The University of Zawia ( ar, جامعة الزاوية, Jamaa't Azzawia, previously known as Seventh of April University) is a university located in the city of Zawiya,

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

. It was established as an independent university in 1988."Seventh of April University"
The campus is six kilometres south of the city centre,
Seventh of April University and serves the Zawiya, Jafara and

Nuqat al Khams Nuqat al Khams ( ar, النقاط الخمس ''Nuqāṭ al Ḫams'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northwest of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital is Zuwara. Nuqat al Khams has a nor ...

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History

In 1983, University of Tripoli established a branch of their College of Education in Zawia. In 1988, the institution was established as an independent university, called the Seventh of April University, with separate administration and funding.Libya's General People's Committee's Decision No. 35 of 1988 The reference to 7 April was officially described by the university as referring to "the great student event on the seventh of April 1976". On 7 April 1976, student protests took place in Tripoli and Benghazi protesting against human rights violations, calling for a civilian government and free and fair elections. Counterdemonstrations took place on the same day and "many students were detained for months". The date of 7 April was used from the first anniversary on 7 April 1977 and annually to the late 1980s as a date for public executions in Libya in reference to the "great student event". The ''Organizing Committee for the April Demonstration'' referred to the usage of the 7 April anniversary as a "trademark" of

Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...

's government. The university was renamed in 2011, the year of the Libyan Revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, as the University of Zawia.

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* Educational institutions established in 1983 Zawia 1983 establishments in Libya {{Libya-university-stub