People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

1. People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry Of Higher Education & Scientific Research University of Echahid Hamma Lakhdar El-Oued

2. 1.Who is the martyr “ Hamma Lakhdar “? 2.City of a Thousand Domes 3.Philosophy 4.Vision 5.Mission 7.Historical Overview of El-Oued University  6.Objectives 8.Scientific Research , Publication and Cooperation: 9.Education:

3. 1.Who is the martyr “ Hamma Lakhdar “? He is the struggler, the martyr and the leader Mohammed Lakhdar Amara known as (Hamma Lakhdar), he was born in a village called Djedida belonging to the municipality of Debila within the year 1930, in a rural conservative family which rooted in religious and national values, their members live on herding sheep and camels in the desert neighboring to El Oued , they settled on some days of the year, his father took him into the Mosque where he kept some of the Koran's Surats, but he ceased for practicing grazing till the age of twenty. Because of loving the adventure, revolting on the bad situation, as well as responding to the injustice of colonizer, he travelled with a new spirit to the city of Gafsa, Tunisia, in order to bring some weapons.

4. As the revolution broke out, he engaged it, and became a leader for a number of battles, the most important of them was the battle of HassiKhalifa on November 17th , 1954. It was the first Algerian revolution battle that immortalized the area of Oued Souf with its revolutionary feats, and made it a pioneer in this field. On March 15th 1955 , he led the battle of SahanErretem under the command of the Auras, and the battle of Hood Chika falling within the latest events of August 20th 1955. As he was sent by the general command in a patrol for the collection of weapons, a sudden circumstances forced him to fight the battle, led by him : it was one of the biggest Algerian revolution battles, in which France used the aircrafts, the equipments and hundreds of soldiers and foreign rabble forces. That battle lasted from 8th to 10th of August 1955, in which Hamma Lakhdar and the most of his battalion’s members martyred. It was a battle to which the French ruler came by himself to shed tears on dozens of French soldiers who were killed in the battlefield.

5. 2.City of a Thousand Domes El Oued  (Arabic:اﻟﻮادي‎‎, meaning the Valley) or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of El-Oued Province, inAlgeria. The Oasis town is watered by an underground valley ; hence its name is El Oued which enables date palm cultivation and the rare use (for the desert) of brick construction for housing. As most roofs are domed, it is known as the "City of a Thousand Domes". El Oued is located 400 miles (640 km) south east of Algiers (the capital city of Algeria), near the Tunisian border. El-Oued is certainly the most picturesque town in a region more renowned as being an endless sea of sand.

6. 3.Philosophy Each person can attain high level of excellence through the transfer of knowledge and assimilation of moral values so as to become professional member capable of developing knowledge, self, society and nation.

7. Vision To establish Echahid Hamma Lakhdar University as a premier university in Algeria of exceptional academic excellence capable of providing energetic professionals and leaders.

8. Mission Echahid Hamma Lakhdar University places the three mainstays: “Education”, “Research”, and “Leadership” as its core objectives. At Hamma Lakhdar University, we encourage our students and faculty members to discover and analyze issues encountered in the course of everyday living, and activating the pedagogical performance and the development of scientific research.

9. Objectives • Educating graduation and post-graduation students • Programming and Developing scientific research activities • Continuing training, development and leadership activities. • Supporting Higher education cooperation with internal and external universities & scientific institutions.

10. Historical Overview of El-Oued University  Echahid Hamma Lakhdar University (El-Oued) has undergone five phases from the beginning of the year 1995 till today. Phase I 1995-1998:The attachment to the National Institute of Trade at El-Oued has been established under a joint ministerial decree on the 3rd of June 1995. The study was launched for the first time during the academic year 1996/1995 in Teksebt and remained there for two years until it was transferred to Elchouhada Center in 1998 where the branch of commercial sciences was taught with its two specialties: -Management from the beginning of the academic year 1998/1997.-International trade from the beginning of the academic year 1999/2000.

