Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

{{Infobox university

| name = Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

| native_name = {{lang|fr|Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique}}
{{lang|ar|جامعة محمد السادس متعددة التخصصات التقنية}}
{{lang|zgh|ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵉⵙⵙ ⵚⴹⵉⵚ ⴰⴳⵜⵉⵇⵏⵉ}}

| image = UM6P wordmark (2024).svg

| motto = {{Lang|fr|L’école de la vie}}

| motto_lang = fr

| mottoeng = The school of life

| type = Private non-profit research university

| endowment = $213.5 million (2023){{Cite web |title=€82 million injected into UM6P Endowment (formerly OCP Foundation)|url=https://www.africabusinessplus.com/en/814501/ocp-e82-million-injected-into-um6p-endowment/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=AfricaBusiness+ |language=en}}

| chairman = Mostafa Terrab

| president = Hicham El Habti

| provost = Driss Ouazar

| established = 2013

| parent = OCP Foundation

| students = {{formatnum: 7229}}{{cite web |url=https://um6p.ma/ |title=Official website of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University |website=um6p.ma |access-date=16 January 2025}}

| doctoral = {{formatnum: 995}}

| address = Lot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid

| city = Benguerir

| country = Morocco

| website = [https://www.um6p.ma/en um6p.ma]

| coordinates = {{Coord|32.2188|-7.9355|display=title}}

| campus_type = * Main campus:

Benguerir, Morocco
Second campus:
Rabat, Morocco

}}

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P; {{Langx|fr|Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique}}) is a Moroccan non-profit private research university. Its main campus is located within the Green City of Benguerir. Centered on African development, the university is oriented towards applied research and innovation and is engaged in regional economic and human development. The university has a second major campus in Rabat (in the municipality of Salé),{{cite web |website=Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17043-in-morocco-ricardo-bofill-taller-de-arquitectura-designs-a-lecture-hall-with-a-deep-green-auditorium-at-its-core |date={{date|2024/08/13}} |title=In Morocco, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Designs a Lecture Hall with a Deep-Green Auditorium at Its Core |author=Leopoldo Villardi}} and antennae in Laâyoune, Paris, and Montreal.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-28 |title=L’université Mohammed VI polytechnique s’implante en France |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/l-universite-mohammed-vi-polytechnique-s-implante-en-france-20240128 |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=University Mohammed VI Polytechnic launches its new branch UM6P Canada to strengthen ties between Africa and North America |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/university-mohammed-vi-polytechnic-launches-its-new-branch-um6p-canada-to-strengthen-ties-between-africa-and-north-america-856507200.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Newswire}} A suburban campus is set to open in El Jadida in 2034.{{Cite web |title=Première. Pôle urbain de Mazagan: l'OCP se positionne en aménageur |url=https://fr.le360.ma/economie/premiere-pole-urbain-de-mazagan-locp-se-positionne-en-amenageur-140869/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Le 360 Français |language=fr}}

UM6P hosted its first cohort of students in 2013 on its Ben Guerir campus before being officially inaugurated on January 11, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapnews.ma/en/activites-royales/hm-king-inaugurates-mohammed-vi-polytechnic-university-benguerir-green-city|title=HM the King Inaugurates Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Benguerir Green City | MapNews|website=www.mapnews.ma}} It has ambitions to become a leading research institution for collaborations between Africa and Europe, and hosts the most powerful supercomputer in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/university-morocco-africa-supercomputer-toubkal/|title=Morocco's UM6P university launches Africa's most powerful supercomputer; MapNews|website=www.datacenterdynamics.com}}

UM6P federates a number of schools and research institutes, some of which predate the existence of the university. It has numerous international partnerships with universities around the globe, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia Business School, Max Planck Society, HEC Paris, Mines ParisTech, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, McGill University, and Sciences Po.{{Cite web|title=International Collaborations{{!}}Collaborations with institutions of excellence|url=https://www.um6p.ma/fr/node/123|access-date=2021-09-06|website=um6p.ma}}

History

The university emerged as part of the "Green City" project, a major urban development project located just outside the historical city of Ben Guerir with the aim of creating a model city of sustainability, with a special interest in promoting research, education and development in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenprophet.com/2012/11/morocco-mega-green-city/|title=Morocco is Building a Mega "Green City" Named After King Mohammed VI - Green Prophet|first=Tafline|last=Laylin|date=November 12, 2012}} In 2012, the construction of the university was launched and began operating one year later, in 2013. Over the course of the following years, numerous Schools and research centres were founded or integrated into the university.

In 2021, UM6P launches Africa's most powerful SuperCalculator for scientific research and innovation. The power of the African Supercomputing Center - with a capacity of 3.15 petaflops at a rate of three million billion operations per second - gives Morocco and more broadly for the African continent the opportunity to breakthrough in scientific research and innovation in all areas.

Also in 2021, UM6P inaugurated its campus in Rabat, designed like the one in Ben Guerir by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. That campus's main auditorium ({{langx|fr|centre de congrès}}) was inaugurated in September 2023.

Research and Ranking

The UM6P's mission is strongly focused on advancing research and innovation as well as promoting development in Africa. It collaborates with several institutions in African countries and has set up experimental research platforms and applied research laboratories with partner universities across the continent. Among UM6P's prominent research laboratories is MSDA.{{Cite web|url=https://msda.um6p.ma|title=MSDA (Modeling, Simulation & Data Analysis)|website=msda.um6p.ma}} MSDA stands for Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analysis and specializes in mathematical and phenomenological modeling, numerical simulation, and data analysis.

UM6P is ranked among the Top 500 in the 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. As the best-ranked university in Morocco & North Africa, this achievement highlights their dedication to research, innovation, and academic excellence.{{Cite web | title=Mohammed VI Polytechnic University - Times Higher Education | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/mohammed-vi-polytechnic-university | publisher=Times Higher Education | date=2025 }}