🇲🇱 16 universities · 7 regions
Mali's universities, region by region — from Wikidata, not the ministry.
The University of Bamako was split into four public universities in 2011, and universities have since been created in Ségou and other regions, alongside private universities; teaching is in French. This directory lists 16 from Wikidata.
Not an official list
This list comes from Wikidata, a community-maintained database (retrieved 2026-10-22) — 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 et de la Recherche scientifique, through its Direction générale de l'Enseignement supérieur (DGESRS). (Links checked on 22 October 2026.)
Universities listed
16
In Bamako
9
With a website on record
5
What isn't here, and why
Mali's higher-education directorate (DGESRS) lists the public universities, the public grandes écoles and institutes, and the private establishments on its site, under a copyright notice with no reuse terms, so this page is built from Wikidata instead and is not a copy of it.
This list is from Wikidata, a community-maintained source — retrieved 2026-10-22. 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 (4 of 16).
All 16 universities, by region
Bamako (9)
| Kurukanfuga University | ||
| Mandé Bukari University | est. 1999 | |
| Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Mali | ||
| Université des lettres et des sciences humaines de Bamako | Public | est. 2011 |
| Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de BamakoUniversity of Legal and Political Sciences of Bamako | Public | est. 2011 |
| Université des sciences sociales et de gestion de Bamako | Public | est. 2011 |
| Université des sciences, des techniques et des technologies de BamakoUniversité des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako | Public | est. 2011 |
| Université Privée Albakaye Traoré | ||
| Yambo Ouologuem University |
Bandiagara Region (1)
| Polytechnic University of BandiagaraBandiagara |
Gao Region (1)
| University of GaoGao |
Kayes Region (1)
| University of KayesKayes |
Ségou Region (1)
| Université de SégouSégou UniversitySégou | est. 2009 |
Sikasso Region (1)
| University of SikassoSikasso |
Timbuktu Region (1)
| University of TimbuktuTimbuktu |
Location not recorded (1)
| Université Privée Alou Koné | est. 2023 |
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