About
Created by Decree N° 93/036 of January 29, 1993, the University of Yaoundé I is a Public, Scientific and Cultural Establishment with legal personality and financial autonomy. It is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education of Cameroon.
Mission
The University of Yaoundé 1 has the following missions:
- to develop and transmit knowledge;
- to increase students' capacity for research and development;
- to bring to the highest level and at the best pace of progress the higher forms of culture and research;
- to provide access to higher education for all those who have the vocation and the ability to do so;
- to contribute to the support of social and cultural development;
- to support and strengthen the practice of bilingualism
Note: following a university reform in 1993, the University of Yaounde was split into two (University of Yaoundé I and University of Yaoundé II)