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2026-2027 academic year: applications for Fall 2027 are open

Campus life

A campus at Badalabougou, on the river side of Bamako: classrooms, laboratories, sport and the everyday life of a student body being built from the first cohort up.

  • Student organisations

    Societies for robotics, debate, entrepreneurship, journalism and the arts. Students who want a club that does not exist yet are encouraged to found it.

  • Sport and athletics

    Football, basketball and athletics, with inter-faculty competition through the academic year.

  • Laboratories and studios

    Teaching laboratories for engineering, computing, chemistry and the health sciences, plus studio space for the arts.

  • Library and study

    A working library with digital access to international journals, and study space open outside class hours.

The day TAU opened its doors

Students, families, partners and government representatives gathered in Bamako to mark the founding of Timbuktu American University.