In Senegal, the gap between public universities (almost symbolic fees) and private schools (up to 1.8M FCFA/year) is considerable depending on the chosen field.
Enter your program, city, and duration: the calculator details tuition fees, accommodation, food, transport, insurance, and visa costs, based on our sourced and dated cost index.
The 4 countries in our index (France, Canada, Senegal, Morocco) use manually sourced and verified data. For any other country, a real-time AI search is launched — the figures found are cited with their sources, never invented, but should be verified before any financial decision.
| Program | Public / standard rate | Private (range) |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 100 000 FCFA | 700 000 FCFA – 1 200 000 FCFA |
| Cybersecurity | 900 000 FCFA | 900 000 FCFA – 1 300 000 FCFA |
| Business & Management | 25 000 FCFA | 1 230 000 FCFA – 1 800 000 FCFA |
| Engineering | 400 000 FCFA | 800 000 FCFA – 1 200 000 FCFA |
| Health & Medicine | 50 000 FCFA | 600 000 FCFA – 1 000 000 FCFA |
| Law | 25 000 FCFA | — |
| City | Housing / month | Food / month | Transport / month | Total / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakar | 75 000 FCFA | 45 000 FCFA | 20 000 FCFA | 140 000 FCFA |
No visa required for Senegalese nationals. Mandatory 10% reduction on private tuition fees for Senegalese and WAEMU students (5% outside Dakar).
Variable based on merit/social criteria · Scholarships Directorate (Senegal)
Variable · UEMOA / CAMES
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Last data verification: 2025-12-05