University of Ngaoundéré

History

The university was created by the Presidential Decree of 19 January 1993 transforming the Ngaoundere University Centre into a statutory State owned university.

Initially made up of two professional schools and four faculties, the institution today has four professional schools and faculties with an estimated 30,000 student population and welcomes students from all regions of Cameroon and neighbouring countries in the sub-region like Chad and the Central African Republic.

Organization

The Board of Directors is the supreme body of the university, which ensures the implementation of the development plan of the University as defined by the Council of Higher Education and Scientific and Technical Research and approved by the President of the Republic of Cameroon.

The University of Ngaoundéré is guided administratively and academically by a rector, appointed by presidential decree.

The rector chairs the university council, the competent authority in the academic and scientific field. He is assisted at the administrative level by the central government consisting of a secretary-general, three vice-presidents and four administrative units.

Faculties and schools

Faculties

Faculty of Arts Letters and Human Sciences

English Department

Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Department of Arts

Department of French

Department of Geography

Department of History

Department of Arabic Language and Civilization

Department of Linguistics and African languages.

Faculty of Science

Department of Physics

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Earth (Geological) Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Department of Environmental Sciences

Department of Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences

Department of Sciences and Techniques of Organic Agriculture

Department of Renewable Energy

Faculty of Economic Science and Management

Department of Accountancy and Finance;

Department of Management, Strategy and Forecasting;

Department of Marketing;

Department of Monetary and Banking Economics.

Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Department of Public Law;

Department of Private Law;

Department of the Legal Theory and Epistemology

Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Schools

School of Geology and Mining Engineering

National School of Agro-Industrial Sciences

School of Science and Veterinary Medicine

School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries

University Institute of Technology