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Established
  
1957

Location
  
Rabat, Morocco

Website
  
um5.ac.ma/um5r

Headquarters
  
Rabat, Morocco

Religious affiliation
  
Islam

Language
  
Arabic

Founded
  
1957

Notable alumni
  
Mohammed VI of Morocco, Prince Moulay Rachid of, Driss Jettou, Noureddine Bensouda, Laila Lalami

Similar
  
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Mohammed V University (Arabic: جامعة محمد الخامس‎‎), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree (Dahir. It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez.

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The university is named for Mohammed V, the former King of Morocco who died in 1961. In 1993, it was divided into two independent universities:

  • Mohammed V University at Agdal
  • Mohammed V University at Souissi

    • In 2015 the two universities merged into one, known as Mohammed V University, but maintaining the two campuses.

    Alumni

  • Mohammed Abed Al Jabri, Moroccan academic and philosopher; he graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1967 and a PhD in 1970.
  • Rafik Abdessalem, Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, received a B.A. in philosophy from Mohammed V University.
  • Laila Lalami, Moroccan novelist now working in the United States, 2015 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for The Moor's Account, a fictional novel of the historic figure Estevanico, the first black explorer of North America and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narvaez expedition.
  • Nabila Mounib, the secretary general of the Unified Socialist Party.

    • References

    Mohammed V University Wikipedia
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