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Universities in Senegal

Senegal has 15 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1957. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES15

OLDEST1957

FOUNDED 1900+13

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18990 · 0%

1900 or later13 · 87%

Date unknown2 · 13%

Oldest universities in Senegal

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1957Université Cheikh Anta Diop

1981Ecole Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications

1990Université Gaston Berger

1995Dakar Bourguiba University

1995Université Dakar Bourguiba

2007Université Alioune Diop de Bambey

2007Université de Thiès

2007Assane Seck University

2009Université Euro-Afrique

2012Université Amadou Mahtar Mbow

2013Université Sine-Saloum El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse

2013Université El Hadji Ibrahima Niasse

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