Description

     The division is interested in preparing researchers and consultants in the fields of planning and development, urban studies, health and education services, political issues, spatial analysis, and population studies, and are able to provide scientific studies of human geographical phenomena.

Objectives

1.   Excellence in higher education, scientific research and community service.

2.   Providing education that keeps pace with the development in the field of human geography, especially those related to applied studies related to population, services, housing, urban and regional planning, maps, spatial technologies, development, and the environment.

3.   Implementing distinguished geographical programs and adopting new visions in education, training, scientific research, cultural activity, and scientific consultations to serve community issues.

4.   Providing educational opportunities for students wishing to study a doctorate in Libya, and scientific advice to serve community issues.

5.   Preparing and qualifying specialized competencies to contribute to teaching in higher educational institutions, addressing community issues and meeting the needs of the Libyan labor market in related disciplines.

6.   Cooperating with research centers, ministries, and public and private institutions in the country to direct researchers to study issues related to the Libyan society's need to contribute to the country's development, construction, and development.

7.   Adopting the approved scientific research strategy, focusing on the problems facing society and the environment, and developing the capabilities of geographers in the field of using spatial technologies and their applications in the field of urban planning, services, development and population.

Outcomes

1.         Providing distinguished graduates in higher education, scientific research and community service.

2.         Preparing graduates who are able to carry out applied studies related to population, services, housing, urban and regional planning, maps, spatial technologies, development, and the environment.

3.         Preparing graduates who contribute to presenting new visions in education, training, scientific research, cultural activity, and scientific consultations to serve community issues.

4.         Preparing specialized graduates to contribute to teaching in higher education institutions.

5.         Preparing qualified researchers in all state institutions and research centers to contribute to the development, building and development of the country.

6.         Developing the capabilities of graduates in the use of spatial technologies, and their applications in the field of urban planning, services, development and population.

Certificate Rewarded

     The Division grants a Ph.D. in human geography after the student completes (24) study units, and succeeds in the scientific dissertation examination.

Entry Reuirements

1. The student must have a master’s degree from Libyan universities, in the same specialization, or an equivalent from universities recognized by the authority concerned with the equivalence of certificates. It is permissible to accept students who hold master’s degrees related to the specialization of geography, provided that they are loaded with remedial or complementary materials determined by the department.

2.The student must pass the written and oral exam determined by the department.

3. Admission takes place according to the capacity of the department to accommodate students, according to the available capabilities.

4. Non-Libyan students may be accepted according to the conditions set by the competent authorities.

5.  The approval of the employer.

6. Compliance with all regulations and legislation in force in Libyan universities and the internal regulations of the college.