Sana'a University ( ) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the

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(see also Aden University). It is located in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and is currently organized with 17 faculties. Previously the university was located at . The university includes several accommodation buildings for staff and students and is partnered with the Kuwait University Hospital for medical students.

Overview

When Sanaa university was first established, it had two faculties: the Faculty of Sharia and Law and the Faculty of Education, which also included the specialties of Colleges of Arts, Sciences and Education. In 1974, those specialties were developed and formed three new faculties: Arts, Science, Education. The Faculty of Sharia and Law celebrated the launch of the Business Department, which became an independent faculty a year later. By that time, the university included five faculties and continued expansion until it included the rest of the other specialties. As of 2005, Sanaa University was composed of twenty faculties with 12 faculties at the main campus of Sanaa and eight others at different branches throughout the country. The university started postgraduate studies at the start of the 1980s.

Faculties

* Faculty of Engineering * Faculty of Computer & Information Technology * Faculty of Commerce & Economics * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Dentistry * Faculty of Pharmacy * Faculty of Science * Faculty of Agriculture * Faculty of Law & Legislation * Faculty of Education * Faculty of Art * Faculty of Languages * Faculty of Publication

Notable faculty

*Nasser al-Aulaqi, Yemeni Agriculture Minister and president of Sanaa University.

Notable alumni

* Hamid al-Ahmar, politician *

Yahya Al-Mutawakel Yahya Yahya Al-Mutawakel ( ar, يحيى بن يحيى المتوگل, born 25 September 1959) is a professor of economics at Sana'a University who served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the Cabinet of Yemen from 2007 to 2011. Born in Sana'a ...

, Minister of Industry and Trade *

Hoda Ablan Hoda Ablan (born 1971) is a Yemeni poet. She was born in Ibb and studied at the University of Sanaa, obtaining a master's degree in political science in 1993. Her first collection of poetry ''Wurud shaqiyat al-malamih'' (Roses with Mischievous Feat ...

, poet *

Abdulla A. Alshammam {{disambiguation * Abdulla, other form of name Abd Allah * Arkin Abdulla, Uyhghur musician * Abdul Samad Abdulla, Maldivian politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs * Shakhawan Abdulla, Iraqi politician Surnames of Maldivian origin ...

, ambassador to Netherlands, earned a graduate degree in political science in 1982–1983. A Yemeni diplomat, he works at the Ministry of foreign affairs, ambassador. *

Tawakel Karman Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman ( ar, توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khalid Karmān; also romanized ''Tawakul'', ''Tawakel''; born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician ...

earned a graduate degree in political science.Agence France Presse. "Tawakkol Karman, figure emblématique du soulèvement au Yémen." NordNet, 7 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 201
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/ref> She was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She is the first Yemeni citizen and first Arab woman to win a Nobel Prize * Ahmed Mohammed, politician * Khalid Ahmed, professor of Arabic language, University of Washington *

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Zeyad Ghanem Ziad (also transliterated as Ziyad, Zyad, Zeyad, or Zijad ar, زياد) is an Arabic given name and surname. Given name Actors * Zeyad Errafae'ie, Syrian television actor and voice actor Athletes * Zeyad Abdulrazak, Kuwaiti hurdler * Zeyad M ...

, poet, politician *

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, Diplomat, Member of Yemen delegation to United Nations· *

Ammar Abdullah Al Nono Ammar : * Ammar (name), given name of Arabic origin. Meaning “The Creator” * Given names * Ammar Abdulhamid, Syrian writer * Ammar Campa-Najjar, American politician * Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Ajman * Ammar al ...

, Faculty of Sharia and Law, PhD in law from Malaysia.

References

External links

* * Matriculation guide booklet – Sanaa University, annually revised in Arabic for advanced students. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanaa University Sanaa Educational institutions established in 1970 Universities in Yemen 1970 establishments in Yemen