Departments

Industrial Process Automation

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The department’s offices are on the 1st floor of Block A. Head of department and secretariat: office no. 122. Student records: office no. 121.

Management

Role Name Contact
Head of Department Rezki KIFOUCHE dape.fhc@univ-boumerdes.dz · r.kifouche@univ-boumerdes.dz · 024 79 51 70
r.kifouche@univ-boumerdes.dz
024 79 51 70
Deputy Head of Department Sid Ahmed TADJER s.tadjer@univ-boumerdes.dz

Aims of the programmes

The department provides academic and applied training in the specialisms Industrial electrical engineering and Automatic control, first at Licence level. It aims to give students a solid grounding for further study at Master’s level, in industrial electrical engineering, instrumentation and automatic control.

The programme develops skills in the analysis, design and maintenance of electrical and automated systems. It emphasises scientific, technical and digital knowledge matched to industrial requirements. Students are trained in modern tools such as programmable logic controllers and simulation software, and the department draws on its laboratories and technical platforms to strengthen practical skills.

Graduates go into a range of occupations: control engineer, instrumentation engineer, electrical engineer, industrial computing specialist or maintenance technician. The department thus plays a key part in training staff able to meet the needs of the national industrial and energy sector.

Programmes

Licence

Specialism Coordinator Contact
Industrial electrical engineering Belgacem MECHERI mecheribelgacem@hotmail.com
Automatic control Karim BEDDEK k.beddek@univ-boumerdes.dz

Master’s

Specialism Coordinator Contact
Industrial electrical engineering Fateh KHELIFI fa.khelifi@univ-boumerdes.dz
Automatic control Madjid KHELASSI a_khelassi@univ-boumerdes.dz
Instrumentation in the petrochemical industry Chafiaa MENDIL c.mendil@univ-boumerdes.dz

Student numbers — 2025/2026

Specialism Licence Master’s
Industrial electrical engineering 63 31
Automatic control 145 32
Instrumentation in the petrochemical industry — 19

The departmental scientific committee

The scientific committee is made up of its chair, the head of department and the elected members representing senior academic staff and Assistant Professors Class A.

Member Grade Contact
F. KAHOUL MCA f.lachekhab@univ-boumerdes.dz
R. KIFOUCHE MAA r.kifouche@univ-boumerdes.dz
O. BENDJEGHABA Professor bendjeghaba@univ-boumerdes.dz
S. A. TADJER MCA s.tadjer@univ-boumerdes.dz
K. BEDDEK MCA k.beddek@univ-boumerdes.dz
F. KHELIFI MAA fa.khelifi@univ-boumerdes.dz
C. MENDIL MCB c.mendil@univ-boumerdes.dz

Research

The Research Laboratory on the Electrification of Industrial Enterprises (LREEI) is attached to the department. It brings together six teams.

Team Topic Team leader
No. 1 Metaheuristics applied to energy systems Pr Omar BENDJEGHABA
No. 2 Electrical power quality Dr Sid Ahmed TADJER (MCA)
No. 3 Microelectronics and microsystems Pr Bouchra NADJI
No. 4 Control optimisation of electromechanical systems Dr Mohamed Said BOUMEDINE (MCA)
No. 5 Reliability and instrumentation Dr Abdelmalek KHEBLI (MCA)
No. 6 Energy engineering and management Pr Razika TAHI

The teams bring together faculty academic staff, doctoral candidates and researchers from other institutions — the universities of Bouira, Médéa and Tizi Ouzou, ENSTA Dergana and CDTA.

Science club

The department hosts the AEPI New Vision Club. Its page.

Curriculum

The department’s two Licence programmes share their first three semesters and diverge from semester 4 onwards.

Core shared by both Licence programmes

Semester 1

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 1.1.1 — Fundamental · 10 credits · 5 coefficients
Calculus 1 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
Algebra 1 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 1.1.2 — Fundamental · 12 credits · 6 coefficients
Elements of mechanics 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
Structure of matter 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 1.1 — Methodological · 6 credits · 4 coefficients
Elements of mechanics lab 2 1 1h30 22h30 100% continuous assessment
Structure of matter lab 2 1 1h30 22h30 100% continuous assessment
Computer architecture and applications 2 2 1h30 1h00 37h30 40 / 60 %
UET 1.1 — Transversal · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Ethics and professional conduct (foundations) 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Careers in science and technology 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Total 30 17 9h00 12h00 4h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « pll », reproduced identically on « aa1 ».

Semester 2

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 1.2.1 — Fundamental · 10 credits · 5 coefficients
Calculus 2 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
Algebra 2 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 1.2.2 — Fundamental · 12 credits · 6 coefficients
Electricity and magnetism 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
Thermodynamics 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 1.2 — Methodological · 6 credits · 4 coefficients
Electricity and magnetism lab 2 1 1h30 22h30 100% continuous assessment
Thermodynamics lab 2 1 1h30 22h30 100% continuous assessment
Introduction to programming 2 2 1h30 1h00 37h30 40 / 60 %
UET 1.2 — Transversal · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Free and open-source software 2 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Total 30 17 9h00 10h30 5h30 375h00

Transcribed from sheets « s2-1 » and « A2 », which are identical.

