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[[File:University of Antananarivo Madagascar.JPG|thumb|University of Antananarivo, in Antananarivo, Madagascar.]]

'''University of Antananarivo''' ({{lang-fr|Université d'Antananarivo}}) is the primary public university of {{wipe|Madagascar}}, located in the capital [[Place:Antananarivo|Antananarivo]].

== History ==
The university traces its founding to 16 December 1955 and the formation of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Antananarivo. It established itself as the main center for higher education in the country, and was renamed the [[Organization:University of Madagascar|University of Madagascar]] in 1961. It later opened five more branches in [[Place:Antsiranana|Antsiranana]], [[Place:Fianarantsoa|Fianarantsoa]], [[Place:Toamasina|Toamasina]], [[Place:Toliara|Toliara]], and [[Place:Mahajanga|Mahajanga]].

Robert Mallet taught in Madagascar from 1959 to 1964, where he founded the Faculty of Letters at the University of Antananarivo, of which he was the first Dean.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.arllfb.be/composition/membres/mallet.html|title=Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique: Robert Mallet|website=arllfb.be}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg/Presentation-generale-141|title=Université d'Antananarivo|website=niv-antananarivo.mg}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCZWE7jC_0IC&q=%22robert+mallet%22+%22Prix%22+-stevens&pg=PA10|title=Du terroir à la terre: Robert Mallet, recteur, écrivain, mondialiste : etudes biographiques et entretiens avec un témoignage inédit de Guillevic|first1=Jacques|last1=Lardoux|first2=Robert|last2=Mallet|date=2003|publisher=Editions La Part Commune|isbn=9782844180360|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The University of Antananarivo runs the Museum of Arts and Archaeology. The Institute of Higher Education of Soavinandriana Itasy and the Institute of Higher Education of [[Place:Antsirabe|Antsirabe]] Vakinankaratra are its two regional branches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg/ETABLISSEMENTS-15|title = Université d'Antananarivo}}</ref>

With the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique (Ministry of Higher Education), staff of the university oversee MadaRevues, a website compilation of scientific journals published in Madagascar. PDF articles are viewable for free.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://madarevues.recherches.gov.mg/|title=Madarevues|website=madarevues.recherches.gov.mg|access-date=Jun 7, 2019}}</ref>

== Sports ==
The university's sports facilities were used for the official 2011 African Basketball Championship.

== Notable people ==

* Chantal Radimilahy, Madagascar's first woman archaeologist and director of the Museum of Arts and Archaeology.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chantal Radimilahy {{!}} TrowelBlazers|url=https://trowelblazers.com/chantal-radimilahy/|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Organization:List of universities in Madagascar|List of universities in Madagascar]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg/ Antananarivo University]

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