University of Aleppo

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University of Aleppo (also called Aleppo University, the University freely uses both English names) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after Damascus University.

The University has over 61,000 of undergraduate students, over 1,500 of graduate students and approximately 2400 faculty as of the 2005/2006 school year.

1 History
2 Departments
3 Presidents
4 External link

[edit] History

What was to become the University of Aleppo consisted of a Faculty of Engineering in Aleppo affiliated to what is now the Damascus University. After the end of British rule in 1946, the newly independent Syria only had one university. In 1958, the Syrian government passed a law that created the independent University of Aleppo as the second university in the country. When the new university opened its doors in 1960, it consisted of two faculties in Civil Engineering and Agriculture. The University grew rapidly in the subsequent decades, forming respected programs in engineering, sciences, and literature, as well as a strong emphasis on languages, offering courses on the German, Russian, French, and English languages, in addition to Arabic.

[edit] Departments

Aleppo University consists of 20 faculties including:

Informatics Engineering (2000)
Civil Engineering
Architecture
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Technological Engineering (2003)
Agriculture
Medicine (1965)
Sciences (1967)
Arts and Humanities (1966)
Economics (1963)
Dentistry (1979)
Pharmacy (1993)
Law (1961)
Education
Agriculture II in Deir Ezzor
Siences II in Deir Ezzor
Arts and Humanities II in Deir Ezzor

In addition, the Institute for the History of Arabic Science awards Diploma, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Basic, Medical, Applied Sciences and Archaeology.