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 in 2011 with 19 colleges.

Colleges

* College of Education of the Human Sciences. (History, Arabic Language, English Language, Geographic, Quran Sciences) * College of Education, Pure Sciences. (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychological Science) * College of Science. (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology) * College of Engineering. (Mechanic, Civil, Electric, Dams and Water sources) * College of Arts. (English Language, Arabic Language, History, Geographic, Sociology, Media) * College of Law -

Ramadi Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadiya'') is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate whi ...

* College of Computer Science and Information Technology * College of Islamic Sciences -

(Hadith, Foqh, Quran Sciences, Islamic Faiths) * College of Administrations and Economics - Ramadi * College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences * College of Medicine * College of Dentistry * College of Agriculture * College of Education for Women * College of Education - Alqaiim * College of Veterinary Medicine * College of Pharmacy

2014 hostage crisis

On 7 June, gunmen linked to the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...

briefly took students at the university hostage after killing a number of guards and destroying "a bridge leading to the main gate". The crisis was resolved when students were permitted to leave several hours later, departing the campus in buses provided by the local government. No students were reported to have been injured during the incident.

References

External links

* https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/ * https://www.uoanbar.edu.iq/English
جامعة الأنبار

University of Anbar website
Al Anbar Governorate anbar Educational institutions established in 1987 1987 establishments in Iraq {{Iraq-university-stub