University of Aleppo

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University of Aleppo
جامعة حلب
Seal of the University of Aleppo
Seal of the University of Aleppo
Established: 1958
Type: Public
Principal: Mohammad Nizar Akil
Undergraduates: 55,732
Postgraduates: 4,386
Doctoral students: 1,525
Location: Aleppo, Syria

University of Aleppo (Arabic: جامعة حلب‎, also called Aleppo University) is a public university located in Aleppo, Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria.

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

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[edit] History

What was to become the University of Aleppo consisted of a Faculty of Engineering in Aleppo affiliated to what is now the University of Damascus. After the end of French rule in 1946, the newly independent Syria only had one university. In 1958, the Syrian government passed a law that created the 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] Faculties

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 (2000)
  • Agriculture II in Idleb (2005)
  • Education II in Idleb (2005)
  • Arts and Humanities II in Idleb (2005)

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.

[edit] Presidents

  1. Dr. Tawfik Al-Munajed (1960–67)
  2. Dr. Mustafa Ezzat Al-Nassar (1968–69)
  3. Dr. Ahmad Y Hassan (1973–79)
  4. Dr. Mohammad Ali Huriah (1979–2000)
  5. Dr. Saeed Farhoud (2001–04)
  6. Dr. Mohammad Nizar Akil (from 2005)

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