Algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education, which must accommodate a million Algerians and 80,000 foreign students in 2008. The University of Algiers, founded in 1879, is the oldest, it offers education in various disciplines (law, medicine, science and letters). Twenty-five of these universities and almost all of the institutions of higher education were founded after the independence of the country.
algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education which must accommodate a million algerians and 80000 foreign students in 2008 the university of algiers founded in 1879 is the oldest it offers education in various disciplines (law medicine science and letters) twenty-five of these universities and almost all of the institutions of higher education were founded after the independence of the country