Cheikh Anta Diop University
| Université Cheikh Anta Diop | |
| Former names | University of Dakar (until 30 March 1987) | 
|---|---|
| Motto | "Lux Mea Lex" | 
| Type | Public | 
| Established | 24 February 1957 | 
| Endowment | Yearly state budget: 2006: $US32 million | 
| Rector | Alioune Badara KANDJI | 
| Academic staff | 1,422 | 
| Administrative staff | 1562 | 
| Students | 86,188 | 
| Location | , , | 
| Campus | UCAD, BP 5005 Dakar | 
| Website | www | 
Cheikh Anta Diop University (French: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000.