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.”