11. Phase II 1998-2001: In addition to the attachmentto the National Institute of Trade of the National Institute of Trade in Ben Aknoun, El-Oued has gained the opening of  the Legal and Administrative Sciences branch in the academic year 1999/1998, and the Institute of Arab literature in 1999/2000 that  belong to the University of Mohamed Khider .Biskra, and hence El-Oued university Annex has been established .

12. Phase III 2001-2012:El-Oued University Center was established in 2001 by Executive Decree No. 01/277 dated on September18th 2001, where the university turned to Annex containing five institutes: 1-Institute of Legal and Administrative Sciences. 2-Istitute of Arts and Languages. 3-Institute of Economic and Trade Sciences and Management. 4-Institute of Science and Technology. 5-Institute of Social and Human Sciences.

13. Phase IV 2012-2014: The University was established under the Executive Decree No. 12-243 dated on June 4th 2012 which corresponds to 14th of Rajab 1433, and it includes:              1- Faculty of Science and Technology.               2- Faculty of Natural & Life sciences.               3- Faculty of Arts and Languages. ​​              4- Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. 5- Faculty of Economics, Trade Sciences and Management.              6- Faculty of Law and Political Sciences.

14. Stage V from 2014 to present:El-Oued University was named the University of EchahidHammaLakhdar, pursuant to decision No. 01/14 dated on October 23rd 2014containing the consecration of naming university institutions, where the university was still in development and  reached in the academic year  2015 / 2016 the census of more than 20,000 students , 700 professors and 500 employees divided across seven faculties and the Institute of Islamic Sciences:1-Faculty of Technology.2- Faculty of Exact Sciences. 3- Faculty of Natural & Life sciences. 4- Faculty of Arts and Languages. 5- ​​Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities. 6- Faculty of Economics, Trade Sciences and Management. 7- Faculty of Law and Political Science. 8- Institute of Islamic Sciences

15. Scientific Research , Publication and Cooperation: • Scientific Research Laboratories • Laboratory of the Development of Saharan Resources Technology. • Laboratory of the Exploitation and Development of Saharan Energy Resources. • Laboratory of Operators Theory & Partial Differential Equations (PDE): Foundations & Applications. • Laboratory of Jurisprudential & Judicial Studies. • Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Cognitive and Social Psychology. • Laboratory of the Contributions of Algerian Scholars in the Enrichment of Islamic Sciences. • Laboratory of General Policies and the Improvement of Public Service in Algeria. • Laboratory of economic development in Arabic countries.

16. Research Projects: • * 73 National Projects divided across different faculties with 287 researchers. • * Post graduation Students & Teachers can get different • Short -period scholarships to enlarge their scientific • Knowledge or long-period scholarships to conclude their • Doctorate studies

17. Scientific Publications: • Journal of Research & Studies. • Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences. • Journal of Financial & Accounting Studies. • Journal of Legal & Political Sciences • Journal of Arabic Language Sciences & Literatures • Journal of Social Studies & Research • RoaIktissadia Review • Journal of Financial and Economic Studies. • Journal of Psychological and Educational Sciences. • Journal of El-Maaref for Historical Research & Studies. • Journal of Alshihab for Islamic Research & Studies. • Journal of Jurisprudential & Judicial Studies. • Journal EL-Bahith in Human & Social Sciences.

18. Scientific Cooperation : • 35 International Cooperation Agreements. • 13 National Cooperation Agreements. • 41 Local Cooperation Agreements with different Institutions, Companies and Administrations. جامعة يشار- تركيا- • ولاية الوادي • جامعة مالقا – اسبانيا الجامعة الاسلاميةالعالمية– ماليزيا- جامعة باريس غرب نترنلاديفانس – فرنسا- • مديرية الصناعة و المناجم لولاية الوادي جامعة كافوسكاريفينييا–ايطاليا-

19. Education: • Bachelor ‘s Degree : • Faculty of Technology: more than 16 Bachelors • Electrical Engineering • Mechanics • Hydraulic • Telecommunications • Process Engineering

