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Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences

Letters, languages, arts and social sciences

Overview

Established by Presidential Decree No. 2013/333 of 13 September 2013 and open since the 2013-2014 academic year, the faculty trains students in letters and languages — French, English, German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish… — as well as history, geography, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and psychology.

Our strengths

  • Hybrid programmes: online or on campus, as you prefer
  • Regional hub for foreign languages and civilisations
  • Distinctive programmes such as visual anthropology

Admission

Online pre-registration at preinscription.univ-maroua.cm. Required documents (2025-2026 academic year):

  • An application form completed by the applicant, downloadable from preinscription.univ-maroua.cm
  • One 4 x 4 colour passport photo
  • A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  • A certified copy of the Baccalauréat, GCE A Level or required qualification
  • For mobility students: transcripts certified by the home institution
  • A receipt for the 5,000 CFA franc pre-registration fee (20,000 CFA francs for professional programmes), paid into the account indicated on the payment receipt
  • A receipt for the 5,000 CFA franc medical examination fee, paid into the account indicated on the payment receipt
  • Bring the originals of the certified documents and an ID to confirm pre-registration at the registry

In pictures

  • Entrance of the Dean's office of the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences
  • Student at the board during a critical reading class
  • A student giving a presentation at the board
  • Students reading in class
  • Lecturer talking with female students in a lecture theatre

Education

Depending on the departments and programmes open: languages and literature, cultural studies, history, geography, philosophy, the arts and other social science disciplines.

Departments and programmes

  • History
  • Geography
  • Bilingual letters
  • Modern French literature
  • Sociology and anthropology
  • Philosophy and psychology
  • Foreign languages (German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish)

Scientific and professional contribution

Promotion of cultural and linguistic heritage, analysis of social change, intercultural mediation and understanding of regional development issues.

Research

  • Peace, security and integration
  • Political, environmental and social change in the Sahel
  • Visual anthropology and cinema
  • Artistic creativity and cultural industries

Laboratories

  • CERPSIResearch Centre for Peace, Security and Integration Studies
  • CREMPESSAResearch Centre for Political, Environmental and Social Change in the Sahel
  • LAVCVisual Anthropology and Cinema Laboratory
  • LCAICArtistic Creativity and Cultural Industries Laboratory

Degrees

Bachelor's

  • Standard Bachelor's degrees

    • German
    • Anthropology
    • Arabic
    • Archaeology
    • Visual arts
    • Chinese
    • Italian
    • Cinema and performing arts
    • Communication
    • English Language
    • English Literature
    • Spanish
    • International and strategic studies
    • Fashion design / design
    • Geography
    • History
    • French language and literature
    • African literatures and cultures
    • Linguistics and African languages
    • Bilingual letters
    • General and applied linguistics
    • Heritage and tourism
    • Philosophy
    • Psychology
    • Sociology

  • Professional Bachelor's degrees

    • Mental health
    • Educational psychology
    • Social sciences for development
    • Trilingual / translation and interpreting (French, English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Italian)
    • Journalism and communication
    • Management of local development potential
    • Cartography, topography and GIS (options: cartography and GIS, or topography and land registry)

Master's

  • Standard Master's degrees

    • Anthropology
    • Visual arts and art history
    • Cinema, audiovisual and management of cultural and creative industries
    • Communication
    • English Language
    • English Literature
    • Spanish
    • International and strategic studies
    • Geography
    • History
    • French language
    • Arabic language, literature and civilisation
    • Bilingual letters
    • African literatures and cultures
    • Linguistics and African languages
    • French literature
    • Heritage and tourism
    • Philosophy
    • Psychology
    • Sociology

  • Professional Master's degrees

    • Social sciences for development
    • Risk and disaster assessment and management
    • Clinical psychology
    • Peace and security
    • Mental health
    • Educational psychology

Doctorate

  • Doctorate/PhD

    • Anthropology
    • Sociology
    • Archaeology
    • Geography
    • History
    • Philosophy
    • Psychology
    • Education sciences

Programmes

Tuition fees

Annual tuition fees, 2025-2026 academic year.

ProgrammeCEMAC zoneOutside CEMAC
Standard programme50 000 FCFA300 000 FCFA
Professional Bachelor's300 000 FCFA500 000 FCFA
Professional Master's500 000 FCFA750 000 FCFA

Pre-registration file

Bachelor's pre-registration file
  1. An application form completed by the applicant (available from the registry or on the university website)
  2. A sworn statement (available from the registry)
  3. A receipt for the 10,000 CFA franc pre-registration fee (available from the registry)
  4. A receipt for the 5,000 CFA franc medical fee (available from the registry)
  5. Four 4 x 4 colour passport photos with the applicant's full name, date and place of birth on the back
  6. A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  7. A certified copy of the Probatoire
  8. A certified copy of the Baccalauréat, GCE A Level or required qualification
  9. For mobility students requesting a credit transfer: transcripts certified by the home institution
  10. A copy of the national identity card
  11. A stamped A4 envelope bearing the applicant's full address, name, cycle, programme, academic year and phone number
  12. A second (unstamped) A4 envelope bearing the applicant's full address
  13. A cardboard folder bearing the applicant's full address
Master's (year 1) pre-registration file
  1. An application form completed by the applicant (available from the registry or on the university website)
  2. A sworn statement (available from the registry)
  3. A receipt for the 10,000 CFA franc pre-registration fee (available from the registry)
  4. A receipt for the 5,000 CFA franc medical fee (available from the registry)
  5. Four 4 x 4 colour passport photos with the applicant's full name, date and place of birth on the back
  6. A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  7. A certified copy of the Bachelor's degree or equivalent (certified by the home institution)
  8. For mobility students requesting a credit transfer: transcripts certified by the home institution
  9. A copy of the national identity card
  10. A stamped A4 envelope bearing the applicant's full address, name, cycle, programme, academic year and phone number
  11. A second (unstamped) A4 envelope bearing the applicant's full address
  12. A cardboard folder bearing the applicant's full address