.The University of Sousse was created in 2004 from a division of the University of the Center, which had been created in 1991 from the University of Monastir. The University of the Center had grown rapidly from 45,000 students in 2001-2002 to nearly 60,000 in 2003-2004 in 30 institutions. In 2004 new universities were created in Monastir, Kairouan and Gafsa.
The University of Sousse has 17 higher education institutions (four faculties, four schools and nine institutes):
- Faculty of Law and Political Sciences;
- Medical School ;
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities;
- Faculty of Economics and Management;
- High School of Agronomy;
- National School of Engineering;
- Higher School of Science and Technology (Hammam Sousse);
- Institute of Health Sciences and Technology;
- Institute of Comercial Studies Institute ;
- Institute of Finance and Taxation;
- Institute of management ;
- Institute of Informatics and Communication Technologies (Hammam Sousse);
- Institute of Music;
- Institute of Fine Arts;
- Institute of Applied Science and Technology;
- Institute of Nursing Sciences;
- Institute of Transport and Logistics.