The University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem is a university in the city of Mostaganem, in the north west of Algeria on the Mediterranean sea.
The university bears the name of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, an emblematic figure of the Muslim reform movement in Algeria, who was a teacher, philosopher and journalist.
A national day, known as Youm El Ilm, which translates as "Knowledge Day", is celebrated in Ibn Badis’ honour on April 16, the date of his death, every year.
Established in 1998, the university traces its history back to the opening of the Institute of Agricultural Technology in 1969, which trained engineers in applied agronomy.
Today, the university brings together a wide range of disciplines, with nine faculties, including medicine, science and technology, exact sciences and informatics, nature and life, foreign languages, Arabic literature and arts, law and political science, economics commerce and management sciences, and social sciences. There is also an institute of sports and physical education.
There are nearly 29,000 students, out of whom nearly 18,000 are enrolled in bachelors degrees, over 8,000 are enrolled in master's and over 800 are enrolled in medicine. There are about 350 international students with around 25 different nationalities, most commonly from Mali, the Sahara Occidental and Palestine.
The city of Mostaganem is located on the Mediterranean and dates back to before the Roman period. The area is distinguished by the wealth of its farmland and coastline and its proximity to Algeria’s second city of Oran and the petrochemical cluster of Arzew.
