Al-Azhar University – Gaza

For the university of the same name in Egypt, see Al-Azhar University.
Al-Azhar University - Gaza
Established 1991[1]
President Dr. Abdel Khaleq al Farra
Academic staff
290[2]
Undergraduates about 16,000[1]
Postgraduates about 700[3]
Location Gaza, Palestine
Website www.alazhar.edu.ps/eng/index.asp

Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Arabic: جامعة الأزهر بغزة) is a Palestinian university established in 1991 in Gaza City, Palestinian territories.

Faculty of Arts - Al Azhar university

History

The university was founded in Gaza in 1991 by a presidential decree of Yasser Arafat.[4]

The department of desalination was established in 1995 by Riyad Hassan El-Khoudary. The water research center is an independent non-government Palestinian institution.[5]

The Faculty of Medicine was opened in 1999 as a branch of the Palestinian Faculty of Medicine in Al-Quds University, Abu Dis.[6]

Faculties

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome To AUG". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. "Academic Staff". AL-Azhar University, Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. "Welcome To Postgraduate Studies". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. "AUG History". Al-Azhar University Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. Al-Azhar Gaza
  6. "Faculty of Medicine". Al-Azhar University, Gaza. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

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Coordinates: 31°30′54″N 34°26′12″E / 31.51500°N 34.43667°E / 31.51500; 34.43667

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