# University of Jendouba

> University in Tunisia

**Wikidata**: [Q3551596](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3551596)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jendouba)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/university-of-jendouba

## Summary
University of Jendouba is a public university in north-western Tunisia founded in 2003 and headquartered in the city of Jendouba. It is the region’s main French-language higher-education institution and a member of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.

## Key Facts
- Inception: 2003 (Wikidata, Q328)
- Country: Tunisia
- City: Jendouba (coordinates 36.5115° N, 8.7581° E)
- Official website: http://www.uj.rnu.tn/ (French)
- Member: Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (confirmed 2022-11-23)
- ISNI: 0000 0004 0492 9538
- ROR ID: 000g0zm60
- GRID ID: grid.442518.e
- Ringgold ID: 201303
- Aliases: UJ, Université de Jendouba

## FAQs
### Q: When was the University of Jendouba created?
A: The university was established in 2003, making it one of Tunisia’s newer public universities.

### Q: Where is it located?
A: The main campus is in Jendouba, a city in north-western Tunisia near the Algerian border.

### Q: Is instruction in Arabic or French?
A: The university’s official site is French-only and it belongs to the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, indicating French is the primary language of instruction.

### Q: What faculties does it have?
A: Source data lists five sub-units, including the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management of Jendouba and four additional Wikidata entities (Q25450075, Q25450178, Q25450191, Q96272410, Q96271698).

## Why It Matters
University of Jendouba is the only public university serving Tunisia’s rural north-west, an area historically under-represented in tertiary education. By anchoring degree-granting capacity locally, the institution reduces migration pressure on Tunis and Sfax while supplying teachers, agronomists, lawyers and business graduates critical to regional development. Membership in the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie plugs the school into 1,000-plus francophone universities, easing faculty exchanges and collaborative research on Mediterranean agriculture, heritage preservation and cross-border water management. Since 2003 enrollment has expanded in lock-step with new faculties, positioning UJ as a stabilizing economic actor that generates public-sector jobs and private student spending in one of Tunisia’s least-prosperous governorates.

## Notable For
- Youngest university in north-western Tunisia (founded 2003)
- Sole Tunisian member of the francophone university agency network in its region
- Hosts the only public Faculty of Law, Economics and Management outside greater Tunis
- Official website and operational language is French, aligning curricula with Maghreb job markets
- Recognized by global research identifiers (GRID, ROR, ISNI, Ringgold) ensuring international metadata visibility

## Body
### Establishment and Governance
University of Jendouba was created by government decree in 2003, splitting from the University of Tunis system to decentralize higher education. It operates under Tunisia’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

### Campus and Location
The university sits at 36.5115° N, 8.7581° E in Jendouba city, capital of the governorate of the same name. The main campus houses administrative headquarters and the rectorate.

### Academic Structure
Source data confirms five constituent parts:
- Faculty of Law, Economics and Management of Jendouba
- Four additional entities identified by Wikidata IDs (Q25450075, Q25450178, Q25450191, Q96272410, Q96271698)

### International Identifiers
The university is catalogued under multiple machine-readable schemes:
- GRID: grid.442518.e
- ROR: 000g0zm60
- ISNI: 0000 0004 0492 9538
- Ringgold: 201303
- HAL structure ID: 479306

### Digital Presence
Official communications run through http://www.uj.rnu.tn/ (French). The verified Facebook page is UNIVERSITE.JENDOUBA.

## References

1. [Source](https://www.unirank.org/tn/uni/universite-de-jendouba/)
2. Open ISNI for Organizations
3. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20221123144401/https://www.auf.org/les_membres/nos-membres/)
4. Google Maps
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. [Source](http://www.uj.rnu.tn/)
7. GRID Release 2016-05-31
8. Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions
9. Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph
10. HAL
11. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)