University of Douala


The University of Douala, is located in Douala in Cameroon. The University of Douala is one of the ten public universities of Cameroon and has around 40.000 students, 600 teachers and around 600 administrators and collaborators.

History

The current structure of the University of Douala was established in 1993. The university incorporated the previous University Centre which consisted of the École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales and the École normale supérieure d'enseignement technique and which was transformed into a university in 1992.

Faculties, institutes and professional schools

There are five faculties: Faculté des sciences, Faculté des sciences juridiques et politiques, Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Faculté des sciences économiques et gestion appliquée, and the Faculté de médecine et sciences pharmaceutiques.
The University of Douala has four institutes: the Institut universitaire de technologie, , Institut des beaux-arts, and Académie Internet.
There are three professional schools : École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, École normale supérieure d'enseignement technique, and École nationale supérieure polytechnique de Douala.

Campuses

The University of Douala has six locations in different neighborhoods of the city of Douala:
  • the main Campus Bassa hosting the Écoles superieures des sciences économiques et commerciales, Faculté des sciences juridiques et commerciales, Faculté des sciences économiques, Faculté de génie industriel, and the Faculté de médecine.
  • Campus Ndogbong: Institut universitaire de technologie and École normale supérieure d'enseignement technique.
  • Campus Akwa: École doctorale
  • Campus Nkongsamba
  • Campus Yabassi
  • Campus

Courses

The university provides training in economics and commerce, technical training, industrial engineering, medicine and pharmaceutics, arts, fisheries science, humanities, law and politics, sciences, economic sciences and management.

Collaborations

The university is partner of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, the Association of African Universities, AIU
International Association of Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, the International [Atomic Energy Agency], the , UNESCO and the .