Julius Nyerere University of Kankan

Short description: University in Kankan, Guinea

Julius Nyerere University of Kankan

Université Julius Nyerere de Kankan

Established| 1968
Rector| Moustapha Sangaré.[1]
Location|

Kankan

Guinea

[ ⚑ ]  10°22′30.36″N 9°18′6.34″W﻿ / ﻿10.3751°N 9.3017611°W﻿ / 10.3751; -9.3017611
Affiliations| Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
Website| www.ujnk.org

Julius Nyerere University of Kankan (UJNK), also known as Université de Kankan is a university in Kankan, Guinea.[2] It is named after Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Organisation
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

In 1964 the school was founded as an École normale secondaire, with the intended goal of training Secondary School and Lycée teachers. It was re-dubbed école normale supérieure in 1966. In 1968 the school became a national university in affiliation with the Gamal Abdel Nasser University in Conakry, with the name Institut Polytechnique de Kankan. The school was renamed « université Julius-Nyerere de Kankan » on September 27, 1989.[3] Alumni include the writer Mariama Kesso Diallo.[4]

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## Organisation

The university is composed of four faculties, a higher school and masters:[5]

* Faculty of natural sciences (Faculté des sciences de la nature)
* Faculty of Social Sciences (Faculté des sciences sociales)
* Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion)
* Faculty of Literature and Language (Faculté des lettres et langue)
* Higher School of Information Sciences (École supérieure des sciences de l'information)
* Master in biodiversity and ecology (Master biodiversité et écologie)
* Master in physical chemistry and material science (Master physico-chimique et des matériaux)
* multidisciplinary Master in social sciences (Master pluridisciplinaire en sciences sociales)

## See also

* List of Islamic educational institutions
* List of buildings and structures in Guinea

## References

1. ↑ "Urgent : Alpha Condé nomme un nouveau recteur à l'Université Julius Nyeréré de Kankan" (in fr). 2021-05-27. https://actujeune.com/2021/05/27/urgent-alpha-conde-nomme-un-nouveau-recteur-a-luniversite-julius-nyerere-de-kankan/.
2. ↑ "Etudes en Guinee" (in French). Projet EtudiantGuinée. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726035758/http://etudiantguinee.org/doc ETUDES EN GUINEE.pdf. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
3. ↑ "Université Julius N'yerere Kankan - Home Page" (in fr). http://www.ujnk.org/.
4. ↑ O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (2005). Historical dictionary of Guinea. Scarecrow Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8108-4634-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=kIiHwg3Y5u4C&pg=PA104. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
5. ↑ "Nos membres - AUF" (in fr). http://www.auf.org/membres/?pays=168&region=&statut=&nom=. .

## External links

* Official site

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