The translation department started as an independent program within the language Department of the school of Humanities in the academic year 2000-2001 to teach translation and interpreting and to grant a master's degree in this field for the first time in the history of Libyan universities. The establishment of the master's program in translation and interpreting came in response to the country's need to provide translators, interpreters and translation professors. After three years, the list of graduates of the Academy began to include graduates of the master's degree in the fields of translation and interpretation. Five years later, in 2006, the language school was established, and with i...