IAU-019533
https://www.whed.net/institutions/IAU-019533

Senegal

top General Information

Address

Street:BP 5005

City:Dakar-Fann

WWW:https://www.ucad.sn

Other Sites

A traditional and distance learning institution.

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1918 as Ecole de Médecine, became Institut des hautes Etudes 1950 and 'Université de Dakar by decree 1957. Acquired current title 1987. A State institution.

Academic Year

October to July (October-February; March-July)

Admission Requirements

Secondary school certificate (baccalauréat) or recognized equivalent; entrance examination.

Language(s)

French

Accrediting Agency

Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR); Autorité nationale d’Assurance Qualité de l’Enseignement supérieur (ANAQ-Sup); Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES)

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Job title:Recteur


International Relations Officer : Ndiack Fall

Job title:Directeur de la Coopération

top Divisions

Centre : Applied Linguistics

Fields of study:African Languages, Applied Linguistics, English, French

More details:CLAD


Centre : Information Sciences and Techniques

Fields of study:Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, English, French, Mass Communication, Media Studies, Political Sciences, Social Sciences

More details:CESTI


Centre : Psychological Research

Fields of study:Psychiatry and Mental Health, Psychology

More details:CRPP


Centre : Renewable Energies Research

Fields of study:Energy Engineering, Natural Resources

More details:CERER


Faculty : Arts and Humanities

Fields of study:Arabic, Arts and Humanities, English, Geography (Human), German, Germanic Studies, History, Italian, Linguistics, Literature, Modern Languages, Persian, Philosophy, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian, Sociology, Spanish

More details:FLSH


Faculty : Economics and Management

Fields of study:Economics, Management, Mathematics

More details:FASEG


Faculty : Education and Training Sciences and Technologies

Fields of study:Arabic, Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Educational Sciences, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages Education, Geography (Human), German, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Romance Languages, Russian, Secondary Education, Slavic Languages, Teacher Training

More details:FASTEF


Faculty : Law and Political Science

Fields of study:Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, History of Law, Human Rights, Law, Political Sciences, Private Law, Public Law

More details:FSJP


Faculty : Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology

Fields of study:Anaesthesiology, Anatomy, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cardiology, Dentistry, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Gerontology, Haematology, Hepatology, Immunology, Medical Technology, Medicine, Microbiology, Nephrology, Neurological Therapy, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Occupational Health, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Paediatrics, Parasitology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physiology, Pneumology, Public Health, Radiology, Safety Engineering, Sports Medicine, Stomatology, Surgery, Toxicology, Traditional and Complementary Medicine and Therapy, Urology, Venereology

More details:FMPOS


Faculty : Science and Technology

Fields of study:Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics

More details:FST


Institute : Applied Nuclear Technology

Fields of study:Nuclear Engineering

More details:ITNA


Institute : Applied Tropical Medicine

Fields of study:Tropical Medicine

More details:IMTA


Institute : Black Africa Fundamental Studies

Fields of study:African Studies, Anthropology, Biology, Botany, Cultural Studies, Geography (Human), Geological Engineering, Histology, Information Sciences, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, Marine Biology, Modern Languages, Prehistory, Social Sciences, Sociology, Zoology

More details:IFAN


Institute : Earth Sciences

Fields of study:Earth Sciences, Geology

More details:IST


Institute : Environmental Studies

Fields of study:Environmental Studies

More details:ISE


Institute : Fishery and Aquaculture

Fields of study:Aquaculture, Fishery

More details:IUPA


Institute : French for Foreign Students

Fields of study:Foreign Languages Education, French

More details:IFEE


Institute : Health and Development

Fields of study:Development Studies, Embryology and Reproduction Biology, Epidemiology, Gender Studies, Health Sciences, Public Health

More details:ISED


Institute : Human Rights and Peace

Fields of study:Human Rights, Peace and Disarmament

More details:IDHP


Institute : Popular Education and Sport

Fields of study:Education, Physical Education, Sports, Sports Management

More details:INSEPS


Institute : Research and Study of Population Development and Reproductive Health

Fields of study:Demography and Population, Embryology and Reproduction Biology, Health Sciences

