Norbert Zongo University

The Norbert Zongo University, formerly the University of Koudougou, is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso. It is located in the city of Koudougou. As of 2015/2016 it had the second highest enrollment of students nationally behind the University of Ouagadougou which had 32.8% of the national total enrollment. The University Ouaga 2, the Nazi [Boni University] and the Institut des Sciences had 13.2%, 11.3%, and 1.9% of total university enrollment, respectively. The remaining 24.5% of enrollment are in private universities. The university was founded in 2005 and in 2015/2016 had 15,346 students.
The university was renamed from University of Koudougou to the current name in 2017 in honour of the investigative journalist Norbert Zongo, assassinated in 1998.

Faculties

The university is divided into five faculties:

During the 2008–2009 academic year there was a student strike at the university.