City : Dakar
Web site : www.ucad.sn
The university Cheikh-Anta-Diop (UCAD), also known as the university Cheikh-Anta-Diop of Dakar, is the main university. from Dakar, the capital of Senegal, in West Africa. Inaugurated in 1959 under the name of Université of Dakar, the university Bears the name of the historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop since 1987. It welcomes students from several African and European countries and was frequented by many Senegalese executives.
The university Cheikh-Anta-Diop (UCAD) is the heir to the AOF medical school dating from French West Africa. Created at Dakar in Senegal on February 24, 1957, it was officially inaugurated on December 9, 1959. It is one of the oldest in West Africa. Many Senegalese and foreign executives have also been there. trained.
It owes its name to the Senegalese historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop. The name of the university was established on March 30, 1987.
Students from several African countries attend the establishment. Students from European countries are also enrolled in the various faculties.
UCAD is made up of six faculties, four schools and twelve institutes. His faculty of medicine, its school of journalism and its training school for librarians and archivists are particularly renowned in French-speaking Africa.
Sources : Wikipedia, www.ucad.sn
