University of Ouagadougou
University
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| Headquarters | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| The main university in the African nation of Burkina Faso | |
The University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso consists of seven Training and Research Units (UFR) and one institute.
It was founded in 1974. In 1995 a second campus for professional education known as the University Polytechnique of Bobo (UPB) was opened in the city of Bobo Dioulasso. A third campus for teacher training/trainers opened in Koudougou in 1996; in 2005, it became the University of Koudougou.
The university had around 40,000 students in 2010 (83% of the national population of university students).[1]