The University of Yaoundé I ( French: ''Université de Yaoundé I'') 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 and the

University of Yaoundé II The University of Yaoundé II ( French: ''Université de Yaoundé II'') 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 Univer ...

. The University of Yaounde I, consists of: * the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (''Faculté des Arts, Lettres et Sciences Humaines'', short FALSH) * the Faculty of Sciences (''Faculté des Sciences'', short FS) * the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (''Faculté de Médecine et de Sciences Biomédicales'', short FMSB). * The higher teacher's Training College of Yaounde HTTC * The National Advanced School of Engineering * The Higher Teacher's Training Technical School of Ebolowa. The main university complex is Ngoa-Ekelle with several satellite campuses elsewhere.facsciences.uninet.cm
Presentation of the University
(retrieved on 18 March 2015)

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