Norbert Zongo University

The Norbert Zongo University (French: Université Norbert Zongo; UNZ), formerly the University of Koudougou (French: Université de Koudougou; UK), 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 (16.2%) behind the University of Ouagadougou (renamed Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo, UO1-JKZ) which had 32.8% of the national total enrollment. The University Ouaga 2, the Nazi Boni University (UNB) and the Institut des Sciences (IDS) 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.^[1][2]

Norbert Zongo University

Université Norbert Zongo (French)
Type	Public
Established	2005
Location	Koudougou , Burkina Faso
Campus	Urban

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.^[3][4]

Faculties

The university is divided into five faculties:^[5][6]

• Faculty of Higher Education (Ecole Normale Supérieure; ENS)
• Faculty of Economics and Management (UFR Sciences Economiques et Gestion)
• Faculty of Arts and Letters (UFR Lettres et Sciences Humaines)
• University Institute of Technology (Institut Universitaire de Technologie)
• Faculty of Science and Technics ("UFR Sciences et Techniques")

2008-2009 student strike

During the 2008–2009 academic year there was a student strike at the university.^[7]

See also

• Education in Burkina Faso