Semester 3

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 2.1.1 — Fundamental · 10 credits · 5 coefficients
Calculus 3 6 3 1h30 3h00 67h30 40 / 60 %
Waves and vibrations 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 2.1.2 — Fundamental · 8 credits · 4 coefficients
Fundamental electronics 1 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Fundamental electrical engineering 1 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEM 2.1 — Methodological · 10 credits · 6 coefficients
Probability and statistics 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Python programming 2 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Electronics and electrical engineering lab 2 1 1h30 22h30 100% continuous assessment
Waves and vibrations lab 2 1 1h00 15h00 100% continuous assessment
UED 2.1 — Discovery · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Energy and the environment 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
State of the art in electrical engineering 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Total 30 17 12h00 9h00 4h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheets « s3-1 » and « AA3 », which are identical.

Licence in Industrial Electrical Engineering

Semester 4

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 2.2.1 — Fundamental · 8 credits · 4 coefficients
Functions of a complex variable 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Fundamental electronics 2 4 2 1h30 1h00 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 2.2.2 — Fundamental · 14 credits · 7 coefficients
Electrical measurement 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Electrical engineering 2 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
System representation and simulation 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 2.2 — Methodological · 6 credits · 4 coefficients
Numerical methods 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Python programming 2 2 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UET 2.2 — Transversal · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Information and communication techniques 2 2 1h30 1h30 workshop 45h00 100% exam
Total 30 17 12h00 6h00 7h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « s4-1 ».

Semester 5

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 3.1 — Fundamental · 14 credits · 7 coefficients
Electrical machines 1 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Electrical protection 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Linear control systems 1 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 3.1 (second block, same code in the source document) — 7 credits · 4 coefficients
Power electronics 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Applied electronics 3 2 1h30 1h00 37h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 3.1 — Methodological · 9 credits · 6 coefficients
Sensors and instrumentation 1 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Electrical diagrams and switchgear 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Signal processing 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Total 30 17 12h00 4h30 8h30 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « ss5 ». Two units there carry the same code, UEF 3.1 — a slip left as it stands, for the department to settle.

Semester 6

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 3.2 — Fundamental · 18 credits · 9 coefficients
Electrical machines 2 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Electrical networks 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Linear control systems 2 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 3.2 — Methodological · 9 credits · 5 coefficients
Maintenance of electrical installations 5 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Sensors and instrumentation 2 2 1 1h30 1h00 45h00 40 / 60 %
Placement report / technical study 2 1 100% continuous assessment
UED 3.2 — Discovery · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Sensors and metrology 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Electrical safety 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
UET 3.2 — Transversal · 1 credit · 1 coefficient
Entrepreneurship and start-ups 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Total 30 17 12h00 6h00 7h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « s6-1 ».

Licence in Automatic Control

Semester 4

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 2.2.1 — Fundamental · 8 credits · 4 coefficients
Functions of a complex variable 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Fundamental electronics 2 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEF 2.2.2 — Fundamental · 14 credits · 8 coefficients
Electrical measurement 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Electrical engineering 2 5 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
System representation and simulation 5 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 2.2 — Methodological · 6 credits · 3 coefficients
Numerical methods 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Python programming 2 2 1 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UET 2.2 — Transversal · 2 credits · 2 coefficients
Information and communication techniques 2 2 1h30 1h30 workshop 45h00 100% exam
Total 30 17 12h00 6h00 9h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « A4 ».

Semester 5

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 3.1.1 — Fundamental · 20 credits · 10 coefficients
Linear control systems 1 6 3 3h00 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Sensors and instrumentation 1 6 3 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
System identification 8 4 3h00 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
UEM 3.1 — Methodological · 9 credits · 6 coefficients
Power electronics 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Applied electronics 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Electrical diagrams and switchgear 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UED 3.1 — Discovery · 1 credit · 1 coefficient
Signal processing 1 1 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Total 30 17 13h30 3h00 7h30 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « A5 ». The methodological unit there states « Coefficients: 5 » while its three subjects total 6 — the semester total (17) confirms 6. The slip has been left as it stands.

Semester 6

Teaching unit Credits Coeff. Lecture Tutorial Lab Semester hours Assessment
UEF 3.2.1 — Fundamental · 14 credits · 7 coefficients
Linear control systems 2 6 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Industrial process automation 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Sensors and instrumentation 2 4 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
UEM 3.2 — Methodological · 15 credits · 9 coefficients
Industrial networks 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Digital electronics 5 3 1h30 1h30 1h30 67h30 40 / 60 %
Microprocessors 1 3 2 1h30 1h30 45h00 40 / 60 %
Placement report / technical study 4 2 2h30 67h30 100% continuous assessment
UET 3.2 — Transversal · 1 credit · 1 coefficient
Entrepreneurship and start-ups 1 1 1h30 22h30 100% exam
Total 30 17 10h30 4h30 10h00 375h00

Transcribed from sheet « A6 ».

The course structures for the three Master’s programmes are not reproduced here: on the source page, three of their tables are separated from their headings and the order of the sheets does not allow them to be assigned to a specialism with certainty. They will be published as soon as the department provides its original files.