Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba is introduced as follows:

Introduction and Overview

Geographical location: Located in Annaba, northeastern Algeria, the city is the fourth largest city in Algeria, one of the main tourist attractions in the western Mediterranean, and an important hub of the world's steel industry, with the largest steel plant in Africa.

Student size: 43,406 students, including 39,500 undergraduates and 3,906 postgraduates.

Number of faculty and staff: 2,500 academic staff and 1,905 administrative staff.

History and establishment time

Founded in 1975, it is named after the Algerian freedom fighter Badji Mokhtar, who died in the Algerian War on November 19, 1954.

Strength of School Operation

Disciplines and Majors: It is a multidisciplinary university that offers 78 undergraduate and 141 graduate programs covering 12 different subject areas, distributed in 39 departments of its 8 colleges.

Research Situation: It has 89 research laboratories, vigorously strengthens scientific research through a wide range of doctoral programs, pursues excellence and innovation in research topics such as energy, health and agriculture, and has established 106 cooperation agreements with external institutions.

Institutional Nature

Public higher education and scientific research institutions.

Educational Philosophy

Focus on international cooperation and exchanges, committed to developing international cooperation, and through the establishment of structured projects with international partners, combining research and training from bachelor's to doctoral degrees, emphasizing the mobility of students, teachers and administrative staff, spreading "international culture", and cultivating students' cross-cultural capabilities and new skills.

Key Laboratories and Disciplines

Key Disciplines: Computer Science is between 801-1000 in the 2024 THE ranking, Engineering is ranked 1001+, and Life Sciences and Physical Sciences are both ranked 1001+. In addition, disciplines such as medicine, earth sciences, and law also have certain strengths.

Key laboratories: It has 65 research laboratories and 400 ongoing national research projects, with research languages ​​in Arabic, French, and some English.

Faculty

It has a medical school, a law school, a school of economics, a school of literature, a school of life sciences, a school of information technology, a school of engineering, and a school of earth sciences.

Ranking

2025 THE ranking: 1501+ in the comprehensive ranking of world universities.

2023 US News ranking: 1694th among global universities, 61st among the best global universities in Africa, and 955th in engineering.

Fees

No clear data on tuition and other fees has been found, but public universities in Algeria usually have relatively low tuition fees, and you may only need to pay a certain registration fee each year.

Campus environment

Campus distribution: The colleges and their buildings are distributed in four areas of Annaba, namely Annaba City Campus, Sidi Ashour Campus, El Buni Campus, and Sidi Amar Campus.

Climate conditions: Annaba is a seaport city close to Tunisia and has a Mediterranean climate with long, dry, hot summers and abundant rain in winter by North African standards, sometimes with torrential rain.