University of Bamako
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About
The University of Bamako (Université de Bamako) was the flagship public university in Bamako, the capital of Mali between 1996 and 2011. It was legally established in 1993 by the merger of existing higher education institutions and became operational in 1996. It was closed in 2011. The University of Bamako, whose enrollment reached 80,000 students in 2010–2011, was replaced by 4 new independent universities: the University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako (USSGB), the University of Letters and Human Sciences of Bamako (ULSHB), the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB) and the University of Legal and Political Sciences of Bamako (USJPB) as well as the new school called École Normale d'Enseignement Technique et Professional.
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