The University of Sierra Leone can trace its roots back to the 1820s and achieved university status in 2005.
The university has schools of arts, humanities, social science, law, basic and applied science, engineering and architecture. These are based on tthe campus at Mount Aureol, above the capital city, Freetown.
The Institute of Public Administration and Management was founded in 1980 and is based in the centre of Freetown. The college of medical and allied sciences was founded as Sierra Leone’s first medical school in 1988.
