.

[3] On 9 October 1998, the Liberian Legislature chartered United Methodist University, with the school, then opening in January 2000 under the leadership of Rev.

[4] The university announced plans to start a radio station in December 2012 at a cost of US$25,000 (~$32,805 in 2023) in order to provide practical training to students in the Mass Communication Department.