Badji Mokhtar Annaba University
Badji Mokhtar University – Annaba is one of the largest universities in Algeria, located in Annaba, on the northeastern coast of Algeria. It is named after the chahid Badji Mokhtar, an Algerian political activist and independence fighter, one of the 22 historical leaders responsible for launching the Algerian War of Independence.
History
Created by Ordinance 28/75 on April 29, 1975 from the infrastructure of the former Institute of Mines and Metallurgy of Annaba, the University of Annaba has progressively developed with the opening of new fields of study every year.Initially structured into departments attached to the Rectorate, the university saw in 1980 the creation of five institutes
By 1993, it operated with 20 institutes grouped into three main areas:
Formerly offering multidisciplinary training leading to D.E.S., Licence, Engineer, and Higher Technician, the University of Annaba was among the pioneers in adopting the new LMD system.
Although primarily technology-oriented, it has maintained a strong tradition in the humanities since its founding.
These characteristics make it a privileged site for interdisciplinarity and interaction with its social and industrial environment.
Campuses and organization
Since 1999, the university has been restructured into seven faculties grouping 39 departments.Currently, the structures of the University of Annaba are distributed across four university campuses
Sidi Amar University Campus:
- Rectorate
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering Sciences
- Faculty of Earth Sciences
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Letters, Human and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management Sciences
- Faculty of [Medicine of Annaba|Faculty of Medicine]
Student body
During the 2019–2020 academic year, the Badji Mokhtar University – Annaba enrolled 43,406 students distributed as follows:- Licence: 28,600
- Master: 10,900
- Doctorate: 3,906
It also hosts 13 active student associations and 27 scientific clubs.
The teaching staff during the 2019–2020 academic year was distributed as follows:
| Grade | Number |
| Professors | 584 |
| Senior Lecturers A | 404 |
| Senior Lecturers B | 555 |
| Assistant Professors A | 771 |
| Assistant Professors B | 115 |
| Assistants | 08 |
| Teaching assistants | 02 |
| Part-time / Associate lecturers | 465 |
UBMA also employs 1,905 administrative and technical staff.
Teaching
Teaching is provided through seven faculties and 39 departments, offering:- Nine common core programs
- 199 Bachelor and Master programs across all fields of knowledge
- 127 Doctoral programs
- One Research center in Environmental studies
- One Distance learning center
- One Language learning center for intensive language training
- A University Publications Directorate
- 14 student dormitories across the city, offering over 38,000 beds
- Two central Libraries and seven faculty Libraries with specialized research collections currently undergoing digital conversion