University of Abomey-Calavi
Public university in Benin
6°26′28″N 2°21′07″E / 6.441°N 2.352°E / 6.441; 2.352
The University of Abomey-Calavi (French: Université d'Abomey-Calavi) is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university is located in the city of Abomey-Calavi in the south of the country.
The school is composed of 19 institutions and six campuses. The university has a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered at a range of locations across the area. It is a member school of the Association of African Universities and Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.
History
The university was founded in 1970 as the Université du Dahomey.[1] [2] In 1975 the name was changed to Université Nationale du Bénin. In 2001, the university took its current name. [3] Enrollment at UAC was over 16,000 in 1999, including over 3,300 women.
Schools
The Université d'Abomey-Calavi is located in Abomey-Calavi. Constituent institutions of the UAC include:
- Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi (EPAC)
- Institut des Langues Arabes et de Cultures Islamique (ILACI)
- Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) & Ecole Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique (ENSET) de Lokossa
- Institut Régional de Santé Publique (IRSP)
- Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
- Ecole Nationale d’Economie Appliquée et de Management (ENEAM)
- Ecole Nationale d’Administration et de Magistrature (ENAM)
- Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques (IMSP) (Formation Doctorale)
- Institut National de la Jeunesse de l’Education Physique et du Sport (INJEPS)
- Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques (FSA)
- Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines (FLASH)
- Faculté des Sciences de la Santé (FSS)
- Faculté des Sciences Economiques (FASEG)
- Faculté de Droit et de Sciences Politiques (FADESP)
- Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FAST)
Notable alumni
- Yézoumi Akogo - agricultural scientist.
References
- ^ Mathurin C. Houngnikpo, Samuel Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Benin, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2013, p.151
- ^ Amadou Diallo, Jérôme Aloko-N'Guessan et Kokou Henri Motcho, Villes et organisation de l'espace en Afrique, KARTHALA Éditions, France, 2010, p.109
- ^ Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Historique de L'UAC, uac.bj, Benin, Retrieved September 15, 2018
External links
- (in French) Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC) official site
- (in French) Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC) information page
- INHEA (International Network for Higher Education in Africa) Benin profile
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