El Imam El Mahdi University is a university based in the town of Kosti, Sudan.
The university was established in 1994 as a public university funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
It is named in honor of Muhammad Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan who, on June 29, 1881, proclaimed himself as the Mahdi or messianic redeemer of the Islamic faith...

, the leader of the Mahdia revolution in Sudan (1885-1898).
As of September 2011, the university was a member in good standing of the Association of African Universities

Association of African Universities

The Association of African Universities was established in 1967 to facilitate co-operation between its members and with the international academic community. It is based in Accra, Ghana...

.