Al Azhar University – Gaza
TypePublic
Established1991[1]
PresidentOmar K. A. Melad[2]
Academic staff
290[3]
Undergraduatesabout 16,000[1]
Postgraduatesabout 700[4]
Location
Gaza
,
Palestine
AffiliationsUNIMED
Websitewww.alazhar.edu.ps/eng/index.asp

Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Arabic: جامعة الأزهر بغزة), often abbreviated AUG, is a Palestinian, public, non-profit, and independent higher education institution. During the first intifada, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat issued a decree in September 1991 to establish a Palestinian national university. AUG opened on 18 October 1991 in a two-story building with 725 students enrolled in two faculties; the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Sharia and Law (now the Faculty of Law).[5]

In 2023, the university's facilities were destroyed by Israeli bombardment of Gaza during the 2023 Israel–Hamas War.[6]

Faculty of Arts – Al Azhar university

History

AUG opened its doors in 1991 with only two faculties: the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Sharia and Law (now the Faculty of Law). In 1992, four faculties: the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, the Faculty of Science, and the Faculty of Arts & Human Sciences were established, followed by the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences was established at another stage of AUG development in 1997 to fulfill the medical needs of the Palestinian community. In 1999, the Faculty of Medicine, a branch of the Palestinian Faculty of Medicine in Al-Quds University-Abu Dis, was opened as the first medical faculty in the Gaza Strip.

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology was launched in 2001 to keep abreast of new knowledge and technology. In 2007, the Faculty of Dentistry was opened to improve the oral health care of the Palestinian community. The Faculty of Sharia was reopened as a distinct faculty in 2009.

In 2015, King Hassan II for Environmental Sciences and Agriculture Building was inaugurated on the new campus in the Al-Mughraqa area. The construction of this building was funded by King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Two buildings, the auditorium and the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences were funded by the Saudi Fund for Development and will be annexed to the new campus in Al-Mughraqa.[5]

Faculties

Notable persons

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome To AUG". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "President's Greetings". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Academic Staff". AL-Azhar University, Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Welcome To Postgraduate Studies". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. 1 2 "AUG History". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Israeli air strikes target Gaza's Al-Azhar University" (video). Middle-East Monitor. November 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "حوار صحفي مع الأديبة هبة أبو ندى". Women for Palestine (in Arabic). 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

Bibliography

  • Bowen, Donna Lee, and Early, Evelyn A. (2002). Everyday Life in the Muslim Middle East: Second Edition. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-21490-4

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