the other in Criminology. The UFR trains jurists for the private and public sectors, to promote research in the legal domain, to publish work and researchers publication. For the 2004-2005 academic year there were 25 teachers for 3,189 students. The UFR/SJP awards the following degrees: DEUG I, DEUG II (university diploma) Bachelor's degree, Master, DESS (postgraduate diploma) and soon DEA and PhD. UFR Applied Sciences The UFR Applied Sciences (UFR/SEA) was created in 2000. It has three departments — Mathematics and Computer, Physics, and Chemistry — and 12 laboratories available for students. Like the other UFR, the UFR/SEA awards the same degrees according to the student's major. UFR Health Sciences The UFR Health Sciences (UFR/SDS) was created in 1980 and the UFR Life and Heart Sciences (UFR/SVT). The first one has three branches: courses in medicine with five departments; courses in pharmacy with three departments and health of superior technicians. The faculty prepares doctors, pharmacists, dental surgeons and qualified technicians for hospitals and clinics. The UFR Life and Hearth Sciences (UFR/SVT) is composed of two sections: the life sciences and earth sciences. The same degrees are delivered as the other faculties. The UFR/SDS has 11 laboratories. Diplomas delivered are the degree of Doctor State in Medicine, the degree of Doctor State in Pharmacy, the professionalized licence in biomedical analyses, the certificate of special studies in general surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, paediatrics and psychiatry. The UFR Health Sciences has 21 laboratories. UFR Life and Earth Sciences The UFR Life and Earth Sciences (UFR/SVT) has four departments: Biology and Animal Physiology, Biology and Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Geology. It houses the largest plant collection in Burkina Faso: the Herbarium of the University of Ouagadougou. The Burkinabé Institute of Arts and Crafts The institute has the following branches: Secretariat of direction, bilingual secretariat of direction, finance-accounting/commercial management, bank-insurance, control sciences and data-processing technology methods applied to management. Telecommunication, architecture and town planning and civil engineering are segments that will open soon. The institute gives students two years of theoretical and practical teaching. At the end students get the DUT degree. Notable people Faculty Yvonne Libona Bonzi Coulibaly, Chemistry Professor, Director General of Burkina Faso's Institute of Sciences Alumni Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, poet and journalist Monique Ilboudo, author and human rights activist Chantal Kaboré-Zoungrana, animal nutritionist and biosecurity expert Stanislas Ouaro, politician and mathematician Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, mathematician Siméon Sawadogo, politician Antoine Somdah, statesman Paul