[ Les logiques d’implantation universitaire en Côte d’Ivoire ]
VOUNAH Gnahoré Jean1 and KOFFI Yéboué Stéphane Koissy2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
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The opening of higher education institutions is increasingly affecting major cities in Ivory Coast, and this has accelerated since the end of the 2010 post-election crisis. However, university location strategies suffer from weak integration with local economies and, at times, poorly planned urban redevelopment. The objective of this paper is to carry out a descriptive analysis of the logic of university establishment in Côte d’Ivoire. To achieve this, the data collection techniques are documentary research, direct observation, and interviews. The results obtained show, on the one hand, that three logics govern university establishment in the Ivory Coast; they are political, socioeconomic, and territorial in nature. On the other hand, the rapid massification of staff, the weak articulation with local economies and the sometimes poorly planned urban recomposition are major challenges to the establishment of universities in Ivory Coast.
Author Keywords: location strategies, challenge, university, medium-sized city, Ivory Coast.
VOUNAH Gnahoré Jean1 and KOFFI Yéboué Stéphane Koissy2
1 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2026 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The opening of higher education institutions is increasingly affecting major cities in Ivory Coast, and this has accelerated since the end of the 2010 post-election crisis. However, university location strategies suffer from weak integration with local economies and, at times, poorly planned urban redevelopment. The objective of this paper is to carry out a descriptive analysis of the logic of university establishment in Côte d’Ivoire. To achieve this, the data collection techniques are documentary research, direct observation, and interviews. The results obtained show, on the one hand, that three logics govern university establishment in the Ivory Coast; they are political, socioeconomic, and territorial in nature. On the other hand, the rapid massification of staff, the weak articulation with local economies and the sometimes poorly planned urban recomposition are major challenges to the establishment of universities in Ivory Coast.
Author Keywords: location strategies, challenge, university, medium-sized city, Ivory Coast.
Abstract: (french)
L’ouverture des établissements d’enseignement supérieur touche de plus en plus les grandes villes de la Côte d’Ivoire, et cela s’est accéléré depuis la fin de la crise post-électorale de 2010. Cependant, les logiques d’implantation universitaire souffrent d’une faible articulation avec les économies locales et d’une recomposition urbaine parfois mal planifiée. L’objectif de ce papier est d’effectuer une analyse descriptive des logiques d’implantation universitaires en Côte d’Ivoire. Pour y parvenir, les techniques de collecte de données sont la recherche documentaire, l’observation directe et les entretiens. Les résultats obtenus montrent d’une part que trois logiques président à l’implantation universitaire en Côte d’Ivoire; elles sont d’ordre politique, socioéconomique et territorial. D’autre part, la massification rapide des effectifs, la faible articulation avec les économies locales et la recomposition urbaine parfois mal planifiée sont des défis majeurs de l’implantation universitaire en Côte d’Ivoire.
Author Keywords: logiques d’implantation, défi, université, ville moyenne, côte d’ivoire.
