The president

The President leads the University, defines its development strategies, and ensures coherence between governance, research, and education.

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The University President: guardian of the strategic vision

The President of UEMF serves a four-year term, which may be renewed. In the event of death, incapacity to perform the duties, or when the Orientation, Oversight, and Development Council decides to appoint a new President, the proposal must be submitted for the approval of His Majesty The King, Honorary President of the Euromed University of Fez.

The President is selected from among individuals recognized for their academic and scientific expertise at the international level. They must present a strategic development plan for the University that aligns with the missions assigned to it.

Prof. Mostapha BOUSMINA

President of Euromed University of Fez

The duties of the President

• manages the University and all of its components;

• chairs the meetings of the University Council (UC);

• Represents the University to all administrative bodies, constituted authorities, national or foreign universities, and any third party;

• accepts donations and bequests;

• holds all powers necessary for the management of the University and its components;

• Proposes development projects for the University to the COSD;

• commits the University's expenditures in accordance with the budget approved by the COSD;

• maintains the accounting of expenses incurred and settles the University's expenditures and revenues;

• Proposes the agendas for the General Meeting and the Supervisory Board (Board of Directors) to the Chancellor;

• executes the decisions made by the COSD, or delegates their execution;

• prepares the annual budgets and ensures their execution after they have been approved by the COSD;

• recruits the teaching and research staff of the University, as well as the administrative and technical staff;

• ensures the coordination of activities across the University's various entities, faculties, institutes, departments, units, joint units, partnership entities, and centers.

• conducts audits related to the University's management (financial management, administrative management, and any other aspect related to the University's operations);

• Performs all protective legal actions and represents the University in court;

• ensures the maintenance of discipline within the University.

Academic Background

• Engineer, graduate of the École des Hauts Polymères (EAHP, now ECPM), France;

• DEA: University of Strasbourg (Louis Pasteur), Strasbourg, France;

• Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Louis-Pasteur in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA;

• Postdoctoral fellowship at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.

Specialization: Polymer Physics, Nanomaterials, and Nanotechnologies.

Current Responsibilities

• President of Euromed University of Fez

• Chancellor of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology

• President of ASRIC (African Scientific Research Innovation Council), which operates under the African Union

Previous Responsibilities

• Professor at Laval University, Canada (Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, and then Full Professor)

• Senior Research Chair Professor of Polymer Physics and Nanomaterials, Université Laval, Canada

• Director of Graduate Studies and Plastics Engineering, Université Laval, Canada

• Co-founder of the MASciR Center (Moroccan Advanced Science, Innovation & Research), where he served as Director General until 2011.

Other Previous Responsibilities

• President of NASAC (Network of African Science Academies)

• Member of the Canadian Space Agency team that selects experiments to be conducted in space in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA

• President of the International "Morand Lambla Award" for the International Polymer Processing Society

• President of the International "James Lee White Award" for the International Polymer Processing Society

• Chair of the NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Evaluation Committee for Chemical Engineering and Mining & Metallurgical Engineering

• Chair of the Evaluation Committee for the Arbora-Nano Research Centres of Excellence in Canada

• Official Examiner for the Order of Engineers of Quebec Canada (OIQ)

• Official Advisor to the Canadian Government for Industrial Research

• President of the Quebec Society for Polymers

• Director of the Quebec Plastics Engineering Society

• Vice President of the Canadian Society of Rheology

Prof. Bousmina is a member of

The World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS)

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity Honorary Award

International Representative of the Polymer Processing Society

He was a member of the

• Board of Directors of PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres University)

• Executive Committee of the World Society "Polymer Processing Society"

• Executive Committee of the IAP (Inter Academy Partnership), a global network that brings together more than 150 science academies from five continents.

He is also:

• Associate Editor of Recent Patents in Nanotechnology

• Associate Editor of Journal of Polymer Engineering (2008–2017)

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

• Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Polymer Processing

• Former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

Scientific Production

• 215 scientific articles in indexed international journals and 7 international invention patents with over 11,000 citations and an H-index of 53 (Source: Web of Science/Scopus);

• over 13,500 citations and an H-index of 59 (Source: Google Scholar).

Awards and Distinctions

• The Cross of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Spain in 2022

• The 2009 Grand Prize for Innovation awarded by Morocco's Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, Executive Training, and Scientific Research

• The Prestigious Steacie Prize in 2004, which is considered Canada's highest research distinction.

• The Top20-Canada Prize in 2002, awarded by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research to the top 20 researchers in Canada;

• The Morand Lambla International Award in 2000, presented by the International Society (Polymer Processing Society) to the world's leading researcher in the field of polymers

• The 2009 Research Innovation Award presented by the Ministry of Industry of Québec, Canada;

• The Louis Pasteur Prize in 1992.