The University of Sousse (, ) is a
public university
A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...
in
Sousse
Sousse, Sūsah , or Soussa (, ), is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which ...
,
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
.
History
The University of Sousse was created in 2004 from a division of the University of the Center, which had been created in 1991 from the
University of Monastir. The University of the Center had grown rapidly from 45,000 students in 2001-2002 to nearly 60,000 in 2003–2004 in 30 institutions. In 2004 new universities were created in
Monastir,
Kairouan and
Gafsa.
Organisation and administration
The Rector is Professor Ahmed Nourreddine Helal.
UniMed
Accessed 25 October 2010
Alumni
* Samir Dilou, Minister of human rights, transitional justice and government spokesperson under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali since 20 December 2011.[Ahmed Lachheb]
Samir Dilou
, ''Tunisia Live'', 15 August 2011
References
External links
University website
2004 establishments in Tunisia
Universities in Tunisia
Educational institutions established in 2004
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