National University of Benin
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The National University of Benin ((French) Université Nationale du Bénin) is the principal university in the country of Benin. The university was founded in 1970 as the Université du Dahomey. In 1975 the name was changed to Université Nationale du Bénin. Its name is abbreviated to UNB.
The school is composed of 19 institutions and six campuses. The main campus is the Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC). Enrollment at UAC was over 16,000 in 1999, including over 3,300 women.
[edit] Université d'Abomey-Calavi
The Université d'Abomey-Calavi, the National University's largest campus, is located in Cotonou. 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)
[edit] External links
- (French) Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC) official site
- (French) Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC) information page
- INHEA (International Network for Higher Education in Africa) Benin profile
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