🇧🇫 18 universities · 8 regions
Burkina Faso's universities — from Wikidata, not the ministry.
Burkina Faso has public and private universities under the higher-education ministry. This directory lists the 18 universities Wikidata records, by region, with the region names Wikidata gives after the 2025 reorganisation.
Not an official list
This list comes from Wikidata, a community-maintained database (retrieved 2026-11-13) — not from the country's regulator. It may include institutions that have closed, merged or been renamed, or that have lost or never had official recognition, and it may miss others. We leave out entries Wikidata marks as dissolved or closed, but that filter is only as up to date as Wikidata. Only institutions whose name calls them a university are listed, so recognised colleges and degree-awarding institutes are missing. Being listed here is not proof of accreditation.
Before you apply, check with the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation. The ministry's website (mesrsi.gov.bf) showed a maintenance page when we checked on 13 November 2026, so check with the ministry or a Burkinabè embassy directly.
The UN Secretary-General's 2025 report on children and armed conflict covers Burkina Faso and verified attacks on 10 schools in 2024. A/79/878, 17 June 2025, para. 245.
Universities listed
18
In Kadiogo
9
With a website on record
12
What isn't here, and why
Burkina Faso's higher-education ministry authorises public and private institutions, but its website was under maintenance when we checked and we found no list we could republish, so this page is built from Wikidata.
This list is from Wikidata, a community-maintained source — retrieved 2026-11-13. A university missing here is a gap in that source, not a judgement about the university, and being listed here is not proof of accreditation: check with the national regulator. Public or private status is shown only where Wikidata records it (8 of 18).
All 18 universities, by region
Kadiogo (9)
| Université Aube NouvelleOuagadougou | Private | est. 1992 |
| Université du FasoOuagadougou | Private | est. 2015 |
| Université Joseph Ki-ZerboUniversity Joseph Ki-ZerboOuagadougou | est. 1974 | |
| Université Libre du BurkinaOuagadougou | Private | est. 2002 |
| Université Privée de OuagadougouOuagadougou | Private | est. 2010 |
| Université Saint-Thomas-d'AquinUniversité Saint Thomas d'AquinOuagadougou | est. 2004 | |
| Université Thomas-SankaraSaaba Department | Public | est. 2007 |
| université virtuelle du Burkina FasoVirtual university of Burkina FasoOuagadougou | est. 2019 | |
| University of United Popular NationsOuagadougou | Private | est. 2012 |
Guiriko (2)
| Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Burkina FasoBobo-Dioulasso | Private | est. 2000 |
| Université Nazi-BoniUniversité Nazi BoniBobo-Dioulasso | est. 1995 |
Bankui (1)
| Université Daniel Ouezzin CoulibalyDédougou | est. 2011 |
DjĂ´rĂ´ (1)
| Université de GaouaGaoua |
Goulmou (1)
| Université Yembila-Abdoulaye ToguyeniFada N’Gourma | Public |
Nando (1)
| Université Norbert-ZongoUniversité Norbert ZongoKoudougou | est. 2005 |
Oubri (1)
| Université de ZiniaréZiniaré |
Yaadga (1)
| Université de OuahigouyaOuahigouya | est. 2017 |
Location not recorded (1)
| université de l'Unité Africaine |
Studying in Burkina Faso?
We'll email you if official figures per university become available.
By signing up you agree to our privacy policy.
Institution data from Wikidata, released under CC0. Community-maintained — not an official register, and it may be incomplete or out of date. Some locations were added or corrected by CollegeMatcher.