University of Oran | |
Native Name: | جــامــــــعة وهـــــــــران University of Oran |
Established: | 20 December 1961 |
Type: | Public |
Total Staff: | 1386 |
President: | Prof Abdelmalek AMINE |
Students: | 26,400 |
Undergrad: | 20,958 |
Postgrad: | 5442 |
Website: | https://www.univ-oran1.dz/ |
University of Oran (Arabic: جامعة وهران, French: Université d'Oran), or Es Sénia University (Arabic: Arabic: جامعة السانية), is a university located in western Algeria in the wilaya of Oran.[1] It was established in November 1961 as part of the University of Algiers.[2] On April 13, 1965, it was made a separate campus, and on December 20, 1967, it became an independent university. It was the first university established after the independence of Algeria.[3]
The library holds 200,000 volumes.[4]