Benghazi

Tech Hub

Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus

Libya is standing at the beginning of an exciting era of opportunity. A time when the foundations can be laid to build a progressive, globally connected nation by unleashing the skill, creativity and ingenuity of the Libyan people. TEC is short for Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus, a 3 year initiative between Tatweer Research and UNDP with European Union funding. TEC program is unique in nature and has never been done in Libya before. It is laying down the groundwork for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Libya. TEC aims to empower Libyan entrepreneurs through providing information on actors in the ecosystem, training, consulting, office space and financial support. TEC also aims to affect change on the university level through incorporating entrepreneurship education in the curriculum and on the government level through business regulation reform. TEC’s end goal is that by 2020 to graduate 30 startups from the program and to inspire other 60 startups indirectly, a total of 90 startups over the next three years creating 1000 value-adding jobs in the Libyan economy. Services TEC Incubator Will provide start-ups with the support, expertise, services and tools needed to succeed in the market. The incubator will offer services such as office space, consulting, mentoring, and training to the incubatees. Tec Talk It is a bi-weekly get-together made for tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, where they meet to discuss entrepreneurship and emerging technologies. We are building a community of tech-savvy young Libyans and providing them a space where they can meet to network and learn from each other. We invite experts from the community to discuss the newest technology and we encourage knowledge sharing to ensure that the community is aware of the latest developments in the IT sector. TEC Space TEC Space is the hub where entrepreneurs work, learn and network as they start and develop their business. It is the place where TEC events and training programs take place. TEC Space is the home of the entrepreneurs and start-ups, and the space will be the hangout spot where entrepreneurs get together with like-minded people and to facilitate for a growing community, the space can hold up to 70 people at same time.

University

Benghazi University

The college seeks to contribute to the development and modernization of the educational system through training and preparing national competencies in order to contribute to activating human development plans and the development process in general. Through the provision of “scientific and technical” logistical consultations, as well as the culture of information and the introduction of the mechanization of information technology. Objectives The College of Information Technology aims to prepare and graduate specialists in various branches of computing and pure and applied information technology in line with the requirements of scientific progress and the needs of society for the faculties necessary to serve economic, scientific and social development and satisfy students’ aspirations and aspirations. To achieve this, the college works on: - Preparing integrated, purposeful study programs to ensure obtaining the academic degrees awarded by the college. - Conducting scientific research and studies in various fields, consolidating scientific links and exchanging experiences with other scientific bodies inside and outside Libya. - Providing facilities and means that would create an appropriate atmosphere for creative work by faculty members and students.

University

Libyan International Medical University

The department of software engineering aims to meet the growing need for professionals working in software development, with special attention to large and critical systems. This department aims to develop the practical and analytical skills required by students to develop powerful and effective software manufacturing systems in the medical, industrial, service and business management applications. Students (both individually and collectively) will gain timely experience and the ability to deal effectively with programming methods and tools. Vision To be a leader in delivering an edge cutting education, research, and educational products in the field of software engineering at the local and regional levels. Mission Graduate students with ample knowledge and skills required to produce and deliver high-quality software systems. Department Objectives - Equip graduates with sufficient knowledge and skills to become qualified software engineers. - Establish productive partnerships with the local community to continually improve the perception of locally produced software. - Make a sizable contribution to the research effort in the field of software engineering.

Coding Bootcamp

First Libya

FIRST® inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. FIRST Tech Challenge gives middle and high school students and their adult mentors the opportunity to work and create together to solve a common problem. Teams are challenged to design and build a robot using a kit of parts and within a common set of rules to play a sophisticated field game. The robot game changes every season and is a blast! FIRST redefines winning by rewarding teams for achievements both on and off the field − excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, Gracious Professionalism®, and outreach efforts are some of the award criteria. Winning is always secondary to the quality of the overall experience.

