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Algeria's higher education network, in numbers

171 higher-education institutions are mapped across Algeria: 59 universities, 94 écoles supérieures and national institutes, 13 écoles normales supérieures and 5 centres universitaires. 152 are public and 19 private, spread over 51 of the country's 69 wilayas.

59

Universities

94

Specialised schools and institutes

13

Écoles normales supérieures

5

University centres

What each type is

Universities
A université groups several faculties on one campus and awards licence, master and doctorate degrees across many fields. It is the most common type and the one most bacheliers are assigned to.
Specialised schools and institutes
An école supérieure, grande école or national institute is specialised: it trains for one profession or field, such as engineering, management, agronomy or the arts, rather than offering a broad range of faculties.
Écoles normales supérieures
An école normale supérieure (ENS) trains the teachers of the school system, from primary through secondary.
University centres
A centre universitaire is a smaller institution, often the first higher-education establishment in its wilaya. Several have since grown into full universities.

Orientation season

After the baccalauréat results, bacheliers rank the courses they want and are then assigned to an institution. This map is the other half of that choice: where each institution actually is, in which commune, and which website to read before committing to a wilaya you may not know.

Orientation results
Aug 5, 2026
National rentrée scolaire
Sep 6, 2026

The date universities start teaching for 2026/2027 has not been announced, so it is not shown here.

The full rentrée 2026 guide: schools, campuses and training on one page

What this map is not

Not every marker is a campus gate. 165 institutions sit on their real campus and are drawn as pins; the other 6 sit on their commune or wilaya centre and are drawn as dots, so a dot marks the town, not the entrance. The map covers institutions, not the faculties, annexes or university residences attached to them. The data comes from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, republished as open data in the @geoalgeria/enseignement-superieur package and last updated Oct 28, 2026.

Common questions

How many universities are there in Algeria?
59 of the 171 higher-education institutions on this map are universities. The rest are 94 écoles supérieures and national institutes, 13 écoles normales supérieures and 5 centres universitaires.
Which wilayas have no higher-education institution?
51 of Algeria's 69 wilayas have at least one institution, so 18 have none: Timimoun, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Ouled Djellal, Béni Abbès, In Salah, In Guezzam, Touggourt, Djanet, El M'Ghair, El Meniaa, El Kantara, Bir El Ater, El Aricha, Ksar Chellala, Aïn Ouessara, Messaad, Ksar El Boukhari, and El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh. All of them are wilayas created by the 2019 and 2026 administrative reforms; students there are assigned to a neighbouring wilaya. Use Find nearest on the map to rank institutions by distance from where you are.
Are private institutions on the map?
Yes. 19 of the 171 institutions are private and 152 are public. Both appear on the same map, and each one's panel names its type and links its own website.
Are all of these run by the Ministry of Higher Education?
No. 137 are under the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, while 34 answer to 5 other ministries, among them Health, National Defence, Culture, and Post and Telecommunications.
How do I find the institutions in my wilaya?
Use Find nearest on the map to rank institutions by distance from your position, or open your wilaya's page if it is in the list below, with every institution it holds, its type and its website.

Institutions by wilaya