Gaston Berger University

Gaston Berger University, or GBU; Université Gaston Berger, or UGB
EstablishedDecember 17, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-12-17)
Location,
Websitewww.ugb.sn

Gaston Berger University (GBU), or L'Université Gaston Berger (UGB), located some 12 km (7.5 mi) outside Saint-Louis, was the second university established in Senegal (the first being Cheikh Anta Diop University). Originally the University of Saint-Louis, it was renamed for Gaston Berger, an important French-Senegalese philosopher, on December 4, 1996.