Roles

Ramzi Muhammad Abu Katif is a faculty member in the Department of Public Relations and Advertising at the Faculty of Media and Communication. Mr. Ramzi Muhammad has been working at the University of Tripoli as an assistant lecturer since 10-24-2015 and as a lecturer since November 2019. He currently holds the position of Head of the Department of Public Relations and Advertising, and also holds the position of Technical Director of the International Journal of Media and Communication Sciences, a peer-reviewed scientific journal issued by the Faculty of Media and Communication. Mr. Ramzi performs various tasks related to the teaching staff for the undergraduate stage, from supervising graduation research and academic supervision of students, in addition to administrative tasks related to the duties of the head of the Public Relations and Advertising Department. Among the executive tasks, Mr. Ramzi Abu Kteif coordinates with public bodies to establish joint work projects, whether research or executive, with other colleagues, such as coordinating the first scientific conference on media and elections, and coordinating joint activities with the Department of Relations and Cooperation at the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, etc.In addition to administrative and technical tasks, Mr. Abu Kteif works to support his academic performance by participating in research sessions, conferences, seminars and workshops held by educational or professional institutions interested in the field of media.

Careers

Mr. Ramzi Abu Katif, as a faculty member at the Faculty of Media and Communication, University of Tripoli, has been assuming the duties of Head of the Public Relations and Advertising Department since the beginning of 2023, as the first head of this department after the decision of the Minister of Higher Education to separate the specialization of media from the arts. He assumes this task after holding the position of Coordinator of the Public Relations and Advertising Division within the former Media Department since 2016 AD, and he established and completed the academic and organizational structure that contributed to the promotion of the Public Relations and Advertising Division to the ranks of a study department within the Faculty of Media and Communication. This included preparing and describing the study materials and courses, and the participation of the Study and Examinations Office at the college in coordinating and completing the study and examination system since its first establishment in 2014 until the completion of the construction of this system in 2018 AD. Which contributed to reshaping the image and reputation of the Public Relations specialization within the academic community and the community of local institutions and those interested in the specialization, as he worked to re-establish the connection and coordination with local institutions and ministries such as the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Agriculture and the High National Elections Commission to form a bridge for training and field work for students. Mr. Ramzi Abu Katif held other academic tasks such as Director of the Study and Examinations Office at the Faculty of Arts and Media in the year 2021-2022, and contributed within his interests to addressing and forming the study and examination system in a manner consistent with the university's vision of moving towards adopting electronic systems in the field of monitoring data and results and approving academic results within the study and examination system after he managed and supervised this organization within the Faculty of Arts and Media, in addition to his focus on re-adjusting the organizational aspect of the process of issuing statements and graduation procedures with others. Among Mr. Ramzi Abu Katif's interests in improving the performance of the academic process within the College of Arts and Media, he assumed the tasks of studying and examining in the former Media Department from 2017 to 2021 AD. He worked with other colleagues to reconfigure and direct the final exam programs and prepare study and exam schedules, as well as build academic supervision schedules. Among what was prepared by Mr. Ramzi, including setting and implementing the final exam program with others during the Corona crisis period in 2020 AD. Among his interests in transferring the study of media from theoretical study to practical application, Mr. Ramzi worked as a cooperating faculty member at the Faculty of Arts at the Islamic University of Asmariya in the years 2014-2015 - and at the Faculty of Arts and Media, University of Jafara 2019-2020, where he taught the subjects of print design and public relations publications in a practical and applied manner within his efforts to bring about change in the performance of the media teaching process in various colleges and departments. He also worked as a cooperating faculty member at the Libyan University Open from 2012 to 2019 in the Department of Media and Political Science.

Research Interests

Mr. Ramzi Abu Katif is interested in studying the reality of organizing public relations departments from the administrative and financial perspective and its impact on performance within local institutions. He is also interested in studying the development of educational and training programs for public relations activities. This includes studying the components or media units within local entities such as municipalities or civil councils. He also focuses on studying social human relations and their connection to the integrity of elections within the framework of public relations and their role in elections and election campaigns. An additional part of the research focus is studying advertising legislation and decisions as an economic and social activity.

External Activities

Mr.Ramzi Abu Kteif participates with some government institutions in development operations and raising the level of services in the field of communication and public relations according to the legal framework available from the university. He participated and prepared a number of training programs for ministries and municipalities, and some other public bodies, and prepared and coordinated some research programs in the field of public relations with municipalities within the city of Tripoli, and also participated in organizing and preparing activities for some educational institutions that combine the entertainment and educational aspect and acquiring skills related to speaking and preparing presentations and training in design and printing programs.

Ramzi Abu Kteif participated in many preparatory committees for scientific, academic and technical training activities, including: -

Member of the Preparatory Committee for the First Scientific Conference on Media and Elections, which was held in July 2021 in partnership between the College of Arts and Media and the High National Elections Commission

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Illegal Immigration Symposium between Media and Law held at the University of Tripoli in July 2023.

Member of the Supreme Committee for the Scientific Conference and the First Forum for Public Relations Practitioners in the Ministry of Interior, May 2018