The University of Koudougou (renamed Université Norbert Zongo) is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso. It is located in the city of
Koudougou
Koudougou is a city in Burkina Faso's Boulkiemdé Province. It is located west of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. With a population of 160,239 (2019) it is the third most populous city in Burkina Faso after Ouagadougou and Bobo Dio ...
. As of 2015/2016 it had the second highest enrollment of students nationally (16.2%) behind the
University of Ouagadougou
Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou (UO; french: Université de Ouagadougou) is in the area of Dagnöen Nord (pronounced dag-no-en noor) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Profes ...
(renamed Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo, UO1-JKZ) which had 32.8% of the national total enrollment. The University Ouaga 2, the University of Bobo-Dioulasso (renamed Université Nazi Boni, UNB) and the "Institut des Sciences (IDS)" had 13.2%, 11.3%, and 1.9% of total university enrollment, respectively. The remaining 24.5% of enrollment are in private universities. The university was founded in 2005 and in 2015/2016 had 15,346 students.;
Faculties
The university is divided into five faculties:;
*Faculty of Higher Education (''Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)'')
*Faculty of Economics and Management (''UFR Sciences Economiques et Gestion'')
*Faculty of Arts and Letters (''UFR Lettres et Sciences Humaines'')
*University Institute of Technology (''Institut Universitaire de Technologie'')
Faculty of Science and Techniques ("UFR Sciences et Techniques")
2008-2009 Student Strike
During the 2008–2009 academic year there was a student strike at the university.
[University World News, BURKINA FASO: Lost academic year at Koudougou?, 30 August 2009 Issue No:36, http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090828105054980]
See also
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Education in Burkina Faso
Education in Burkina Faso is structured in much the same way as in the rest of the world: primary, secondary, and higher education. As of 2008, despite efforts to improve education, the country had the lowest adult literacy rate in the world (25.3% ...
References
Universities and colleges in Burkina Faso
Educational institutions established in 2005
2005 establishments in Burkina Faso
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