University of Monastir
جامعة المنستير | |
Motto in English | Let's work for the future |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2004 |
| President | Pr. Hedi BEL HADJ SALAH |
Academic staff | 6 |
Administrative staff | 559 |
| Students | 22,577 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | urban |
| Affiliations | Agence universitaire de la Francophonie |
| Website | http://www.um.rnu.tn |
The University of Monastir (Arabic: جامعة المنستير) or UM is a Tunisian multidisciplinary university with its own financial and administrative autonomy located in Monastir, Tunisia. It was founded in 2004 following the reform of the university higher education system and is organized in 5 Faculties, 2 graduate schools and 9 institutes.
Its main activities are related to higher education, learning and research in a broad sense, with the aim of decentralizing services, supervising and improving the profitability of the higher education system.
With approximately 27,500 students, 2,044 lecturers and 758 administrative and support staff, the University of Monastir offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with an average graduate count of approximately 4,700 per year.
It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as 18th in the 2016 Arab Universities Regional Ranking. According to UniRank, the university ranks third in Tunisia. In 2020, the university ranked 301-400 globally and the first nationally in the "Energy Science & Engineering" field according to the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020.