University of Douala, or Université de Douala (UDla), is located in Douala in Cameroon. It was founded in 1977. The University of Douala is one of the eight public universities of Cameroon.
The current structure of the University of Douala was established in 1993.
The university incorporated the previous University Centre (Centre universitaire established in 1977) which was made of the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC established in 1977) and the Ecole Normale d'Enseignement Technique (ENSET established in 1979) and which was transformed into a university in 1992.
The university has around 40.000 students, 600 teachers and around 600 administrators and collaborators.
The University of Douala has six locations in different neighborhoods of the city of Douala:
Campus Bassa \"Cité SIC\" where the main campus is located (ecole superieures des sciences economiques et commerciales, faculté des sciences juridiques et commerciales,faculté des sciences economiques, faculté de genie industrielle, faculté de medecine)
Campus Ndogbong (institut universitaire de technologie,ecole normale d'enseignement technique)
Campus Akwa (Ecole doctorale)
Nkongsamba
Yabassi
Logbessou (construction started in 2011)
The university provides training in economics and commerce, technical training, industrial engineering, medicine and pharmaceutics, arts, fisheries science, humanities, law and politics, sciences, economic sciences and management.
