École Nationale d'Administration, de Journalisme et de Magistrature

ENAJM is Mauritania's oldest professional higher-education institution, training civil servants, judges, journalists and communication professionals. It began in 1966 as the École Nationale d'Administration and took its current name and mandate in 2010, when it was placed under the supervision of the Prime Minister. It also runs continuing-education programmes for state employees.

Good to know

• Founded as the École Nationale d'Administration by law no. 66-142 of 21 July 1966.
• Reorganised by decrees in 1974 and 1980; renamed and refounded as ENAJM by decree no. 2010-236 of 8 November 2010.
• Reports more than 4,000 graduates across 58 specialisations and more than 6,000 civil servants trained through continuing education.
• Publishes a governance journal (مجلة الحكامة) and runs a language-teaching centre.

What you can study

• Public Administration
• Journalism
• Law

Admission

Admission is exclusively by competitive examination: an external concours for non-civil-servants and a professional concours for civil servants (at least one third of places). Candidates may sit for the same cycle at most three times.

Sources

1. ENAJM – تاريخ المدرسة (history)
2. ENAJM – أرقام (key figures)
3. ENAJM – شروط الولوج (admission)
4. ENAJM – official website (home)
5. Wikidata – Q102111209
6. Logo: enajm.mr

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