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Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou (UO; French: Universit de Ouagadougou) is

located in the area of Dagnen Nord (pronounced dag-no-hen noor) in Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso. In 1995 a second campus for professional education known as the University
Polytechnique of Bobo (UPB) was opened in the city of Bobo Dioulasso and a third campus for
teacher training and for teacher trainers in Koudougou. In 1996 and in 2005, it became the
University of Koudougou. The UO consists of seven Training and Research Units (UFR) and one
institute.[1]
The university had around 40,000 students in 2010 (83% of the national population of university
students).[2]
Contents
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1Academics
1.1Academic departments and program
1.2UFR Languages, Arts and Communications
1.3UFR Human Sciences
1.4UFR Legal and Politic Sciences
1.5UFR Applied Sciences
1.6UFR Health Sciences
1.7UFR Life and Earth Sciences
1.8The Burkinab Institute of Arts and Crafts
2See also
3References
4External links
Academics[edit]
Master students at the university, 2010

University of Ouagadougou, 1979


Academic departments and program[edit]
The University of Ouagadougou (2005A) consists of seven Training and Research Units (UFR),
and one institute: UFR Languages, Arts and Communications; UFR Human sciences; UFR Legal
and Politic Sciences; UFR Economic Sciences and Management; UFR Applied Sciences; UFR
Health Sciences; UFR Life and Hearth Sciences and Burkinab Institute of Arts and Crafts. It
combines the advantages of faculty (fundamental teaching) and those of an institute
(professionalization).[3]

The education system used is the modular educational system based on academic credits, which
combines fundamental training andprofessional training.
UFR Languages, Arts and Communications[edit]
For the UFR Languages, Arts and Communications (UFR/LAC) there are two courses: courses in
Arts and Communications and courses in letters, languages and linguistics. The unit was created
in 2000 and trains students in languages, letters, arts, culture, communication and journalism.
The UFR has 2440 students and, for admission, students should have the level of secondary
education. For those who do not have that level, an exam is taken.
Students of the faculty take the DEUG (university diploma) after the first cycle, the bachelor's
degree and master in communication and journalism and in interpreting after the 2nd cycle. The
last one is the postgraduate diploma and the PhD in linguistics and modern letters taken after the
third cycle.[4]
UFR Human Sciences[edit]
The UFR Human Sciences (UFR/SH) is made up of two branches: History-Geography and
Archaeology. It includes four departments and two projects. It has 82 teachers for 4004 students
and five student laboratories. The degrees that students take during their studies or at the end
are: the DEUG, the bachelor's degree, the master and the PhD according to their major.

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