Julius Nyerere University of Kankan

Julius Nyerere University of Kankan (UJNK), also known as Université de Kankan is a university in Kankan, Guinea. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania.

History
In 1964 the school was founded as an École normale secondaire, with the intended goal of training Secondary School and Lycée teachers. It was re-dubbed école normale supérieure in 1966. In 1968 the school became a national university in affiliation with the Gamal Abdel Nasser University in Conakry, with the name Institut Polytechnique de Kankan. The school was renamed « université Julius-Nyerere de Kankan » on September 27, 1989. Alumni include the writer Mariama Kesso Diallo.

Organisation
The university is composed of four faculties, a higher school and masters:
 * Faculty of natural sciences (Faculté des sciences de la nature)
 * Faculty of Social Sciences (Faculté des sciences sociales)
 * Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management (Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion)
 * Faculty of Literature and Language (Faculté des lettres et langue)
 * Higher School of Information Sciences (École supérieure des sciences de l'information)
 * Master in biodiversity and ecology (Master biodiversité et écologie)
 * Master in physical chemistry and material science (Master physico-chimique et des matériaux)
 * multidisciplinary Master in social sciences (Master pluridisciplinaire en sciences sociales)