Media

Considering the importance and increasing role of media and communication in the lives of modern societies and their impact on politics, society, culture, and individual psychology, especially in the areas of comprehensive development, and the role that media plays in the age of globalization in the development of developing societies in all fields, and given the immense power that media outlets represent in all areas, as well as the danger they pose to national identity, and the attempts of major powers to dominate and infiltrate developing countries, it was natural to pay attention to the media system, its human resources, and the investment of financial resources in order to keep pace with the increasing development in media technologies and communication technology, to fortify society.
For these and other reasons, the need arose to open a Department of Media at the college, and also to address the shortage in media institutions in the city of Derna and its surroundings.
The department was established with the opening of the Public Relations division in (2001-2002), when the university was named the University of Derna. Then, in (2005-2006), the Press and Publishing division was opened, and in (2006-2007), the Radio and Television division was opened, when the university was named Omar Al-Mukhtar University. The department has graduated (21) batches, totaling (551) students, (287) males and (244) females.