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Al Diwaniyah Al Diwaniyah ( ar, ٱلدِّيوَانِيَّة ''ad-Dīwānīyah''), also spelt Diwaniya, is the capital city of Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate. In 2002 the population was estimated at 440,927. Overview The area around Al Diwaniyah, which i ...

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, logo = Internet Logo.png , logo_size = 250px , logo_alt = Website logo The University of Al-Qadisiyah ( ar, جامعة القادسية) is an

Iraqi university This is a incomplete list of universities in Iraq. There are more than 85 universities and academics in total: 35 public universities, (four technical universities, one institutes of technology, and two fine arts university, one national defense uni ...

established in 1987 in

, Qadisiyyah Province,

History

The University of Al-Qadisiyah was established on the 23rd of December, 1987 through a resolution (no. 159) passed by the Revolutionary Command Council of the

Saddam Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

era. The resolution ordered the establishment of four universities; the University of Al-Qadisiyah, the

University of Kufa The University of Kufa is one of Iraqi universities located in Kufa, Iraq. It was founded on December 23, 1987 of only two faculties; Education for Women and Medicine. Worthy mentioned that the Faculty of Medicine was established roughly a decade ...

, the

University of Tikrit Tikrit University ( ar, جامعة تكريت) is an Iraqi university located in Tikrit, Salah ad Din Governorate, Saladin Province, Iraq. It was established in 1987. It is one of the largest universities in Iraq with over 30,000 students. While it ...

, and the

University of Anbar The University of Anbar ( ar, جامعة الأنبار) is an Iraqi university in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. It was founded in 1987 with a college of education and a college of girls' education, and then expanded until it reached university status ...

. Originally, the University of Al-Qadisiyah began with two colleges; the College of Education and the College of Business and Administration. There has been a vast increase in this number though, as today, the university encompasses 18 colleges in addition to a number of learning centers.

Colleges

* College of Education * College of Business and Administration * College of Arts * College of Veterinary Medicine * College of Medicine * College of Physical Education * College of Science * College of Law * College of Engineering * College of Computer Science and Mathematics * College of Agriculture * College of Pharmacy * College of Nursing * College of Dentistry * College of Education - Femmés * College of Archaeology * College of Fine Arts * College of Biotechnology

Campuses

Al-Qadisiyah is located between a strict conservative society to the west (the holy cities of

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and

Karbala Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...

), and the more liberal alternative to the north (

Hilla Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province ...

, and

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

). The result is a mix between conservative and liberal styling in campus planning and student life. The main campus is located on the north-western edge of the city of

Diwaniya The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests. Today the term refers both to a reception hall and the gathering held in it, and visiting or hosting a dewaniya is an impor ...

. The majority of the university's colleges along with the main administrative building are found here. In addition to the main campus, there are smaller campuses sprawled in and around the city of

: * Medicine & Nursing Campus @ Diwaniya Teaching Hospital * Law Campus across from the Provincial Government Building * Engineering campus located across from the main train station * Education campus located near the College of Engineering * Veterinary campus located on the northern edge of the city for better access to farms

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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