20. Faculty of Exact sciences: more than 04 Bachelors • Mathematics • Physics • Chemistry and Computer Sciences

21. Faculty of Natural & Life Sciences : more than04 Bachelors • Biochemistry • Toxicology • Physiology and Biology of Plant • Ecology and Environment • Agriculture

22. Faculty of Economics, Trade Sciences and Management : more than 09 Bachelors • Stock Management • International Trade • Marketing • Finance and Banks • Business Management • Management of Human resources • Accounting and Taxes

23. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities: more than 10 Bachelors • Educational Sociology • Sociology of Communication • Environmental Sociology • Guidance & Counseling • Sociology of Work and Organization • General Philosophy • General History

24. Faculty of Arts and Languages: more than 04 Bachelors • French Language • English Language • Arabic Language • Arabic Literature • Criticism & Methods

25. Faculty of Law and Political Sciences: more than 04 Bachelors • General Law • Special Law • Political Organizations • International Relations

26. Institute of Islamic Sciences: more than 04 Bachelors • Sharia and Law • Dawah and Islamic culture • Hadith and Its Sciences • Quran and Tafsir • Comparative Religion

27. Master’s Degree: • Faculty of Exact Sciences : More than 05 Masters • Applied Physics • Analytical Organic Chemistry • Basic Mathematics • Distributed Systems and Artificial Intelligence systems

28. Faculty of Technology : More than 06 Masters • Designing & Diagnosis of Drinking Water and Purification Supply systems • Refining and Petrochemical Industry • Electrical Control • Power Grids • Telecommunication • Process Engineering • Mechanical Energy

29. Faculty of Economics, Trade Sciences and Management : More than 05 Masters • Accounting Audit • International Trade • Banks • Public Economy • Management of Institutions

30. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities : More than 06 Masters • Educational Sociology • Sociology of Communication • Environmental Sociology • Guidance • Counseling • The Contemporary and Modern History of Arab Maghreb • History of Ancient Civilizations

31. Faculty of Arts and Languages: More than 05 Masters • Popular Literature • Contemporary & Modern Literature • Sciences of Language • Didactics of French language-(FOS/ French for Specific Purposes)

32. Faculty of Natural & Life Sciences : More than 04 Masters • Biology and Valorization of Plant • Bio-chemistry and Applied Chemistry • Environment

33. Faculty of Law and Political Sciences : • Real Estate Law • Trade Law

34. Institute of Islamic Sciences: More than 05 Masters • Sharia and Law • Dawah and Islamic Culture • Jurisprudence and Principles • Dawah, Media and Communication • Tafsir and Quran sciences • Contemporary Financial Transactions

35. Doctorate degree • Faculty of Exact Sciences: • Analytical & Environmental Chemistry • Applied Mathematics • Physics of Radiation – Material & Energy • Computer science: Information Systems • Pharmaceutical Chemistry for Biological Active Substances

36. Faculty of Technology : • Electrical Engineering • Energetic • Process and Energetic • Best Control of Energy

37. Faculty of Economics, Trade Sciences and Management : • Accounting & Auditing • Auditing & Control of Management • Marketing & International Commerce • Economic Analysis

38. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities : • Guidance & Counseling • Learning Difficulties • Sociology of Administration & Work • The Contemporary & Modern History of Arab Maghreb • The Medieval & Modern History of Maghreb.

39. Faculty of Arts and Languages: • Stylistics

40. Faculty of Law and Political Sciences : • General Policies & Public Services • Economic Law

41. Institute of Islamic Sciences: • Tafsir & Quran sciences • Tafsir & Comparative Legislation • The Contemporary Studies of Hadith • Sharia & Law • Dawah & Islamic culture • Jurisprudence & Its Principles • Financing & Islamic Banks

42. Thanks University of EchahidHammaLakhdarEl-Oued Address : P.B. 789 El Oued, 39000, ALGERIA Tel. +213 32 22 30 07/09 Fax. +213 32 22 30 03 Site web: www.univ-eloued.dz