Incubator

FabLab Libya

Our lab was founded by engineers who admired the idea and goals of a Fab Lab organization. It is registered as a civil society non-profit organization in Libya. Our lab basically provides public access to an adequately (but not fully) equipped Laboratory for digital fabrication and electronic innovation. It has been, so far, focusing in hosting training courses for kids and youth in programming, electronics and robotics, as well as running supervised DIY clubs for kids, various workshops and participating in events such as the first National Robotics championship in Libya. Furthermore, in pursuing its role as a STEAM education promoter in Libya, the lab has developed a curriculum for teaching programming to kids and contracted with a number of private elementary schools in Benghazi for teaching the curriculum to their students. One of the very successful projects carried out by the lab, so far, was the 100 youth engineers and the 100 youth programmers; in which a large number of school students participated in a hands-on learning style training course on the basics of programming and electronics using Arduino development panel. At the end of the course ,the students were able to build their own Arduino projects or Android applications and participated in an end-of-course competition. The lab has been providing the equipment required and the technical assistance for a number of more advanced college graduation projects. And this is the area which we want to work on further, by encouraging people ,specially electronic engineers and IT graduates, to engage in building their own (advanced) prototypes. Ultimately, our lab aims to become a real research and innovation center. Recently, Fab Lab Libya has engaged on a project by Expertise France concerned with entrepreneurship. Through this project members of the Fab Lab are being trained in entrepreneur coaching,where the lab is required to train and coach female entrepreneurs to establish their businesses. In addition to carrying out workshops on entrepreneurship to youth and specifically to university students.

University

Mediterranean International University

The Department of Software Engineering is one of the main departments in the College of Computer Science and Information Technology. The student is awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering after successfully completing 135 credit hours, according to the requirements of the scientific department, with an average of no less than 2 points out of a total of 4 points, and in a period of eight semesters. The student may graduate in a period of no less than 7 regular semesters or 6 regular semesters and two summer semesters, provided that the number of semesters does not exceed 10 semesters in the software engineering major. The vision of the software engineering department: The Department of Software Engineering seeks to be distinguished in the field of software engineering and its application in education, scientific research, knowledge and in societal sectors to keep pace with local and global competition and effectively meet market needs. the message: Providing advanced applied academic programs supported by modern technology means in the field of software engineering to acquire the skill of understanding, analysis, innovation and application, preparing applied programs for modern software engineering and ways to develop and operate them using advanced methods and entering the competitive market locally, regionally and globally, to contribute to raising the efficiency of educational and research institutions and solving problems in technical ways And the optimal employment of technology through the educational and practical environment to serve the local and international community.

University

Open University of Benghazi

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree in Information Technology provides students with an applied approach that focuses on supporting end users in a variety of workplace settings by utilizing a range of computing technologies. The degree program gives students the tools to support computing infrastructures and the needs of individuals and organizations, write programs necessary to help them render their tasks more efficiently on their desktop or mobile devices, utilize databases and write the web-based interfaces to pull the data, and code and deploy applications across the cloud. Students may declare one of the optional concentrations listed below within the Information Technology major, or select the major without a concentration.

University

African National University

Information technology in our contemporary world has changed the lifestyle on this planet remarkably, and whoever owns the information has the elements of power and control factors in a competitive world based on information in all matters. Human beings have become virtual digital beings. This is the burden that the College of Information Technology bears on its shoulders, as the accelerating digital scientific and technical progress leaves no room for lazy or slow, otherwise it is out of time. At the College of Information Technology, we are keen to offer a targeted and competitive academic program that obtains local, regional and international accreditation. We also work on refining the skills of students before graduation through targeted academic courses and companies in the public and private sectors through field training. And we, in the College of Information Technology, are able to elevate the college to be a leader locally, regionally and globally through academic programs and specialists in the field and by providing the appropriate academic environment. Vision: Excellence in qualifying specialized cadres and providing distinguished scientific advice in the fields of information technology. the message: Providing the appropriate academic environment for the production, teaching and application of knowledge to serve the community. Objectives : - Qualifying scientific competencies in the field of information technology to meet the needs of society. - Providing technical advice to state institutions and civil society. - Establishing partnerships with corresponding educational institutions locally and globally in the field of information technology and engineering our educational and training programs. - Holding conferences, seminars, workshops and courses in the fields of information technology to keep pace with development