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Université de Thiès
The UFR SET of the University of Thiès was created by rector's decree in October 2007. It is a higher education establishment under the name of Science and Technology Training and Research Unit. It was created in order to offer a diversity of training offers within the framework of the new university card initiated by the authorities in 2004. The UFR SET provides training for students in the fields of Science and Technology (<mark>Computer Science</mark>, Mathematics, Hydraulics, Physics, Chemistry, etc.). The orientation of the UFR SET towards teaching and training in the field of science and technology will greatly contribute to the popularization of STEM (Sciences, Techniques, Engineering Professions and Mathematics), which constitute one of the main orientations of the Government of Senegal. This is how, that a proportion of Senegalese and foreign students graduating from the UFR now work as middle managers in the public and private sectors and in certain organizations. With a pedagogical organization articulated on the LMD system, the UFR SET meets the objectives of professionalization of training. It also <mark>develops activities of technology transfer, promotion of knowledge resulting from research, support for innovation and business creation, dissemination of scientific and technical culture.</mark> UFR SET meets the objectives of professionalizing training. It also develops activities of technology transfer, promotion of knowledge resulting from research, support for innovation and business creation, dissemination of scientific and technical culture. UFR SET meets the objectives of professionalizing training. It also develops activities of technology transfer, promotion of knowledge resulting from research, support for innovation and business creation, dissemination of scientific and technical culture.