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Cadi Ayyad University
Cadi Ayyad University is a public university in Marrakesh, Morocco, founded in 1978.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Marrakesh, Morocco
- Founded
- 1978
- Teaching language
- French, Arabic
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Cadi Ayyad University (Université Cadi Ayyad, UCA) is a public university in Marrakesh, Morocco, founded in 1978 and named after the 12th-century scholar Qadi Ayyad.
It comprises faculties of sciences, sciences and technology, medicine and pharmacy, law, economics and social sciences, and letters and humanities, as well as engineering and business schools such as ENSA Marrakech and ENCG, with campuses in Marrakesh, Safi, Essaouira, El Kelaa des Sraghna and Kelaa.
Teaching is mainly in French for sciences and medicine and in Arabic for some humanities and law programmes. Public university fees for Moroccan students are minimal.
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Courses at Cadi Ayyad University are taught in French, Arabic.
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Cadi Ayyad University was founded in 1978.
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