🇸🇱 10 universities · 5 provinces and the Western Area
Sierra Leone's universities, province by province — from Wikidata, not the TEC.
Sierra Leone's public universities include the University of Sierra Leone, whose Fourah Bay College dates from 1827, Njala University and several technical universities, alongside private universities. This directory lists 10 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 Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). We found no website for the Commission, and the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education's site (mthe.gov.sl) did not respond when we checked on 22 October 2026, so contact the Commission directly.
Universities listed
10
In Western Area
3
With a website on record
10
What isn't here, and why
Sierra Leone's Tertiary Education Commission accredits institutions and programmes under the Tertiary Education Commission Act, but we found no list it publishes that we could republish, so this page is built from Wikidata.
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 (1 of 10).
All 10 universities, by province or area
Western Area (3)
| Milton Margai Technical UniversityFreetown | est. 1963 | |
| University of Management and TechnologyFreetown | ||
| University of Sierra LeoneFreetown | est. 1972 |
Northern (2)
| Central UniversityTonkolili District | est. 2014 | |
| University of MakeniMakeni | est. 2005 |
Eastern (1)
| Eastern Technical University of Sierra LeoneKenema | est. 2021 |
North West (1)
| University of LunsarPort Loko District | Private | est. 2016 |
Southern (1)
| Njala UniversityBo | est. 1964 |
Location not recorded (2)
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