In 2001, the name ???University of Benin??? was modified by decree No. 2001-024/PR of March 9, 2001. The University of Benin then became the University of Lom?? (UL).

From 2005, following the birth of the Network for Excellence in Higher Education in West Africa (REESAO), the University of Lom?? resolutely engaged in a process of global reform of its education system. training. Intended to align the university institution of Lom?? with the education system in force on a global scale, this reform concerned, among other things, the structuring of university time, training offers, teaching methods, administration and management of student flows, institutional governance. The changes induced by this new situation have led the University of Lom?? to make a qualitative leap by officially deciding to switch to the LMD system from 2009, in application of decree No. 2008-066/PR of July 21 2008.