Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

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The University of Cocody - Abidjan ( Université de Cocody French or Université de Cocody - Abidjan, abbreviation UCA) is a university in the Cocody section of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

She is one of the elite universities in the region and across the country. With over 50,000 students, the UCA contains 13 faculties and a research center, and offers degrees to 2 years in the bachelor's degree to professional academic, legal, medical and specialist degrees. From 1964 to 1996 she was the main campus of the University of Abidjan, before it became the independent body. The University of Cocody - Abidjan is operated by the state and is responsible to the Ministry of Education.

Establishment

Founded on January 9, 1964, it had 53,700 students in 2008. The UCA originated from two French institutions founded in 1958. Ecole des Lettres d' Abidjan ( ELA), founded in October 1958, under the joint management of the University of Dakar and the Ivorian Education Directorate ( " Direction de l' enseignement de Côte d' Ivoire " ). At the same time, the " Centre d' enseignement supérieur d' Abidjan ( Abidjan Centre for Higher Education) The entire public university system was established. On January 9, 1964, the Government of the Ivory Coast could merge the Institute and moved them to the rank of a university. was known as the University of Abidjan until the reorganization in 1996, with the University of Abidjan - Cocody, the largest of the three sites. 's reorganization of August 1996 was independent of each of these three main campuses universities that were the Ivorian Ministry of Education directly accountable. These three are the Université d' Abobo - Adjamé, the Université de Boukaé and just the Université de Cocody. at this time the three faculties have been renamed to " Unités de formation et de recherche " ( UFR ). , the University consisted of thirteen UFRS and a "Center". the number of special research centers and organizations has expanded since then. in 2008 there were two autonomous research centers in the fields of social sciences, and mathematics, as well as ten " Institute for Advanced Studies ".

Faculties

In 1971, the School of Letters ( formerly ELA ) to the " Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines " (FLASH). In 1977, the Department of History has been upgraded and started, instead of being limited to offering only undergraduate programs ( "premier cycle" ), also called " Deuxième cycle" and " Troisième cycle" diplomas ( Master's degrees and PhD) to forgive.

Autonomous research centers

  • Ivorian Centre de Recherche Economique et Social CIRES, Ivorian Center for economies and Social Sciences ( CIRES );
  • Institut de Recherches Mathématiques IRMA, Mathematics Institute (IRMA );

Other Institutes and Centers

  • Centre National de floristic ( CNF)
  • Centre Universitaire de Recherche d' Application en Télédétection ( curate )
  • Institut de Géographie Tropicale (IGT )
  • Institut d' Histoire, d'Arts et d' Archéologie - Africains ( IHAAA )
  • Institut d' Ethno - Sociologie (IES )
  • Centre de Recherche et architecturales Urbaines ( CRAU )
  • Centre d' Enseignement et de Recherche Ivorian s psychology Appliquée ( CIERPA )
  • Institut de Recherche, d' Expérimentation et d' Enseignement en Pédagogie ( IREEP )
  • Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA )
  • Institut des Sciences du développement Anthropologiques ( ISAD )

Graduates

  • Jeannot Ahoussou - Kouadio (* 1951), Ivorian politician
  • Aïchatou Mindaoudou (* 1959), Nigerien jurist, politician and diplomat
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