Professor Doutor Rizuan Mubarak, figura do ano na inovação e extensão do ensino superior

Paulo Vilanculo"

The year 2025 will be marked in the Mozambican academic landscape by the affirmation of a leadership whose vision and action decisively contributed to redefining access to doctoral studies in Mozambique. Professor Rizuane Mubarak, from the Alberto Chipande Higher Institute of Technology, contributed to this redefinition. For the first time, especially in the central region of the country, there will be internal access to training previously reserved for external circuits and financially inaccessible to most, establishing itself as a center of academic excellence and assuming a structuring role in the decentralization of higher education and the strengthening of territorial cohesion. His academic leadership is distinguished, above all, by the conception and implementation of doctoral-level courses within the country, a historical milestone that breaks with external dependence for the highest level of scientific training.

In a context where, historically, for decades, doctoral studies were a privilege marked by the centralization of training opportunities for obtaining a doctoral degree, reserved for those with the financial resources to study abroad, this initiative represents a structural shift in the model of advanced training in Mozambique. The conception and implementation of doctoral courses at ISTAC has opened a new chapter in the history of national scientific training. By creating conditions for researchers, teachers, and qualified professionals to pursue doctoral studies internally, ISTAC directly contributes to the retention of national talent, the strengthening of applied scientific research, and the enhancement of local human capital. Its intervention is distinguished by institutional courage and strategic clarity.

At a time when the country lacks benchmarks that transform ideas into institutions and discourse into concrete actions, his contribution stands out as a lasting academic legacy, deserving of public and institutional recognition. This achievement transcends the administrative or academic sphere. It represents an act of scientific sovereignty, an affirmation of the national capacity to produce advanced knowledge, train high-level researchers, and respond, from within, to the challenges of economic, social, and technological development. The importance of this innovation is not limited to the academic sphere.

In a country where access to advanced higher education remains a structural challenge, especially outside major urban centers, Professor Rizuane Mubarak emerges as one of the most relevant figures in the expansion of academic education in Mozambique by 2025, with particular emphasis on the central region of the country. The commitment to doctoral programs with national relevance strengthens the link between the university and the real challenges of Mozambican development, allowing the knowledge produced to respond to the social, technological, economic, and environmental needs of the country. This vision places higher education at the service of the territory, decentralization, and national scientific sovereignty.

The Alberto Chipande Higher Institute of Science and Technology (ISCTAC), headquartered in the city of Beira with regional branches in Pemba (north) and Maputo (south), was founded in August 2008, a genuine initiative of Professor Rizuane Mubarak, and is owned by Global Visa, which, in addition to higher education, operates other socio-economically significant ventures, including an academic radio and television network. Professor Rizuane Mubarak is a Mozambican jurist, university professor, academic manager, and writer. He was the first Mozambican to obtain a doctorate in Public Law, in 2019, from the Catholic University of Mozambique.

Professor Rizuane Mubarak's career reflects a visionary leadership, committed to the future of higher education and to building a more accessible, autonomous university system aligned with the challenges of national development. His legacy, still under construction, is distinguished by a consistent commitment to academic quality, scientific rigor, and the training of human capital committed to the Mozambican reality. His actions extend beyond the immediate present, consolidating a path of academic inclusion, intellectual autonomy, and sustainable development, whose impact will endure for generations to come.

  For these reasons, the name of Professor Rizuane Mubarak legitimately ranks among the figures who have marked higher education in Mozambique in 2025 and rightfully establishes him as Figure of the Year 2025 in the academic field and in the expansion of higher education in Mozambique. Professor Rizuane Mubarak thus emerges as Figure of the Year in the area of ​​innovation and expansion of higher education, with particular emphasis on the central region of Mozambique.

2025/12/3