World-class education will be delivered at a new Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) campus, a Lycée d'Excellence and an Industrial Skills Center.  These will dramatically increase access to education, with the Lycée d'Excellence building on the previous experience in Khouribga, of delivering world-class education to teenagers, preparing them for university or work.

The school will accommodate 360 high school pupils and will take 200 students from preparatory classes. Not only will this school give local children a better chance of reaching international schools, but it will be a vital asset in helping students enter the Technopole’s own UM6P university.

Previously, if students wanted to advance their studies they would have had to travel out of the region, something that deterred many for either cost or personal reasons. UM6P will bring graduate-level education to the Southern Regions for the first time.

The new university will see more of the population being educated to a higher level, benefiting students and the entire region.

The Technopole will also deliver 30,000 days of vocational skills training annually. Courses will cover electronic and industrial engineering, mining and practical skills for the upskilling of local workers and young people.

UM6P is itself already a centre of world class applied research. We believe that our region, country and continent will benefit from new solutions to solve old challenges. In February 2020, UM6P founded the African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute (ASARI) in the Foum El Oued Technopole, to focus on the challenges of the agriculture in the Saharan and saline environment.

With 10 research subjects already underway, the Institute aims to host 300 researchers with a focus on generating new knowledge and solutions for agriculture, solar power and water usage. In addition to the campus facilities, the Institute will have hectares of space alongside Phosboucraa’s operations to test its applied research in the real world.

The Institute has already signed partnership agreements with international partners.

In the long-term, we believe that this research will have major economic benefits for the Southern Regions as the Technopole will generate high value jobs as partners locate there to benefit from the cluster benefits.

The Technopole will also include beautiful modern living spaces for 30,000 inhabitants to live in sustainable comfort around a variety of inclusive public spaces, the beach, sports facilities and restaurants.

Wellness extends to culture as well. The Technopole will have a theater, museum, galleries and an artisan village, which will act as a venue for performances and exhibitions from the region and the wider world.