University of Kordofan

The pride of the Sudanese Universities

Al-Ubayyid, Sudan · University · Public institution · Founded 1990 · Accredited by Public university (republican decree, 1990) · 35,000 students

The University of Kordofan is one of the largest universities in Sudan located in El-Obeid 560 km (350 mi) to the southwest of Khartoum. It was founded in 1990 and is recognized as one of the top universities in Sudan. It features several institutes, academic units and research centres, including the Institute of Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies, the Centre for Intermediate Technology in Agriculture and a Deanship for Scientific Research and Postgraduate Studies. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.

Programmes

• Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
• Medicine
• Education
• Basic Level Education
• Science
• Engineering and Technical Studies
• Economics and Commercial Studies
• Medical Laboratory Sciences
• Public and Environmental Health
• Arts
• Computer Studies and Statistics
• Nursing Sciences
• Dentistry

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