Saint Thomas Aquinas University in Ouagadougou

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Saint Thomas Aquinas University
Université Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin
Motto"Truth - Faith - Science"
Type Private university
Established2004 (2004)
Students850 (as of 2007) [1]
Location, ,
Burkina Faso

12°23′03″N1°25′06″W / 12.38417°N 1.41833°W / 12.38417; -1.41833
Language French
Website www.usta.bf

Saint Thomas Aquinas University (USTA) is a private university in West Africa located in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.

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History

USTA is a private Catholic institution established in October 2004. [2] Its first rector was Professor Albert Ouédraogo, who was succeeded in September 2008 by Father Jacques Simporé [3] [4]

Components

USTA consists of four faculties and one institute. [5]

Faculties

Institute

See also

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