The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, paid a working and inspection visit on Thursday, May 21, 2026, to the National Higher School of Public Works in Kouba, Algiers, during which he inaugurated several infrastructures and inspected other facilities belonging to the institution.
As part of the visit, the Minister inaugurated a space comprising the school’s business incubator, an entrepreneurship center, and a digital fabrication laboratory, in addition to a football field, before touring several other facilities within the institution.
In a press statement following the visit, Mr. Kamel Baddari praised the advanced level achieved by the school in promoting scientific research outcomes and transforming students’ ideas into marketable and industrializable projects. He further stressed that these achievements embody the strategic vision led by the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, aimed at enabling universities to contribute effectively to boosting the national economy and achieving sustainable development through strengthening cooperation between universities and their economic and social environment.
In this regard, he explained that the National Higher School of Public Works has succeeded in creating 55 micro-enterprises and three start-ups, in addition to obtaining three patents, enabling it to make a distinctive and qualitative contribution to the fields of public works and construction, particularly through students’ use of the latest technologies.
The Minister also highlighted innovative projects based on recycling ceramic waste and transforming it into materials used in cement and reinforced concrete production, alongside other projects focused on developing new mechanisms for reducing electrical energy consumption through the use of specialized materials in construction processes.