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Officially the Tunisian Republic is the northernmost country in Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its size is almost 165,000 km?, with an estimated population of just over 10.3 million. Its name is derived from the capital Tunis located in the north-east.

Tunisia is the smallest of the nations situated along the Atlas mountain range. The south of the country is composed of the Sahara desert, with much of the remainder consisting of particularly fertile soil and 1,300 km of coastline. Both played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous Phoenician city of Carthage, then as the Africa Province which was known as the "bread basket" of the Roman Empire. Later, Tunisia was occupied by Vandals during the 5th century AD, Byzantines in the 6th century, and Arabs in the 8th century. Under the Ottoman Empire, Tunisia was known as "Regency of Tunis". It passed under French protectorate in 1881. After obtaining independence in 1956, the country took the official name of the "Kingdom of Tunisia" at the end of the reign of Lamine Bey and the Husainid Dynasty. With the proclamation of the Tunisian republic in July 25, 1957, the nationalist leader Habib Bourguiba became its first president and led the modernization of the country.

Today Tunisia is an export-oriented country, in the process of liberalizing its economy while, politically it is a dictatorship in all but name. Tunisia has an authoritarian regime in the guise of a procedural democracy led by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has governed as President since 1987 and has systematically diminished freedom of press and political pluralism while keeping appearances of democracy (for references see, below, for the politics of Tunisia).

Tunisia has close relations with both the European Union — with whom it has an association agreement — and the Arab world. Tunisia is also a member of the Arab League and the African union. The regime's claimed success in oppressing political Islam and its pro-western foreign policy, has protected it from criticism for its lack of democratic accountability and its violations of human rights and freedom of press. France, the former colonial power, lends support to the regime in exchange for which Tunisia in large part aligns its economic and foreign policies with those of France.

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Notarization of University degree

- An application form for the equivalence is to be obtained from the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technology to the "Directorate of equivalence’’. The candidate will indicate the diploma that has to undergo equivalence, his graduation date and specialty if it needs to be recognized, as well as the reason for the request for equivalence.

- A copy of the CIN

- A copy of passport for foreigners and a copy of the residence permit (spouse, parents, children)
- A copy of the marriage registered with the Tunisian authorities for foreign spouses
- Two stamped envelopes bearing full address of the candidate
- A certified copy of the original done by a competent Tunisian citizen, each degree obtained and submitted as from the baccalaureate

- Curriculum of studies, texts that organize the transcripts of each grade, the number of credits and any other documents deemed useful for studying the case of equivalence
- A copy of the thesis or dissertation (Master, DEA, Doctorate)
Notes:
- Incomplete applications are not taken into consideration
- If no response, the person may contact the administration one month after filling the full application

- Present CIN at each contact with the administration
- The presentation of original diplomas is required, they are usually returned back to the applicants on the spot.

http://www.cnoptn.org/

Other links:

Ministry of Public Health of Tunisia
National Council of the Order of Pharmacist in Tunisia
University of Monastir

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