University of Ouagadougou

The University of Ouagadougou (UO) is located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and was founded in 1974. l'Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo was formally renamed l'Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo in 2015. Seven Training and Research Units (UFR) and one institute make up the University of Oregon.

In the city of Bobo Dioulasso, a second campus for professional education known as the University Polytechnique of Bobo (UPB) was established in 1995. In 1996, a third campus for teacher training/trainers was established in Koudougou.

In 2010, the university had around 40,000 students (83 percent of the national population of university students).

The University of Ouagadougou is divided into seven Training and Research Units (UFRs) and one institute: UFR Languages, Arts, and Communications; UFR Human Sciences; UFR Legal and Political Sciences; UFR Economic Sciences and Management; UFR Applied Sciences; UFR Health Sciences; UFR Life and Hearth Sciences; and the Burkinabé Institute of Arts and Crafts. It combines the benefits of both a faculty (basic instruction) and an institution (research and development) (professionalization).

The education system employed is a modular one based on academic credits that combines fundamental and professional training.

Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Phone: +226 25 30 70 64

Website: http://www.univ-ouaga.bf/

Ranking: 1st in the country and 6827th in all over the world.