Editing Marrakesh (section)

==Education==
[[File:Université Privée de Marrakech.jpg|thumb|Université Privée de Marrakech]]
Marrakesh has several universities and schools, including [[Cadi Ayyad University]] (also known as the University of Marrakech), and its component, the [[École nationale des sciences appliquées de Marrakech]] (ENSA Marrakech), which was created in 2000 by the [[Education in Morocco|Ministry of Higher Education]] and specializes in engineering and scientific research, and the La faculté des sciences et techniques-gueliz which known to be number one in Morocco in its kind of faculties.{{Sfn|Arino|Hbid|Dads|2006|p=21}}{{sfn|Casas|Solh|Hafez|1999|p=74}} Cadi Ayyad University was established in 1978 and operates 13 institutions in the Marrakech Tensift Elhaouz and Abda Doukkala regions of Morocco in four main cities, including [[Kalaa of Sraghna]], [[Essaouira]] and [[Safi, Morocco|Safi]] in addition to Marrakech.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uca-en.ucam.ac.ma/the-university/rub-18.php |title=The University |publisher=Cadi Ayyad University |access-date=16 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103092931/http://www.uca-en.ucam.ac.ma/the-university/rub-18.php |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> [[Sup de Co Marrakech]], also known as the École Supérieure de Commerce de Marrakech, is a private four-year college that was founded in 1987 by Ahmed Bennis. The school is affiliated with the [[École supérieure de commerce de Toulouse|École Supérieure de Commerce of Toulouse]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Geisser |first=Vincent |url=https://books.openedition.org/editionscnrs/747 |title=Diplômés maghrébins d'ici et d'ailleurs: Trajectoires sociales et itinéraires migratoires |publisher=CNRS Éditions |year=2000 |isbn=978-2-271-05780-8 |pages=202 |language=fr}}</ref> 
===Ben Youssef Madrasa===
[[File:Marrakesh, Ben Youssef Medersa (5364691987).jpg|thumb|The courtyard of the [[Ben Youssef Madrasa]]]]
The [[Ben Youssef Madrasa]], north of the Medina, was an [[Islam]]ic [[college]] in Marrakesh named after the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (1106–1142) who expanded the city and its influence considerably. It is the largest madrasa in all of Morocco and was one of the largest theological colleges in [[North Africa]], at one time housing as many as 900 students.{{sfn|Lehmann|Henss|Szerelmy|2009|p=299}}

This education complex specialized in Quranic law and was linked to similar institutions in [[Fez, Morocco|Fez]], [[Taza]], [[Salé]], and [[Meknes]].{{sfn|Rogerson|2000|pp=100–102}} The [[Madrasa]] was constructed by the [[Saadi Dynasty|Saadian]] Sultan [[Abdallah al-Ghalib]] (1557–1574) in 1564 as the largest and most prestigious madrasa in Morocco.{{sfn|Rogerson|2000|pp=100–102}} The construction ordered by Abdallah al-Ghalib was completed in 1565, as attested by the inscription in the prayer room.{{sfn|Cheurfi|2007|p=740}} Its 130 student dormitory cells cluster around a courtyard richly carved in [[cedrus|cedar]], [[marble]] and [[stucco]]. In accordance with Islam, the carvings contain no representation of humans or animals, consisting entirely of inscriptions and geometric patterns. One of the school's best known teachers was [[Mohammed al-Ifrani]] (1670–1745). After a temporary closure beginning in 1960, the building was refurbished and reopened to the public as a historical site in 1982.{{sfn|Michelin|2001|p=363}}