University of Tizi Ouzou | |
Established: | 1977 |
Type: | Public |
City: | Tizi Ouzou |
Country: | Algeria |
Campus: | Urban |
Nickname: | UMMTO |
The Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou (Berber languages: ⵝⴰⵙⴷⴰⵓⵉⵝ ⵎⵓⵏⵓⴷ ⴰⵝⵎⴷⴰⵟⵙ; French: '''Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou''') is a university in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria.
It is named after Mouloud Mammeri. As of 2012 Naceur Eddine Haddachi is the rector of the university.[1] The university has eight faculties and twenty-five departments.[2]
In 1977 President of Algeria Houari Boumediene inaugurated the Centre Universitaire de Tizi-Ouzou (C.U.T.O.) as per the executive decree No. 17-77 of 20 June 1977.[2]
The University Hospital employed Africa's first woman neurosurgeon, Faiza Lalam, in 1982.[3] [4]