Sa'ada University is a university in

Saada Saada ( ar, صَعْدَة, translit=Ṣaʿda), a city and ancient capital in the northwest of Yemen, is the capital and largest city of the province of the same name, and the county seat of the county of the same name. The city is located in the ...

, Yemen.

History

Yemen's president,

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

announced the construction of the university in 2010, in order to better service the educational needs of people in Sa'ada province, who at the time had to travel to

Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Gover ...

for university education. Student enrolment dropped during the

Yemeni civil war Yemeni Civil War may refer to several historical events which have taken place in Yemen: *Alwaziri coup, February – March 1948 *Yemeni–Adenese clan violence, 1956–60 *North Yemen Civil War, 1962–70 *Aden Emergency, 1963–67 *South Yemen#Di ...

, and four buildings were damaged in a 2015 air strike. As of June 2022, the

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

is Dr. Abdulrahim Al-Humran.

Notable alumni

Ameen Jubran Ameen Hussain Jubran (born 1984) is a Yemeni chemist and the founder of Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development. In 2021, he accepted a Nansen Refugee Award on behalf of the organisation. Early life and education Jubran was born i ...

, (humanitarian), chemistry

References

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