Energy and Mining Law

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Program Overview

The aim of the Master's Organization in the Energy and Mines Act is to form graduates and prepare researchers, consultants or legal experts specializing in the burning and mining sectors. - The proposed subjects in Master's Energy and Mines Law qualify students to run for potential employment positions and enter various fields of work related to this area, such as contributing to the management and management of energy directorates, industrial and mine directorates or employees of burning agencies or mines agencies, or the Sonatrak Foundation and its various branches, through the following:

Formation of legal professionals specializing in combustion and mine law.

- Supporting the world of employment with specialized legal frameworks in the burning and mining sectors.

- To contribute to the creation of a specialized judicial framework in support of the justice sector.

- Developing scientific research in the field of rights by opening up to strategic sectors not only in Algeria but in many oil-producing countries.

- Diversification of the composition in the field of rights and expansion of its circle within the system of L. M.L. ' d.

Master's specialization ensures that the Energy and Mines Act keeps abreast of the ongoing developments and transformations of the control State in various aspects of economic life, the most important of which are the incinerators and mines sectors. This specialization also ensures the deepening and strengthening of the various knowledge covering the entire range of branches of these sectors.


Teaching Language : اللغة العربية

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

The Master's program in Energy and Mining Law aims to train researchers at universities or other national or foreign research centers, as well as to ensure the training of qualified personnel and competencies in the hydrocarbons and mining sectors. This will provide the administration, the hydrocarbons agencies, and the mining agencies, as well as the various Sonatrach branches, with human resources capable of meeting the scientific and professional needs of this important legal field:


- Obtaining a Master's degree in Law, specializing in Energy and Mining Law

- Preparation for specialized legal competitions, such as competitions for judges, notaries, legal representatives, consultants, legal experts, etc.


- Training of specialized senior executives at the hydrocarbon agencies (the "Nafet" Agency and the "Hydrocarbon Regulatory Authority") or the mining agencies (the "National Agency for Mining Activities" and the "Agency of the Geological Service of Algeria"), or at the directorates of energy and mining, or the directorates of industry

Advanced Topics

As the Master's degree in Energy and Mining at Jijel University is the first nationally, it opens up numerous prospects for in-depth study of various fields related to the administrative and economic control of the energy and mining sectors, particularly the hydrocarbon agencies, the mining agencies, and the economic operator "Sonatrach" and their various branches.

Training in energy and mining law is as important and strategic as these two sectors in the national economy. It is necessitated by the need to master the legal system governing these two activities from various substantive and technical perspectives, especially since it is the number one specialty at the national level.

The Master's degree in Energy and Mining Law produces highly qualified professionals who can fill positions in both the public and private sectors related to the hydrocarbon and mining sectors:

- Jobs in public institutions and administrations, such as energy directorates and directorates of mining and industry, etc.


- Jobs with independent regulatory authorities or agencies, such as the Oil Agency, the Hydrocarbons Regulatory Authority, the Mining Agencies, the Hydrographic Agencies, the National Waste Management Agency, etc.


- Employment with the national company Sonatrach and its affiliated institutions throughout the country

- Jobs in international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that oversee the energy sector.


- Research centers specializing in petroleum laws.


- Legal agents and advisors for companies operating in the hydrocarbon and mining sectors.

- Employment as legal experts in research offices related to geological studies for the mining sector.

The Master's program in Energy and Mining Law has several indicators that ensure its success and continued success as the leading national specialty in Algeria, most notably:


- The nature of the specialty and its importance as a specialty focused on the legal aspects of Algeria's most important economic sectors, namely the hydrocarbons and mining sectors.


- The richness of legal texts that provide the necessary scientific material for studying and researching hydrocarbons and mining law.

- The presence of administrative structures and facilities that meet the project's professional requirements, such as provincial directorates of energy and mining, or provincial or regional branches of the national company "Sonatrach."


- The Master's in Energy and Mining Law is a national precedent as a specialty that is compatible with the Algerian labor market and supports the competencies and human resources working in the energy and mining sectors.



Admissions Information

 Admission Requirements:


In addition to the applicable regulatory requirements, the following are eligible for admission to the Master's in Energy and Mining Law:


*Students graduating under the new system (LLM):


- The student must have a Bachelor's degree in Law, specializing in Public Law, Private Law, or its equivalent.


- The student must be of good conduct and have not been subjected to disciplinary action during their university career.

*Students graduating under the old (classic) system:


- The student must have a Bachelor of Laws degree or its equivalent.


- The student must be of good conduct and have not been subjected to disciplinary action during their university career.

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