Universities and Colleges in Mauritius

Tertiary education centres on the University of Mauritius, which comprises faculties of Agriculture; Engineering; Law; Management; Science (including the Department of Medicine); and Social Studies and Humanities. Other institutions include University of Technology (operational from September 2001); Mauritius Institute of Education (training teachers); Mahatma Gandhi Institute (courses in Asian culture); Mauritius College of the Air (distance education for adults and primary and secondary students); and Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College (established at Belle Rive in 1999, offers degrees in medicine and dentistry). The female–male ratio for gross enrolment in tertiary education is 1.24:1 (2008). Literacy among people aged 15–24 is 97% (2010).