Rojava University ( ku, Zanîngeha Rojava, ar, جامعة روجآفا, syc, ܒܝܬ ܨܘܒܐ ܕܪܘܓܐܦܐ), is a

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. The university was founded in July 2016 with curricula for

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s, arts, and

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. Additionally, the university offers programmes for

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education and

Kurdish literature Kurdish literature (, ) is literature written in the Kurdish languages. Literary Kurdish works have been written in each of the four main languages: Zaza language, Zaza, Gorani language, Gorani, Kurmanji and Sorani. Ali Hariri (1009–1079) is one ...

The university maintains a partnership with

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in Saint-Denis,

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and California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. In August, the university opened registration for students in the academic year 2016–2017. An opening ceremony was held on 20 November 2016. Beginning in October 2017, its second academic year, the university added a

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programme. 711 students attend the university

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, jineology,

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s, and

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with courses taught in Kurdish (the primary instructional language),

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and English. In 2019, the university also launched a programme for women to learn to overcome sexism within the family and society. Due to Operation Olive Branch many students from the University of Afrin have been allocated seats at the University of Rojava to continue their studies. In 2020, the university moved some of its courses online due to the

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Video of the opening of the University of Rojava, 21 November 2016
Educational institutions established in 2016 Education in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Rojava The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Afrin, Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Tabqa, ...

Qamishli 2016 establishments in Syria {{Rojava-stub

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