University of Ouagadougou

University of Ouagadougou
motto	Populi Sapientia Populo
founding	1974
place	Ouagadougou
country	Burkina Faso
President	Odile Germaine Nacoulma
Students	34,999 (2019)
Employee	799
Networks	FUIW
Website	www.univ-ouaga.bf

University entrance (1979)

The University of Ouagadougou ( French L'Université de Ouagadougou ) is a university in Ouagadougou , the capital of the West African state of Burkina Faso . The university was founded in 1974. The campus is located in the eastern district of Zogona . The current President Odile Germaine Nacoulma has held the office since 2006.

history

The University of Ouagadougou was founded in 1974 when the state of Burkina Faso was still called Upper Volta . In the year it was founded, the university had 374 students. In 1995 a second campus of the university was established in Bobo-Dioulasso , and a third in 1996 in Koudougou . In the 2003/2004 training year the number of students was around 20,000.

structure

The University of Ouagadougou consists of seven training and research units ( Unités de Formation et de Recherche , UFR for short) and an institute:

UFR Langues, Arts et Communication
UFR Sciences Humaines
UFR Sciences Juridiques et Politiques
UFR Sciences Economiques et Gestion
UFR Sciences Exactes et Appliquées
UFR Sciences de la Santé
UFR Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre
Burkinabè des Arts et des Métiers Institute

Rectors

Here is a list of the rectors of the university:

Rectors	From	To
Odile Germaine Nacoulma	2006
Joseph Paré	2003	2006
Alfred Sababénédjo Traoré	2000	2003
Filiga Michel Sawadogo	1995	2000
Alfred Sababénédjo Traoré	1990	1995
Alain Nindaoua Sawadogo	1987	1990
Oumarou Clément Ouédraogo	1984	1987
Albert Ouédraogo	1982	1984
Yembila Abdoulaye Togueyni	1974	1982

Web links

Website of the University of Ouagadougou

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Université de Ouagadougou. In: www.unipage.net. 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019 .
^ List of Members. (pdf) In: www.fumi-fuiw.org. Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, 2017, p. 5 , accessed on August 31, 2019 .

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[unipage-1] Université de Ouagadougou. In: www.unipage.net. 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019 .

[FUIW-2] List of Members. (pdf) In: www.fumi-fuiw.org. Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, 2017, p. 5 , accessed on August 31, 2019 .