Students, 2025/26
2,754
4.1% of all students in Burundi
Women
58.7%
1,617 students
In professional programmes
25.2%
695 professional · 2,059 academic
Foreign students, 2025/26
21 (0.8%)
All figures are for the 2025/26 academic year, from the ministry's Recensement académique, mai 2026 (the yearbook is dated August 2026). “Professional” is what the yearbook calls enseignement supérieur professionnel — career-oriented programmes; “academic” is enseignement académique, the Baccalauréat (3 years) – Master (2) – Doctorat (3) system. The split is as each institution reported it.
The programme rows below add up to 2,746 students, not the 2,754 the yearbook gives for the institution; both are as printed.
Programmes and students, 2025/26
29 programme listings, as UNGo reported them to the ministry.
| Programme (as reported) | Students | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Soins Infirmiers | 544 | 67.5% |
| Bucco-Dentaire | 22 | 59.1% |
| Agronomie | 59 | 40.7% |
| Agriculture | 54 | 33.3% |
| Développement Rural | 27 | 48.1% |
| Gestion des Nuisibles | 35 | 45.7% |
| Génie Logiciel | 73 | 27.4% |
| Ingénierie des Réseaux | 27 | 37.0% |
| Informatique de Gestion | 19 | 78.9% |
| Droit | 81 | 69.1% |
| Economie Politique et Planification | 42 | 78.6% |
| Comptabilité, Finance et Audit | 60 | 73.3% |
| Agriculture | 52 | 73.1% |
| Sante Animale | 55 | 56.4% |
| Administration des réseaux et systèmes | 79 | 46.8% |
| Comptabilité | 208 | 85.1% |
| Comptabilité et Finances | 135 | 73.3% |
| Banque et Assurance | 16 | 62.5% |
| Agri-Business | 29 | 6.9% |
| Développement Rural | 37 | 16.2% |
| Sécurité alimentaire et nutrition | 63 | 33.3% |
| Droit | 18 | 27.8% |
| Banque et Microfinance | 14 | 14.3% |
| Management des Projets | 77 | 23.4% |
| Politique Economique et planification | 27 | 7.4% |
| Médecine | 479 | 50.3% |
| Soins Infirmiers | 162 | 60.5% |
| Institut Supérieur de Comptabilité et Banque | 150 | 81.3% |
| Comptabilité, Finance et Audit | 102 | 77.5% |
Programmes (filières) are listed as each institution reported them to the ministry, in French or English, with marks such as “(Bac)”, “(Inst)” or “(Master)” as printed. Campuses are not shown, so a programme taught at several campuses appears once for each. The Université du Burundi and the École Normale Supérieure report by faculty, institute or department. Where a programme's printed women and men don't add up to its printed total (one row), the total is shown and the share of women is left blank.
Foreign students, 2025/26: 21
- Congolese (DR Congo)19
- Rwandan1
- Other nationalities1
Foreign students are counted by nationality as each institution or campus reported it. The yearbook's national total is 11,852; its campus rows add up to 11,854. An institution with no row in that table has no foreign students recorded. Nationalities other than Congolese, Rwandan, Tanzanian and Kenyan are grouped as “other”.
Students, 2021/22–2025/26
| Year | Students | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 2,754 | 1,617 |
| 2024/25 | 2,585 | 1,611 |
| 2023/24 | 2,294 | 1,267 |
| 2022/23 | 2,150 | 974 |
| 2021/22 | 2,823 | 1,489 |
Earlier years are from the yearbook's historical table, whose institution rows add up to its own national totals in every year. Those totals differ from the yearbook's summary table for earlier years (2021/22: 66,338 against 65,326; 2022/23: 66,868 against 67,373; 2023/24: 65,861 against 66,150; 2024/25: 73,247 against 73,343). A dash means the table gives no figure for that year.
What it costs, and how to get in
Tuition fees are not in the ministry's yearbook and are not published as open data, for public or private institutions. Ask each institution for its current fees, including any rate for students from abroad.
Entry to higher education requires the Diplôme d'État (the national secondary-school examination); applicants educated abroad need a qualification recognised as equivalent.
The seat (province and commune) and the year of authorisation are from the list of institutions in the ministry's 2022/23 yearbook — the 2025/26 yearbook has no such list — so institutions not on it show none. “Bujumbura Mairie” is the city of Bujumbura. Campuses may be elsewhere.
Other private institutions in Burundi: Bujumbura Christian University, Bujumbura International University, Burundi Shining Star University, East Africa Star University, East African Leadership Institute, Grand Séminaire Jean-Paul II de Gitega, Grand Séminaire Saint Charles Lwanga de Kiryama, Grand Séminaire Saint Curé d'Ars de Bujumbura, Grand Séminaire Saint Pierre Claver de Burasira, Institut International d'Informatique, Télécommunications et Technologies Avancées, Institut Régional Académique de Buhumuza, Institut Supérieur d'Analyse Médicale et de Gestion de Gitega, Institut Supérieur d'Entrepreneuriat et de Gestion, Institut Supérieur de Gestion et d'Informatique, Institut Supérieur de Gestion et de Développement de Muzinda, Institut Supérieur des Techniques de Gestion, Institut Supérieur Islamique de Muyinga, Institut Supérieur Le Mérite, Institut Supérieur Nelson Mandela, Institut Supérieur Paramédical de Gitega, Institut Supérieur Polyvalent de Matana, Institut Supérieur Technique de Bubanza, Institut Universitaire Adventiste de Bujumbura, Institut Universitaire de la Centrale d'Afrique, Institut Universitaire des Sciences de la Santé et du Développement, Institut Universitaire Polytechnique des Lacs de Kirundo, Institut Universitaire Soleil d'Afrique, International Leadership University, Livingstone University College, Olivia University, Summit International Institute, Université de Mwaro, Université des Grands Lacs, Université du Lac Tanganyika, Université Espoir d'Afrique, Université Laudato Si le Palmier, Université Lumière de Bujumbura, Université Martin Luther King, Université Paix et Réconciliation, Université Panafricaine les Mages, Université Polytechnique de Gitega, Université Polytechnique Intégrée, Université Sagesse d'Afrique
Source: Ministère de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche Scientifique (Burundi), Bureau de la Planification et des Statistiques de l'Éducation, “Annuaire des statistiques de l'éducation 2025-2026, Tome 3 : statistiques de l'enseignement supérieur” (August 2026), from its Recensement académique, mai 2026; https://mesrs.gov.bi/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/TOME-3_Annuaire_2025-2026.pdf, read on 2026-10-20. Seats and years of authorisation: the ministry's 2022-2023 yearbook (Tome 3), list of institutions. The figures were re-keyed and arranged by CollegeMatcher: shares, sums over nationalities, English labels and the notes on figures that disagree are our work; institution and programme names are the yearbook's. Only the figures are used here, not the yearbook's tables or text. Open the yearbook (PDF)
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