The University of Koudougou (renamed Université Norbert Zongo) is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso. It is located in the city of Koudougou. As of 2015/2016 it had the second highest enrollment of students nationally (16.2%) behind the University of Ouagadougou (renamed Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo, UO1-JKZ) which had 32.8% of the national total enrollment. The University Ouaga 2, the University of Bobo-Dioulasso (renamed Université Nazi Boni, UNB) and the "Institut des Sciences (IDS)" had 13.2%, 11.3%, and 1.9% of total university enrollment, respectively. The remaining 24.5% of enrollment are in private universities. The university was founded in 2005 and in 2015/2016 had 15,346 students.;^[1][2]

The university is divided into five faculties:;^[3][4]

• Faculty of Higher Education (Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS))
• Faculty of Economics and Management (UFR Sciences Economiques et Gestion)
• Faculty of Arts and Letters (UFR Lettres et Sciences Humaines)
• University Institute of Technology (Institut Universitaire de Technologie)

Faculty of Science and Techniques ("UFR Sciences et Techniques")

During the 2008–2009 academic year there was a student strike at the university.^[5]

• Education in Burkina Faso

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