University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P; ) is a Moroccan

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. Its main campus is located within the

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of Benguerir. Centered on African development, the university is oriented towards applied research and innovation and is engaged in regional economic and human development. The university has a second major campus in

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(in the municipality of

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), and antennae in Laâyoune,

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. A suburban campus is set to open in

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in 2034. UM6P hosted its first cohort of students in 2013 on its Ben Guerir campus before being officially inaugurated on January 11, 2017. It has ambitions to become a leading research institution for collaborations between Africa and Europe, and hosts the most powerful supercomputer in Africa. UM6P federates a number of schools and research institutes, some of which predate the existence of the university. It has numerous international partnerships with universities around the globe, including the

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History

The university emerged as part of the "Green City" project, a major urban development project located just outside the historical city of Ben Guerir with the aim of creating a model city of sustainability, with a special interest in promoting research, education and development in Africa. In 2012, the construction of the university was launched and began operating one year later, in 2013. Over the course of the following years, numerous Schools and research centres were founded or integrated into the university. In 2021, UM6P launches Africa's most powerful SuperCalculator for scientific research and innovation. The power of the African Supercomputing Center - with a capacity of 3.15 petaflops at a rate of three million billion operations per second - gives Morocco and more broadly for the African continent the opportunity to breakthrough in scientific research and innovation in all areas. Also in 2021, UM6P inaugurated its campus in Rabat, designed like the one in Ben Guerir by

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. That campus's main auditorium () was inaugurated in September 2023.

Research and Ranking

The UM6P's mission is strongly focused on advancing research and innovation as well as promoting development in Africa. It collaborates with several institutions in African countries and has set up experimental research platforms and applied research laboratories with partner universities across the continent. Among UM6P's prominent research laboratories is MSDA. MSDA stands for Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analysis and specializes in mathematical and phenomenological modeling, numerical simulation, and data analysis. UM6P is ranked among the Top 500 in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. As the best-ranked university in Morocco & North Africa, this achievement highlights their dedication to research, innovation, and academic excellence.

Gallery: Ben Guerir Campus

File:Entrée campus UM6P.jpg, Main entrance File:Ben Guerir - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University UM6P.jpg, Central canopy viewed from above File:Logo UM6P.jpg, Central canopy viewed from beneath File:Salle de conférence Um6p.jpg, Conference center

Gallery: Rabat Campus

File:Rabat UM6P CentralAxis.jpg, Central monumental axis File:Rabat UM6P Canopy.jpg, Central canopy File:Rabat UM6P Exterior.jpg, Academic buildings File:Rabat UM6P AfricaBusinessSchool.jpg, Entrance of Africa Business School File:Rabat UM6P Hall.jpg, Main auditorium

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