More details:IPDSR


Institute : Social Paediatrics

Fields of study:Midwifery, Nursing, Paediatrics, Social Work

More details:IPS


Research Division : Mathematics, Physics and Technology Teaching

Fields of study:Mathematics Education, Physics, Science Education, Technology Education

More details:IREMPT


School : Applied Economics

Fields of study:Development Studies, Economics, Education, Management, Regional Planning, Town Planning

More details:ESEA


School : Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists

Fields of study:Archiving, Documentation Techniques, Information Sciences, Library Science

More details:EBAD


School : Polytechnic

Fields of study:Artificial Intelligence, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Construction Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Engineering, Heating and Refrigeration, Management, Materials Engineering, Microbiology, Technology, Telecommunications Engineering

More details:ESP


School : Technology and Vocational Teacher Training

Fields of study:Administration, Economics, Educational and Student Counselling, Home Economics, Industrial Maintenance, Management, Secretarial Studies, Teacher Training, Technology Education

More details:ENSETP

top Degrees

Licence


Diplôme d'Ingénieur


Diplôme de Docteur


Master

Fields of study:Actuarial Science, Administration, Administrative Law, African Studies, Analytical Chemistry, Anatomy, Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Arabic, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Business and Commerce, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Civil Law, Classical Languages, Commercial Law, Communication Studies, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Criminology, Dentistry, Development Studies, Documentation Techniques, Earth Sciences, Ecology, Econometrics, Economic and Finance Policy, Economics, Education, Educational Administration, Embryology and Reproduction Biology, Engineering, English, Entomology, Environmental Management, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Finance, Fiscal Law, Forestry, Genetics, Geography (Human), Geology, German, Government, Haematology, Health Sciences, Heritage Preservation, Histology, History, History of Law, Horticulture, Human Rights, Immunology, Information Management, Information Sciences, Information Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, International Business, International Relations and Diplomacy, Italian, Law, Leisure Studies, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Media Studies, Medicine, Microbiology, Natural Resources, Notary Studies, Nutrition, Occupational Health, Operations Research, Organic Chemistry, Parasitology, Peace and Disarmament, Persian, Petrology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physics, Plant and Crop Protection, Political Sciences, Portuguese, Private Law, Public Health, Public Law, Radiology, Russian, Science Education, Sociology, Spanish, Sports, Sports Management, Statistics, Teacher Training, Telecommunications Engineering, Toxicology, Transport Management


Doctorat

Fields of study:Agriculture, Applied Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Aquaculture, Arts and Humanities, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Cultural Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering, Entomology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Fishery, Forestry, Genetics, Geology, History of Law, Horticulture, Hydraulic Engineering, Management, Mathematics, Mechanics, Meteorology, Microbiology, Natural Resources, Nuclear Physics, Nutrition, Parasitology, Petrology, Physics, Plant and Crop Protection, Political Sciences, Private Law, Public Law, Social Studies, Solid State Physics, Statistics, Surveying and Mapping, Teacher Training, Telecommunications Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Water Management, Water Science

Note

Also Certificats d'Aptitude; Diplôme supérieur in Journalism (D.S.J.); Certificat and Diplômes d’Etudes supérieures (C.E.S./D.E.S.) and Diplômes d'université (D.U.) in various medical specialities; Diplôme Inter-Universitaire International (D.I.U.I.) in Radiology; Diplômes universitaires in Literature, 2 yrs; Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (DUT); Diplôme Supérieur de Technologie (DST); Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A) in Arts and Humanities; Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées (DESS) in Ecology

top Academic Periodicals

Periodicals

Afrique médicale

Annales africaines (Faculty of Law)

Annales de la Faculté des Sciences

Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire

Bulletin de la Société médicale d'Afrique noire de Langue française

Bulletin et Mémoires de la Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie

Cancérologie tropicale

L'Enfant en Milieu tropical

Médecine d'Afrique noire

Notes africaines

Psychopathologie africaine

Revue de Géographie d'Afrique Occidentale

Main Press

Presses Universitaires de Dakar (P.U.D.)

Updated on 20-07-2016