Félix Houphouët-Boigny University is an Ivorian university, located in the commune of Cocody in the east of the city of Abidjan. It was previously called Cocody University.
The Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (previously University of Cocody-Abidjan, fr.: Université de Cocody or Université de Cocody-Abidjan UCA) is a university in the Cocody section of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is elite in the country and region. With over 50,000 students, the UCA has 13 faculties and a research center, providing diplomas from two-year undergraduate degrees to professional academic, medical, legal, and specialist degrees. It was the main campus of the nationwide University of Abidjan from 1964 to 1996, when it became an independent institution. It is state owned and operated, and responsible to the Ministry of Education.
