Founded in 1974, it was officially renamed in 2015 as l’Université Ouaga 1 Professeur Ki-Zerbo.

[2] In 1995 a second campus for professional education known as the University Polytechnique of Bobo (UPB) was opened in the city of Bobo Dioulasso A third campus for teacher training/trainers opened in Koudougou in 1996; in 2005, it became the University of Koudougou.

It combines the advantages of faculty (fundamental teaching) and those of an institute (professionalization).

The unit was created in 2000 and trains students in languages, letters, arts, culture, communication and journalism.

The faculty prepares doctors, pharmacists, dental surgeons and qualified technicians for hospitals and clinics.

Diplomas delivered are the degree of Doctor State in Medicine, the degree of Doctor State in Pharmacy, the professionalized licence in biomedical analyses, the certificate of special studies in general surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, paediatrics and psychiatry.

It houses the largest plant collection in Burkina Faso: the Herbarium of the University of Ouagadougou.

Telecommunication, architecture and town planning and civil engineering are segments that will open soon.