Cheikh Anta Diop University

The Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) is a regional university that is open not only to students from Senegal but also from other West African countries.  It holds membership in various international academic associations.  UCAD was founded in 1918 as the first institution of higher education in Francophone West Africa and was part of the French university system until 1969, when it established curricular autonomy.  Enrollment has risen from 3000 in 1957 to 32,000 in 2003.  UCAD is a comprehensive university that includes the arts and sciences, medicine, education, and the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire, the oldest research center in Africa.  UCAD has a newly renovated library that will be open to program students.

The IU/UO Summer Study Abroad Program is housed in the Faculté des Sciences et Technologies de l’Education et de la Formation (School of Education), also known by its acronym FASTEF.  FASTEF is composed of fourteen departments in the humanities, sciences, and pedagogy with about 100 faculty members.  It is located on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, a fifteen-minute walk from the main campus.