جَامِعَـــةُ الْفُـــرَات | |
| Type | Public university |
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| Established | 2006 |
| President | Dr. Taha Khalifa[1] |
| Location | , 35°19′8″N40°6′38″E / 35.31889°N 40.11056°E /35.31889; 40.11056 |
| Website | alfuratuniv |
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Al-Furat University (Arabic:جَامِعَةُ الْفُرَات,romanized: Jāmiʿatu l-Furāt) is aSyrianpublic university founded in 2006.[2] It is located mainly inDeir ez-Zor, which hosts the medical school, and has campuses in other cities in Syria.[2] Before 2011 it was the smallest public university in Syria.[3] The university runs its ownopen access journal.[4] The responsible authority for the campus in Deir ez-Zor is theMinistry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.[2]
Before 2011 the university taught undergraduate and post-graduated medicine to an internationally recognised standard.[2]
In 2014Islamic State imposed behavioural conditions on the staff and students of the university'sRaqqa campus to remain open.[5] In January 2015 they forced the campus to close.[5] As of 2021, its Raqqa campus is now the site of al-Sharq University opened by theAutonomous Administration of North and East Syria.[6]
Due to theSyrian civil war, the University and its campuses have been sites of conflict. On 28 January 2017, students were reportedly at risk from active combat on and around the Deir ez-Zor campus.[7][8] In 2022 during theBattle of al-Hasakah, the Economics building of theAl-Hasakah campus was bombed byCombined Joint Task Force planes targeting Islamic State fighters.[9]
