On the morning of 15 January 2026, Mr Kamel Baddari, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, conducted a working and inspection visit to several facilities of the University City of Oran. 

The minister began the visit by inspecting the Higher School of Biological Sciences’ biological foundation, where he examined the interfaces related to the economic environment, such as the business incubator, the entrepreneurship development centre, and the technological genomics infrastructure. He urged student project holders to actively engage with the current economic landscape in our country by taking advantage of the state’s support initiatives. He emphasised that the aim is to transform the university into a locomotive for development, creating sustainable jobs and wealth.     

Mr Kamel Baddari oversaw the inauguration of the public economic institution (the Services and Subcontracting in Precision Mechanics Company), a subsidiary of the Research Centre in Industrial Technologies (CRTI).

He also supervised the signing of four cooperation and partnership agreements between the CRTI and various economic institutions.

At the University for Science and Technology “Mohamed Boudiaf” in Oran, the minister visited the incubator and the entrepreneurship development centre. He also reviewed the projects of students, holders of start-up and micro-enterprises projects. Furthermore, he presided over a ceremony honouring exceptional students in the fields of innovation and sports at the same academic institution.