University of Tamanghasset

Tamanghasset, Algeria · University · Public institution · Founded 2004 · Accredited by Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS), Executive Decree 05-301 of 16 August 2005; university since 2020 · 7,000 students

The University of Tamanrasset, named after the Amenokal El Hadj Moussa Ag Akhamouk, is in the Ahaggar region of Algeria's far south. It began in 2004 as an annex of the University of Algiers, became a university centre in 2005 and was upgraded to a university in 2020. Its five faculties cover letters and languages, science and technology, law and political science, humanities and social sciences, and economics and management.

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