Inspection visit to the University of Algiers

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Inspection visit to the University of Algiers

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, paid an inspection visit to the University of Algiers 3 “Ibrahim Sultan Cheibout” on Thursday, September 12, 2024, where he inspected the ongoing preparations for the start of the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Minister began his visit by inspecting the preparations of the Faculty of Sports Education for the year where he supervised the distribution of multi-service cards to new students.
During this visit, he also verified the access to the faculty with this card, the digital registration for courses as well as the presentation of digital courses given that this university has “digital portals allowing communication between teachers and students”.
As part of the preparations for the start of the academic year, the minister inspected the sports infrastructure at the Faculty of Physical Education, as well as the Entrepreneurship Development Center and the Business Incubator, which are part of the “strengthening of the economic role of the Algerian university”.
On the other hand, the minister visited the University of Continuous Education (UFC), on the occasion of its digitization, as well as the rest of the university institutions. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research met yesterday, Wednesday, with the rectors of the University of Algiers and the UFC as part of the preparations for the start of the academic year. The meeting focused on the fourth generation university, the strengthening of the economic role of universities, the distribution of multi-service cards and the redevelopment of university residences.

Orientation results for new baccalaureate holders

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Orientation results for new baccalaureate holders

The minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari said Monday, August 5 2024 at the ministry’s headquarters that 70.22 % of new university registrants holding the 2024 baccalaureate have obtained one of their top three choices.
During a press conference dedicated to presenting the orientation results of the new students holding the 2024 baccalaureate, the minister stated that only 2.16% of the new baccalaureate holders did not receive any of their choices, as they will be given a second opportunity stating today to re-select a speciality according to the marks obtained in the baccalaureate.
The total number of the new baccalaureate holders initially registered was 381 428 students, representing 97.84% of the 2024 baccalaureate holders, with 65.3% in science and technology specialities, and 34.7% in humanities and social sciences.
Regarding the orientation of students to medical sciences, the minister pointed out that it has increased, reaching 20 015 compared to 14 513 students last year.
As for the higher schools, the number of baccalaureate holders oriented to them reached 16 155, an increase of 4.23% compared to last year, while the number of the students oriented to the higher schools for teachers reached 10 303, an increase of 2.70%.
The minister added that the numbers of the baccalaureate holders oriented to training pathways to obtain a double degree reached 2143 students, in addition to 564 students enrolled in training offers to obtain a dual competency diploma.
And for the students oriented to the higher schools of the Sidi Abdellah technological pole, 308 students were enrolled in the Higher School of Mathematics, 303 at the Higher School of Artificial Intelligence, 222 at the National Higher School of Autonomous Systems, 219 to the National Higher School of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, and 223 students to the National Higher School of Cybersecurity.

Working and inspection visit to Boumerdes

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Working and inspection visit to Boumerdes

On Thursday, August 1st, 2024, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, announced that the University of “M’hamed Bougara” will receive 4000 pedagogical seats next October.
The minister, with the minister of Hydraulics, Mr. Taha Derbal, asserted during the working and inspection visit of the projects of the two sectors in the province, the progress of this project, which has reached a very advanced stage, and will be received next October.
He explained that this university project, located near the urban pole “Sahel” in Boumerdes, “will lower the pressure off pedagogical seats registered at the University of Boumerdes, now a destination for many students from different provinces.”
The minister indicated that more than a thousand pedagogical seats of the overall project will be devoted to support the capacities of the of Electrical and Electronic Engineering branch of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, while the remaining seats will support the capacities of multiple branches and specialities, such as physics and Computer Science of the Faculty of Sciences.
He also mentioned that over the next three years, another project will be carried out on the same site to benefit this university, including 2000 pedagogical seats intended for the creation of a faculty of medicine, and another project counting 5000 seats will be carried out in the next five years.
The minister stated in this regard that, through planned projects on an estimated area of 22 hectares, “the university’s infrastructure will be strengthened and developed, which will provide more comfort for students,” emphasizing that this “development is the result of the State’s efforts to provide an opportune higher education and implement the principles of democratization of education, making the university a locomotive of national development, creativity and innovation.”