After more than five years of online teaching, the centre is building a campus dedicated to Arabic language and Islamic sciences — a place designed to turn distance learning into structured, lasting field-based education.
Our vision
After more than five years of continuous teaching over the internet, the Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Sciences is preparing for a decisive step: moving from the virtual to the tangible, in a campus that physically welcomes its students.
Give real form to a teaching experience that has so far been virtual, in a setting that ensures direct and rigorous transmission; rehabilitate the existing primary, middle and secondary school premises for a safe and motivating environment.
Build in students, Arabic speakers and non-speakers alike, a solid command of the language that opens direct access to the authentic sources of Islamic sciences; ground jurisprudence that stays faithful to the text and its application, and train teachers able to teach with discernment.
Consolidate the foundations of belief in line with the way of the righteous predecessors, as a disciplined safeguard against contemporary intellectual deviations.
Affirm Mauritania's place as a destination for students of knowledge from around the world, with quality programmes that support them and integrate them into the local academic environment.
Conceived as a true home for learning, the building combines fidelity to the teaching programme with construction quality. Its yellow façade, highlighted with brick-coloured edges and wide glazed openings, opens onto the light and clarity sought by students of religious sciences. Three levels — a ground floor and two upper floors — precisely organise the spaces serving academic life.
The reception hall opens onto the administrative wing — the dean's office and the registration office — placed near the entrance to simplify admission procedures without disrupting student life. A large 98 sq m hall hosts conferences and academic gatherings; a cafeteria and prayer room of the same size meets the physical and spiritual needs of students and staff. A service wing brings together the staff room, supervision and archives.
These two floors form the faculty's scientific wing, designed for calm and focus. Each floor has four 49 sq m classrooms, a teaching-aids room, and wide 2.5 to 3 metre corridors for easy movement that respects ongoing lectures.
Water networks are grouped along a single vertical line on each floor, for easier maintenance without disrupting academic life. Wide windows bring in abundant natural light and healthy ventilation throughout. External emergency stairs meet the highest professional safety standards.
Total area
≈ 960 sq m
Footprint
340 sq m
Length
≈ 24 m
Average width
≈ 14.1 m
Height
≈ 12 m
Floors
3 (ground + 2 upper floors)
Classrooms
8
Administrative rooms
6
Large spaces
2, 98 sq m each
A feasibility study puts the full cost of construction at $115,000, across five items:
| Foundations and base | Earthworks, stone masonry, and careful levelling of foundations and walls, with particular attention to damp-proofing. | US$32,085 |
| Pillars and ground-floor slab | Casting the pillars, slab and staircase of the first level, with concrete vibration to avoid honeycombing. | US$26,738 |
| Frame and roofing of the remaining floors | Completing the reinforced-concrete frame of the upper floors, according to the space the budget allows. | US$25,875 |
| Plumbing and drainage | Internal and external piping, drainage trenches, and fitting out of sanitary points. | US$8,050 |
| Electrical installations | Internal and external wiring, main panels, and distribution of lighting points and sockets. | US$22,252 |
| Total | US$115,000 | |
Amounts converted from the feasibility study, drawn up in old Mauritanian ouguiyas (43,000,000, i.e. 4,300,000 MRU), at a rate of 430 old ouguiyas to 1 euro, then 1.15 dollars to 1 euro.
A stable, higher-quality learning environment at every stage of schooling.
A dignified welcome for students from near and distant countries, a lasting milestone in Mauritania's educational history.
Pupils from primary to secondary school, girls and boys alike, who will benefit from the renovation works carried out alongside.
