🇧🇯 How to apply to university in Benin

Applications go through apresmonbac. Programmes usually start: Once a year, after the national selection of new bac holders (for 2026-27, pre-registration at the public universities opened in October 2026).

Checked on 21 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: apresmonbacFor new bac holders in Benin: three ranked choices for the public universities' programmes; the national commission ranks candidates per programme and awards scholarships, aid and partly-paid places. Private institutions, UADC and Sèmè City's establishments register students directly.
When programmes start: Once a year, after the national selection of new bac holders (for 2026-27, pre-registration at the public universities opened in October 2026)
International applicants: International students apply to each university or private institution directly. The national platform apresmonbac.bj and its funded places serve new bac holders in Benin; public universities are open to students of any nationality on conditions each university sets.
Language: No general language test is listed — check each programme's own requirements.

Key dates

The 2026-27 selection has run: the ministry's guide was published on 2 August 2026 and pre-registration at the public universities was announced on 13 October 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not yet published; the ministry posts each phase's calendar on apresmonbac.bj and its own site.

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in Benin, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Find the programme in the ministry's guide and check that your bac series is accepted and which subjects count.
2.Note that the guide's funded places (scholarships, aid and partly-paid places) are allocated through apresmonbac.bj to eligible candidates; the guide describes no route for international students.
3.For a public university, contact its admissions office: public universities admit students of any nationality on conditions each university sets.
4.Ask the university which documents it needs for a secondary diploma obtained outside Benin.
5.For a private institution, check that the programme is on the guide's approved list (or is listed as in its opening phase) and ask the institution for its registration conditions and fees.
6.For UADC or the Sèmè City establishments, register with the institution directly, as the guide says.
7.Beninese holders of a bac obtained abroad: file the paper application the ministry asks for to be added to apresmonbac.bj.
8.Once admitted, check Benin's entry and residence rules for your nationality before you travel.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 21 October 2026. Dates change every year.

MESRS, Guide d'information et de sensibilisation des nouveaux bacheliers 2026-2027 (Licence)