The Norbert Zongo University (; UNZ), formerly the University of Koudougou (; UK), is one of three

public universities A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

. 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 List of cities in Burkina Faso, third most populous city in Burkina F ...

. As of 2015/2016 it had the second highest enrollment of students nationally (16.2%) behind the

University of Ouagadougou The University of Ouagadougou (UO; ) is a university located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Founded in 1974, it was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo. The UO consists of seven Training and Research Units (UF ...

(renamed Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo, UO1-JKZ) which had 32.8% of the national total enrollment. The University Ouaga 2, the

Nazi Boni University The Nazi Boni University (Université Nazi Boni) is a university in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Burkina Faso. It is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso (the others are the University of Koudougou and the University of Ouagadougou) ...

(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

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. The university was founded in 2005 and in 2015/2016 had 15,346 students. The university was renamed from University of Koudougou to the current name in 2017 in honour of the investigative journalist

Norbert Zongo Norbert Zongo (31 July 1949 – 13 December 1998), also known under the pen name Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper ''L'Indépendant'' in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Under Zongo's supervisi ...

, assassinated in 1998.

Faculties

The university is divided into five faculties: *Faculty of

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(''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 Technics ("UFR Sciences et Techniques")

2008-2009 student strike

During the 2008–2009 academic year there was a

student strike Campus protest or student protest is a form of student activism that takes the form of protest at university campuses. Such protests encompass a wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction with a given political or academi ...

at the university.

References

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Faculties

2008-2009 student strike

See also

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