Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)

Founded 1957 (chartered 24 Feb 1957, inaugurated 9 Dec 1959 as Université de Dakar — the 18th French Public University); renamed Université Cheikh Anta Diop in 1987 honouring the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop. Senegal flagship and oldest modern university, located in the capital Dakar. Chartered 24 February 1957 by the French colonial administration and officially inaugurated 9 December 1959 as Université de Dakar — the 18th French Public University, attached to the Universities of Paris and Bordeaux at independence. Predates Senegalese independence (1960); renamed in 1987 to honour the Senegalese scholar Cheikh Anta Diop. ~80,000 students, making it one of the largest universities in West Africa. Six faculties (Letters and Human Sciences, Sciences and Technology, Medicine-Pharmacy-Odonto-Stomatology, Legal and Political Sciences, Economic Sciences and Management, Sciences and Technologies of Education and Training / FASTEF), four professional schools, and twelve institutes including the renowned IFAN (Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, 1936). Motto: 'Lux mea lex' (Light is my law) by Léopold Sédar Senghor. UNESCO/IAU WHED listing IAU-019533. Languages of instruction primarily French; some programmes in English and Wolof.

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