Université Mohammed V de Rabat

Mohammed V University was founded by royal decree in 1957, shortly after Morocco's independence, by incorporating three existing colonial-era institutes: the Institute of Letters (1912), the Institute of Law (1920), and the Institute of Science (1940), giving several of its faculties a continuous academic lineage stretching back more than a century. The university was split into two separate institutions, Mohammed V University at Agdal and at Souissi, in 1993, before reuniting under one administration in 2015 while keeping both campuses active, a structural history distinct from most Moroccan public universities. It enrolled around 2,890 international students from 75 nationalities in the 2024/25 academic year, admitted through Morocco's AMCI diplomatic-cooperation channel rather than a conventional international admissions office. Its alumni include the reigning King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, giving the university a direct institutional connection to the country's monarchy.