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University of Aleppo (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.
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.
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.
Presidents
1- Dr. Tawfik Al-Munajed (1960-1967)
2- Dr. Mustafa Ezzat Al-Nassar (1968-1969)
3- Dr. Ahmad Y Hassan (1973-1979)
4- Dr. Mohammad Ali Huriah (1979-2000)
5- Dr. Saeed Farhoud (2001-2004)
6- Dr. Mohammad Nizar Akil (2005- now)
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