University of Batna

The University of Batna (French: Université de Batna, also named Université Colonel Hadj Lakhdar, Arabic: جامعة باتنة) is a public university in the city of Batna, Algeria. It was created in 1977. It has four faculties and over 19,000 students.

History

When the university was created, it started with two institutes, Law sciences and Arabic Literature and Language. It later gained two other institutes including Economic sciences, and Agronomy.

In 1985 the university was reorganized under a new administrative structure called INES (National Institutes of High Education), and in 1990, it was again replaced by many institutes, each of which contains many departments.

In 2001, it was reorganized to a set of faculties with its departments. The new and the most important site of the university, located in the southern area of the city of Batna, has four faculties, the central library and many infrastructures.

The Head of the university is Pr. Abdesselem Dhif

Faculties and departments

Human Sciences

Sections are:

• Arabic Language and Literature
• Translation
• History and Archaeology
• Psychology
• Intensive Language Learning

Economics

Created in 1980, the faculty of Economic Sciences has 4650 students.

• Economic Sciences
• Management
• Commercial Sciences

Social and Islamic Sciences

The Faculty of Social and Islamic Sciences was created in 1998 by transferring the National Institute of Islamic Sciences to a faculty belonging to the University of Batna. The idea of establishing this national institute started in 1980 under the leadership of Abidi Mouhamed Tahar called Hadj Lakhdar, one of the leaders of The Algerian Revolutionary War. It includes the following sections :

• Islamic Law
• Basics of Religion
• Sociology

Law

The Law Sciences faculty was established in 1998 according to act number 213-89. The faculty includes three sections :

• Law Sciences
• Political Sciences
• Information and Communication

See also

• List of universities in Algeria
• Batna City

External links

• University of Batna website

Universities of Algeria
University of Abou Bakr Belkaïd University of Adrar University of Algiers University of Annaba University of Badji Mokhtar University of Batna University of Biskra University of Béchar University of Béjaïa University of Blida Emir Abdelkader University Université Constantine 1 Université Constantine 2 Université de Guelma Higher National Veterinary School Higher National Agronomic School University of Jijel University of Laghouat University of Mostaganem Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou University of Oran University of Ouargla University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene Université de Sétif Université de Skikda

Coordinates: 35°32′27″N 6°08′56″E / 35.54083°N 6.14889°E / 35.54083; 6.14889