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International University for Science and Technology (IUST) (IUST; ar, الْجَامِعَةُ الدَّوْلِيَّةُ الْخَاصَّةُ لِلْعُلُومِ وَالتِّكْنُولُوجِيَا, al-Jāmiʿat ad-Dawlīyat al-Khāṣṣat li l-ʿUlūm wa t-Tiknūlūjiyā) is a private university established in 2005, located in the city of Ghabagheb in
Daraa Governorate Daraa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة درعا / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 3,730 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Qune ...
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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
. The university has six faculties: dentistry, pharmacy, engineering and technology, information technology, business administration and finance, arts and sciences.the university has a liaison office at Damascus, Al Mazzeh Eastern villas.


History

After the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the university headquarters moved temporarily in 2013 to Damascus city in Kiwan opposite
Tishreen Park Tishreen Park is the largest park in Damascus, Syria. It is located near Umayyad Square and Tishreen Palace. A large Syrian flag was installed in the park in July 2010 to mark the tenth anniversary of Bashar Al Assad Bashar Hafez al-A ...
near Umayyad Square, and the university continued in Kiwan until 2019 when it returned to its original headquarters in Ghabagheb, Daraa.


Faculties

IUST includes six faculties: *Dentistry *Pharmacy *Engineering and Technology *Business and Finance *Information Technology *Arts and Sciences


Organisation

IUST comprises the following six colleges that meet the needs and demands of the local Syrian community and the Arab and regional communities as well: * College of Business and Finance * College of Information Technology * College of Engineering and Technology * College of Dentistry * College of Pharmacy * College of Arts and Sciences


Co-operation agreements

The University has signed several cooperation agreements with Arab and international universities, such as: * University of Utah * Brno University of Technology * Montana State University * University of Philadelphia - Jordan * O. P. Jindal Global University - India * University of Petra - Jordan * Damascus university. * Al Hawash University


Rankings

As of August 2022, the university ranked 425 at the Arab Level and 7251 internationally, according to Webometrics for ranking universities.


External links


International University for Science and Technology - IUST website
Universities in Syria Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in Syria {{Syria-university-stub