History
UPM was established in 2005 by Mohamed Kabbadj.
In 2012, it received official accreditation from the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education as a private university. [1]
Development Partners International (DPI), a London-based investment fund, acquired shares in 2014, [2] followed by Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), a regional investment fund, in 2016, [3] in the KMR Holding Pédagogique created in 2014 by Mohamed Kabbadj.
In 2015, UPM expanded to Senegal with the acquisition of St Christopher School of Medicine. [4]
In 2017, UPM received recognition from the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education, allowing it to have its accredited degrees recognized as equivalent to state degrees. [5] The following year, UPM acquired the International University of Casablanca. [6]
In 2019, a subsidiary of the World Bank Group dedicated to the private sector (International Finance Corporation, IFC) granted a loan of 14 million euros to UPM's holding company, with the launch of a private faculty of medicine in Marrakech [7] and the development of the medical university in Dakar. [8]
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