The Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (previously University of Cocody-Abidjan) is a university in the Cocody section of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is elite in the country and region. With over 50,000 students, the UCA has more than 13 faculties and a research center, providing diplomas from two-year undergraduate degrees to graduate (doctoral) and professional academic, medical, legal, and specialist degrees. It was the main campus of the nationwide University of Abidjan from 1964 to 1996, when it became an independent institution. It is state-owned and operated, and responsible to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.