The University of Yaoundé II ( French: ''Université de Yaoundé II'') is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

, located in the capital

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

. It was formed in 1993 following a university reform that split the country's oldest university, the

University of Yaoundé The University of Yaoundé (french: Université de Yaoundé) was a university in Cameroon, located in Yaoundé, the country's capital. It was built with the help of France and opened in 1962 as the Federal University of Yaoundé, dropping the "Fe ...

, into two separate entities: the

University of Yaoundé I The University of Yaoundé I ( French: ''Université de Yaoundé I'') is a public university in Cameroon, located in the capital Yaoundé. It was formed in 1993 following a university reform that split the country's oldest university, the Universi ...

and the University of Yaoundé II.

Notable alumni

* Ajomuzu Collette Bekaku, CEO and founder of Cameroon Association of the Protection and Education of the Child * Odette Melono, Deputy Director-General of the

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, Ambassador of Cameroon to the Netherlands and Luxembourg * Solange Yijika, actress * Lambert Sonna Momo, CEO de Global ID, specialized in 3D Finger Vein biometric identification.

References

Yaounde II Educational institutions established in 1993 1993 establishments in Cameroon {{Cameroon-university-stub