Morocco’s higher education budget is growing — but its share of the national budget is shrinking
Morocco’s higher education budget grew 3.6% in 2025, but its share of national spending shrank as the state budget grew faster.
Morocco’s higher education budget grew 3.6% in 2025, but its share of national spending shrank as the state budget grew faster.
Women make up 56% of Morocco’s public university students and are the majority in nearly every field of study.
Technology enrollment jumped 22.9% in a single year at Moroccan public universities, while Islamic studies enrollment fell 18.7%.
Morocco’s public university enrollment fell 0.35% this year, while private and partnership institutions grew as much as 21%.
UM6P and UNHCR Morocco have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand higher education access and social inclusion for refugees in Morocco, building on an existing scholarship programme and a new fully-funded master’s scholarship open to refugees through the TAGDev 2.0 initiative