University Badji Mokhtar of Annaba (UBMA) is a public higher education institution in Algeria. It acquired its status of University in 1975, from the institute of the mines and metallurgy. Currently, UBMA provides teaching in practically all disciplinary fields and is structured in 07 faculties: Medical School – Law – Letters, Humanities and Social Sciences – Economics and Management – Earth Sciences – Engineering – Sciences. UBMA has more than 42000 students.