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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1958 (1958) |
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| Rector | Dr. Mohammed Osama Raadon |
| Undergraduates | 55,732[1] |
| Postgraduates | 4,386 |
| 1,525 | |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | alepuniv.edu.sy |
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University of Aleppo (Arabic:جَامِعَة حَلَب,romanized: Jāmiʿat Ḥalab, also calledAleppo University) is apublic university located inAleppo,Syria. It is the second largest university in Syria after theUniversity of Damascus.
During 2005–06, the university had over 61,000 undergraduate students, over 1,500 post graduate students and approximately 2,400 faculty members. The university has 25 faculties and 10 intermediate colleges.
What was to become the University of Aleppo consisted of a Faculty of Engineering in Aleppo opened in 1946 and affiliated to what is now theUniversity of Damascus (Syrian University at that time). After the end ofFrench rule in 1946, the newly independent Syria only had one university.[citation needed]
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 (Civil Engineering and Agriculture). The university grew rapidly in the subsequent decades, formed respected programmes in engineering, sciences, and literature, as well as a strong emphasis on languages, offering courses on German, Russian, French, and English.[citation needed]
The university is member of theEuroMed Permanent University Forum (EPUF), theMediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) and the Regional Corporation Confremo.[2] During 2008, the University of Aleppo marked its golden jubilee.[citation needed]
On 15 January 2013, 82 people were killed during theAleppo University bombings. The blasts reportedly struck an area between Aleppo University's halls of residence and the architecture faculty. The initial death toll was 52, but Aleppo's governor later revised the number.[3]
On 29 November 2024, a shelling attack in the student dormitories killed four people, including two students.[4]
On 27 December 2024,Idlib University was officially separated from University Of Aleppo, and Idlib Section of UOA was subsequently abolished.
Aleppo University consists of 19 faculties with 135 departments (8 other faculties were part of Idlib Section of UOA that discontinued during war, and later became independentIdlib University)
Two higher institutes based in Aleppo are operating in the university:
The university has 8 intermediate technical institutes (4 other were part of UOA Idlib Sector). Studying period is for two years:
The Open Studies Centre was inaugurated in 2001. The centre offers degrees of 7 majors in four different faculties:
The university runs six hospitals in the city of Aleppo:
The university is home to one of the biggest libraries (Central Library of the University)[10] in Syria with more than 1.5 million units. In addition, there are 17 academic centres, a publishing and printing house, and 20 units in the campus, designated to host more than 12 thousand students.
The university publishes its scientific journal periodically which is calledAleppo University Researches.
On 7 February 2010, the university announced the opening of its Radio & TV Centre, which is the first of its type among Syrian universities and the third in the Middle East.[11]
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