Chinese Government provides $21.8 million grant for Fendell Campus of the University of Liberia Renovation Project

In September 2006, China granted $21.8 million USD to Liberia for the renovation and construction of the Fendall Campus for Engineering of the University of Liberia. China Guangdong Xinguang was the contractor responsible for campus construction. Construction began on June 10, 2008 and was completed on June 21, 2010.

The Campus covers an area of 110,000 ㎡with 24,800 ㎡of floor space and it consists of: 27 classrooms, 4 audio rooms, 4 computer rooms, a five-roomed library, 63 offices, 3 research rooms, 8 conference rooms and 2 cafeterias; 4 two-storey buildings of students’ dormitory which can accommodate about 1,000 students; 5 three-storey staff dormitory buildings that contains 78 apartments of three categories; , auxiliary facilities including a gatehouse, a China-Liberia Friendship Tower that also houses a huge water tank in side, a power house accommodating three 750KV generators, a water-pumping house, a sports ground with a football court in the center, 2 basketball courts and a tennis court; and some teaching facilities like power point projectors, computers, and a broadcasting system.

The Chinese government also provided furniture as an additional program to the project.