It was established on 17 April 1999 by the Constituent Assembly and was approved by Ministerial Ordinance No.

This is approximately 126 kilometres (78 mi), northeast of Bujumbura, the commercial capital and largest city in the county.

[2] The university campus is located about 88 kilometres (55 mi) north of the city of Gitega, the national political capital.

[3] This location lies off the Kayanza– Gashikanwa Road (RN6) in the north-eastern part of the city of Ngozi.

Eveque Mutabaruka: Chief Information Officer at Bank of Kigali, since September 2022.