National University of Lesotho (NUL)

National University of Lesotho (NUL) is a university located in is in Roma some 34 kilometers southeast of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. The institution offers a Bsc degree in Music and many other programmes. The origins of the National University of Lesotho date to April 8, 1945, when a Catholic University College was founded at Roma by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Southern Africa. The establishment of this college was a realisation of a decision taken in 1938 by the Synod of Catholic Bishops in South Africa to provide African Catholic students with post-matriculation and religious guidance. The Catholic University College was founded in an isolated valley 34 kilometers from Maseru in a temporary primary school building at Roma Mission.