Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

{{Short description|Public university in Abidjan, Ivory Coast}}

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|campus = 01 BP V34 Abidjan, République de Côte d'Ivoire

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Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), formerly known as Université de Cocody or Université de Cocody-Abidjan, is a public university located in the Cocody section of Abidjan and the largest in Côte d'Ivoire. With over 50,000 students, the UFHB has 13 faculties and several research centers providing diplomas from two-year undergraduate to professional academic, medical, legal, and specialist degrees. From 1964 to 1996, it remained the main campus of the national University of Abidjan system. It is state owned and operated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. In 2008, it had 53,700 students.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-01 |title=Présentation de l´Université de Cocody-Abidjan {{!}} Université De Cocody Abidjan Site Officiel |url=https://univ-cocody.ci/presentation |access-date=2024-05-28 |language=fr-FR}}

History

UCA was an outgrowth of two French founded institutions from 1958. The Ecole des Lettres d’Abidjan (E.L.A.) founded in October 1958, under the joint administration of the University of Dakar and the Ivorian education directorate ("Direction de l’enseignement de Côte d’Ivoire"). Founded on the same date was the Abidjan Center for Higher Education ("Centre d’enseignement supérieur d’Abidjan").

On 9 January 1964 the government of Côte d'Ivoire fused the institutions and promoted them to the rank of university.[http://www.histoire-afrique.org/rubrique66.html Côte d’Ivoire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307013401/http://www.histoire-afrique.org/rubrique66.html |date=7 March 2009 }}: département d’histoire de l’université de Cocody-Abidjan. histoire-afrique.org. 28 septembre 2007 The public university system was, until reorganization in 1996, known as the University of Abidjan, with the University of Abidjan-Cocody as the largest of three campuses.

In the reorganization of August 1996, each of the three main campuses became independent universities, accountable directly to the Ivorian Ministry of Education. (The three are the Université d'Abobo-Adjamé, the Université de Bouaké, and the Université de Cocody.) At this time the "Faculties" were re-designated "Unités de formation et de recherche" (UFR) or "Research and Training Units" (RTU). The university consisted of 13 UFRs and one "Center".Akira Sato, Manso Lasm, Adiko Aimee (2003) pp.19, 27–28 The number of special research centers and institutes have since expanded. In 2008 there were two Autonomous Research Centers in Social Sciences and Mathematics, as well as ten institutes of advanced study.[http://www.univ-cocody.ci/index.php?page=institut_centre Instituts et Centres de Researches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016145248/http://www.univ-cocody.ci/index.php?page=institut_centre |date=16 October 2008 }}. Université de Cocody 2001–2008. Accessed 11 May 2009

In 1971, students at the university founded the Pupils and Students Trade Union of Côte d'Ivoire (Union Syndicale des Elèves et Etudiants de Côte d'Ivoire or USEEECI) in protest of the regime-sponsored Students and Pupils Movement of Côte d'Ivoire (MEECI).N'Da (p.), 1987 - Les intellectuels et le pouvoir en Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, coll. "Logiques sociales", p. 105; cited in Proteau, Laurence, March 1996 - [https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers17-09/010005347.pdf École Et Société En Côte-D'ivoire: Les Enjeux Des Luites Scolaires (1960–1994)], pp. 129–130{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKDqGjwijk0C&q=Union+Syndicale|title=Côte-d'Ivoire : Pour une alternative démocratique|last=Gbagbo|first=Laurent|publisher=Editions L'Harmattan|isbn=978-2-296-29886-6|language=fr}}

The institution's name was changed to Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in August 2012.[http://www.cameroonvoice.com/news/article-news-7773.html Cameroon Voice]

Faculties

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In 1971, the School of Letters (formerly the E.L.A.) became the "Faculté des Lettres, Arts et Sciences Humaines" (FLASH). In 1977, the Department of History, for example, moved from offering only undergraduate courses ("Premier cycle") and began to offer "Deuxième cycle" and "Troisième cycle" diplomas (Master's degrees and PhD).

Autonomous research centers

  • Centre Ivoirien de Recherche Economique et Social (CIRES), Ivorian center of economics and social sciences
  • Institut de Recherches Mathématiques (IRMA), Institute of mathematics

Other institutes and centers

  • Centre National de Floristique (CNF)
  • Centre Universitaire de Recherche d’Application en Télédétection (CURAT)
  • Institut de Géographie Tropicale (IGT)
  • Institut d’Histoire, d’Arts et d’Archéologie-Africains (IHAAA)
  • Institut d’Ethno-Sociologie (IES )
  • Centre de Recherche Architecturales et Urbaines (CRAU)
  • Centre Ivoirien d’Enseignement et de Recherche en Psychologie Appliquée (CIERPA)
  • Institut de Recherche, d’Expérimentation et d’Enseignement en Pédagogie (IREEP)
  • Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA)
  • Institut des Sciences Anthropologiques du développement (ISAD)

Notable faculty

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Notable alumni

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See also

References

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  • Akira Sato, Manso Lasm, & Adiko Aimee. [http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Ars/08.html Inventaire de L'Enseignement Superieur en Cote D'Ivoire]. The Africa Research Series No. 08, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). (2003)