Verified-accreditation universities in Mauritania. Each entry links to its national accrediting body so you can verify independently.
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École Nationale d'Administration, de Journalisme et de la Magistrature (ENAJM)
Nouakchott · public · Arabic
SubjectsLaw · Communication & Media Studies · Social Sciences · Business & Management
Accreditation
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS), République Islamique de Mauritanie. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1966 (as École Nationale d'Administration / ENA); reorganised under expanded mandate covering administration, journalism, and judicial training. Public specialised higher-education institute in Nouakchott, originally founded 1966 as the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) — one of Mauritania's earliest higher-education institutions, established shortly after independence (1960). Reorganised over subsequent decades to cover three professional training streams: public administration, journalism and communication, and the judiciary/magistracy. Primary mission is the training of senior civil servants, judges, and journalists for state institutions. Under MESRS supervision. Website not independently verified at build time.
SubjectsEducation · Natural Sciences · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Languages & Linguistics
Accreditation
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS), République Islamique de Mauritanie. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 20 September 1970 — the oldest higher-education institution in Mauritania. Mauritania's oldest higher-education institution, founded 20 September 1970. Public teacher-training and educational-leadership institute under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS). Mission: training teachers, associate teachers, and inspectors for secondary education, technical education, fundamental inspection, trainers from Teachers' Training Colleges, and laboratory technicians. Address: BP 990, Nouakchott — Rue de l'Ambassade du Sénégal. Pre-dates the founding of Université de Nouakchott (1981) by eleven years.
SubjectsTheology & Religious Studies · Arts & Humanities · Languages & Linguistics · Social Sciences · Law
Accreditation
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS), République Islamique de Mauritanie. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1979. Public Islamic higher-education institute in Nouakchott, founded 1979. Coeducational, formally affiliated with the Islamic religion. Officially recognised by MESRS. Located adjacent (south) to the Lycée d'Arabe in Nouakchott. Programmes lead to officially recognised higher-education degrees in Islamic studies, Arabic language and literature, Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), and related humanities. One of the foundational Islamic-studies institutions of the Maghreb.
SubjectsNatural Sciences · Engineering & Technology · Medicine & Health Sciences · Law · Business & Management · Arts & Humanities · Social Sciences · Education
Accreditation
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (MESRS), République Islamique de Mauritanie. Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-13.
Founded 1981 as Université de Nouakchott; reorganised and renamed Université de Nouakchott Al-Aasriya in 2017 (absorbing the former Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine / USTM). Mauritania's flagship public university, located in Nouakchott (capital). Originally founded 1981 as Université de Nouakchott. In 2010 a separate Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine (USTM) was established for STEM and medical disciplines. In 2017 the two institutions were reorganised under a single name: Université de Nouakchott Al-Aasriya. The former USTM identity is now defunct and absorbed into UNA — prospective students should not seek USTM as a separate institution. UNA comprises Faculté des sciences et techniques, Faculté de médecine, Faculté des sciences juridiques et économiques, Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines, and Institut universitaire professionnel. Primary languages of instruction are Arabic and French. Website not independently verified at build time.
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