The Development And Reform Of The Scientific Research In Moroccan Universities

As the main sites of students cultivation and knowledge innovation, the university is playing a more and more important role in the scientific research. Whether the scientific research in universities can contribute to the development of social economy makes a significant difference for developing countries, especially for African countries. The thesis takes the scientific research in Moroccan universities as the object of the study, and tries to analyze the development of the scientific research, in order to probe into the reforming measures of the scientific research and their meanings. And we can also find some inspirations to refer to in developing the scientific research in our country.The first part of the thesis depicts the developing history of the scientific research in Moroccan universities. The higher education in Morocco has experienced the sprout before the colonial period, the development in the colonial period, the rebuilt after independence, and the reform at the turn of the century. With the development of the higher education, the scientific research in universities also experienced four periods: the establishment in the colonial period, the rise after independence, the separation in the 80s and the development in the end of the 20th century.Part 2 analyses the reforming background of the scientific research in Moroccan universities. The external factors and the internal factors are both responsible for the government to do the reform. On one hand, the development of the social economy calls for the reform of the scientific research, while the educational and financial assistance contribute to the reform. On the other hand, the internal problems related to the financial support, scientific management, researcher cultivation and brain drain are in desperate need to be dealt with by the reform of the scientific research. Meanwhile, considering the predominant position that universities have in the national research system, the reform of the research in universities are of significant importance for Moroccan’s scientific development.Part 3 explores the reform initiatives of the scientific research in Moroccan universities. First of all, Moroccan government improve the macro-control by making policies, increasing investment and completing evaluation system, in order to boost the development of the scientific research. Secondly, they try to propel the democratic management of the national scientific research and the organizational management of the scientific research in universities. Last but not least, they take a series of measures to increase the efficiency of applying the existing scientific resources, including increasing international scientific cooperation, updating the scientific facilities and equipment, improving the talent cultivation, and promoting the cooperation among enterprises, universities and research institutes. And the case study of Mohammed V-Agdal University in part 4 reflects the reforming status and trends of the scientific research in Moroccan universities.Part 5 discusses about the thought and inspiration brought about by the reform. By studying the reform of the scientific research in Morocco, we can conclude that the attention and support from the government guarantees the realization of the reform, and the improvement of the scientific research management helps to lift the researching efficiency. The reform of the scientific research in Moroccan universities also brings inspirations to our development of the scientific research in the context of globalization: perfecting the management of the scientific research is the inherent requirements for rapid development; reforming universities’ scientific research is of significant importance to develop the national scientific research; and increasing the international cooperation in the new era has a positive effect on the development of the scientific research.