Senghor University​ Regional STEAME Academy

Senghor University

Université Senghor is an international French-language university dedicated to African development and a direct operator of the Francophonie. Based in Alexandria, it welcomes up to 200 students per cohort for a two-year Master’s programme offered in nine specialisations covering the fields of Culture, Environment, Management, Health and Risk Management.

All programmes share a common core in project management and are designed to equip graduates with the skills required to design, manage and evaluate development projects, programmes and public policies in their countries of origin. They address cross-cutting needs common to the entire African Francophone space.

Students at Université Senghor are young professionals holding a bachelor’s degree and at least one year of professional experience. They are selected through a highly competitive three-stage admissions process (application review, written examination and interview), with selection carried out at the end of each stage.

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Students come from all French-speaking African countries and from Haiti, with a small number originating from Europe or Asia. One hundred students are fully. funded by the University, while the others receive partial financial support.

In 2019, the University adopted a gender policy to promote equal participation of women and men in the Master’s programme offered in Alexandria. In Alexandria, Université Senghor provides students with a unique threefold intercultural experience, combining the diversity of student backgrounds, teaching staff drawn from across the Francophone world, and immersion in a region of Africa with a rich Arab-Muslim cultural heritage.

Above all, it provides high-quality training of international standard, operating under the European LMD (Bachelor–Master–Doctorate) system, and recognised by CAMES and by the Supreme Council of Universities in Egypt.

Upon graduation, the “Senghorians,” now more than 4,200, join one of the national alumni associations, all linked to an international network (AIDUS), whose Executive Secretary—appointed for a six-month term—serves on the University’s Board of Trustees.

Many of them now occupy senior and top-level positions—such as ministers, national directors, secretaries-general, agency heads, or senior officials within United Nations agencies and major non-governmental organisations—thus contributing to the development of their countries and of Africa as a
whole.

Students come from all French-speaking African countries and from Haiti, with a small number originating from Europe or Asia. One hundred students are fully. funded by the University, while the others receive partial financial support.

In 2019, the University adopted a gender policy to promote equal participation of women and men in the Master’s programme offered in Alexandria. In Alexandria, Université Senghor provides students with a unique threefold intercultural experience, combining the diversity of student backgrounds, teaching staff drawn from across the Francophone world, and immersion in a region of Africa with a rich Arab-Muslim cultural heritage.

Above all, it provides high-quality training of international standard, operating under the European LMD (Bachelor–Master–Doctorate) system, and recognised by CAMES and by the Supreme Council of Universities in Egypt.

Upon graduation, the “Senghorians,” now more than 4,200, join one of the national alumni associations, all linked to an international network (AIDUS), whose Executive Secretary—appointed for a six-month term—serves on the University’s Board of Trustees.

Many of them now occupy senior and top-level positions—such as ministers, national directors, secretaries-general, agency heads, or senior officials within United Nations agencies and major non-governmental organisations—thus contributing to the development of their countries and of Africa as a whole.

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