List of universities in Timor-Leste

This is a list of universities and other higher educational institutions in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste has one public national university, National University of Timor-Leste, founded in 2000 to replace the Indonesian-era Universitas Timor Timur, which ceased operations in 1999. The country also has a number of private universities, including the Dili Institute of Technology, the Institute of Business, Instituto Superior Cristal, Joao Saldanha University, Universidade Dili, Universidade Oriental Timor Lorosa'e, and Universidade da Paz. A Catholic university, Universidade Católica Timorense, was established in 2021. All of Timor-Leste's universities are located in Dili, the capital, but several also have satellite campuses in other locations.

National University of Timor-Leste central campus, 2023

In addition to universities, Timor-Leste also has a number of specialized higher education institutions. There are several technical schools, including the East Timor Coffee Institute [de], Instituto Dom Boaventura de Timor-Leste, Instituto Ciência da Saúde, Instituto Profissional de Canossa, and the government-run Instituto Politécnico de Betano. Timor-Leste has two teacher training institutes, Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores and Instituto São João de Brito. A new teachers' college, Naroman Esperansa, is currently being built in Gleno.^[1] There are also several theological institutions, including Instituto de Ciências Religiosas, Instituto Filosófico de São Francisco de Sales, Instituto Superior de Filosofia e de Teologia, and St. Peter and St. Paul Major Seminary. The government also operates the Instituto da Defesa Nacional to provide higher education to members of the military.

Most of Timor-Leste's institutions of higher education are accredited by the National Agency for Academic Assessment and Accreditation (ANAAA), run by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Culture.

Universities

Institution	Acronym	Location(s)	Control	Founded	Accreditation
Dili Institute of Technology	DIT	Dili, Baucau, Pante Macassar[2]	Private	2002[3]	ANAAA[4]
East Timor Institute of Business	IOB	Dili, Maliana[5]	Private	2002[3]	ANAAA[4]
Instituto Superior Cristal	ISC	Dili, Aileu, Baucau, Same[6]	Private	2001[3]	ANAAA[4]
Joao Saldanha University	JSU	Hera[7]	Private	2015[3]	ANAAA[8]
Universidade Católica Timorense	UCT	Dili[9]	Private	2021[9]	ANAAA[10]
Universidade Dili	UNDIL	Dili[11]	Private	2002[3]	ANAAA[12]
Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e	UNTL	Dili, Hera[13]	Public	2000[3]	ANAAA[14]
Universidade Oriental Timor Lorosa'e	UNITAL	Dili[15]	Private	2002[3]	ANAAA[12]
Universidade da Paz	UNPAZ	Dili, Ermera, Liquiçá, Suai[16]	Private	2004[3]	ANAAA[4]

Other institutions

Institution	Acronym	Location(s)	Control	Founded	Accreditation
East Timor Coffee Institute	ETCI	Gleno[17]	Private	2003[3]	ANAAA[12]
Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores	ICFP	Baucau[3]	Private	2003[18]	ANAAA[18]
Instituto da Defesa Nacional	IDN	Dili[19]	Public	2010[20]
Instituto Dom Boaventura de Timor-Leste	IBTL	Same[21]	Private	2020[3]	ANAAA[8]
Instituto Ciência da Saúde	ICS	Dili[22]	Private	2005[3]	ANAAA[23]
Instituto Filosófico de São Francisco de Sales	IFFS	Dili[24]	Private	2012[3]	ANAAA[12]
Instituto Politécnico de Betano	IPB	Betano[25]	Public	2017[25]	ANAAA[8]
Instituto Profissional de Canossa	IPDC	Dili[26]	Private	2003[3]	ANAAA[4]
Instituto São João de Brito	ISJB	Kasait[27]	Private	2016[27]	ANAAA[8]
Instituto Superior de Filosofia e de Teologia	ISFIT	Dili[28]	Private	2013[29]	ANAAA[12]
St. Peter and St. Paul Major Seminary	SPEPAL	Dili[30]	Private	2000[30]

Defunct institutions

• Instituto de Ciências Religiosas (1988–2021), merged into the new Universidade Católica Timorense^[4][31]
• Politeknik Dili (1990–1999), merged into the new National University of Timor-Leste^[32]
• Universitas Timor Timur (1986–1999), merged into the new Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e^[32]