This is a list of
universities and
colleges in the
State of Palestine
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, contemplating both the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
and the
West Bank. The West Bank and Gaza together have 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges.
Gaza Strip
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Al-Aqsa University
Al-Aqsa University ( ar, جامعة الأقصى) is a Palestinian university established in 1955 in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Established in 1955 as the first higher education institution in the Gaza Strip, Al-Aqsa University is the oldest gove ...
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Al-Azhar University - Gaza
Al-Azhar Mosque ( ar, الجامع الأزهر, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit=The Resplendent Congregational Mosque, arz, جامع الأزهر, Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic ...
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Al-Quds Open University
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Gaza University
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Islamic University of Gaza
The Islamic University of Gaza ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة), also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university established in 1978 in Gaza City. It was the first higher education institution to be establ ...
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Israa University
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Palestine Technical College
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University College of Applied Sciences
University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) is a technical college in Gaza founded in 1998. It offers 40 majors in engineering, health, technology, administration, education and the humanities. The school has a student population of 6,000. ...
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University of Palestine
The University of Palestine (UP; ar, جامعة فلسطين) is a Palestinian private institution of higher education located in Al-Zahra' (south of Gaza City). The university was established in 2005.
Each specialization has a supervisory com ...
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Gaza Community/Training Center
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University Hassan 2
West Bank
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Al-Quds University
Al-Quds University ( ar, جامعة القدس) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, al-Bireh, and Hebron.
Overview
The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was con ...
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Al-Quds Open University
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An-Najah National University
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Arab American University
Arab American University (AAUP ( ar, الجامعة العربية الأمريكية)) is the first private university in Palestine. AAUP was founded in the year 2000 and it provides BA, MA and PhD degree programs. The main campus is located ne ...
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Bethlehem Bible College Bethlehem Bible College is a Christian evangelical college, founded in 1979 in Bethlehem, under Israeli military occupation. It was created to prepare Christian leaders to serve Arab churches and society in the Holy Land. It trains students to mode ...
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Bethlehem University
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Birzeit University
Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Palestinian Mi ...
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Dar Al-Kalima University
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Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music ( ar, معهد ادوارد سعيد الوطني للموسيقى ''Ma`had Edward Sa`īd al-Waṭaniy lil-Musīqā'') is a Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian music College or university schoo ...
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Hebron University
Hebron University is a non-profit, public university in the city of Hebron, West Bank. It has an undergraduate enrollment of more than ten thousand students.
History
The late mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Mohammad ‘Ali Al-Ja’bari, wished to est ...
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Ibrahimieh College
Ibrahimieh College ( ar, الكلية الابراهيمية بالقدس) is a private school and college in the a-Suwane neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
History
Nihad Abu Gharbieh, who worked as a teacher at the Ibrahimieh National School in the ...
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Khodori Institute, Tulkarm
Kaddouri ( ar, خضوري, derived from "green", ''akhdar'' in Arabic; he, כדורי (transliterated; does not mean ''green'', which would be ירוק, yarok)) and many other transliterations, is an Arabic surname. People with the surname inclu ...
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Palestine Ahliya University
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Palestine Polytechnic University
Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU; ar, جامعة بوليتكنك فلسطين) is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union (UGU), a non-profit organization in ...
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International Academy of Art, Palestine
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Other education and research institutions
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Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem
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Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute
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Palestinian Academic Network
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Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Education and research organizations outside Palestine
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Durham Palestine Educational Trust
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Durham Palestine Educational Trust is a British charity that offers scholarships to outstanding graduates in Palestine to take master's degree courses at Durham University.
Aims
This charity aims to contribute t ...
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Institute for Middle East Understanding
Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) is a 501(c)(3) Pro-Palestinian non-profit advocacy organization.
In 2006 it received a grant from the Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development which was used to undertake the first co ...
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Institute for Palestine Studies
The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest independent nonprofit public service research institute in the Arab world. It was established and incorporated in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1963 and has since served as a model for other such inst ...
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Scientists 4 Palestine
* PEACE Programme - under the auspices of UNESCO
References
Medea’s information files: Palestinian Universities(Internet Archive version of July 2007)
Notes
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