The University of Palestine (UP; ) is a private

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Al-Zahra' Al-Zahra () is a Palestinian municipality in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza and north of the Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip. The University of Palestine and Ummah Open University are located there. In 2017, it had a population of 5, ...

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. The university was established in 2005, making it one of Gaza's youngest higher education institutions. Across its seven colleges, UP offers four non-degree diploma programs in addition to its standard four-year programs. Besides its Al-Zahra headquarters, it has subsidiary branches in

Khan Younis Khan Yunis (), also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It has been largely destroyed during the Gaza war. Before the 14th century, Khan ...

and

Beit Lahiya Beit Lahia or Beit Lahiya () is a city in the Gaza Strip, north of Jabalia, in the North Gaza Governorate of the State of Palestine. It sits next to Beit Hanoun and close to the border with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of ...

. The university's primary scholarship system is merit-based, with award amounts largely dependent on students'

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scores; it also offers legacy financial aid. The university offers an open access repository for scholarly output by research centers, faculty staff and students, as well as a published

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Lightweight OpenCourseWare. Along with a stadium, the university also had a legal clinic, multiple medical clinics, an English Language Proficiency Center, a 30,000-book library and an engineering office. UP has cooperative partnerships with multiple international universities, primarily in the Middle East, including

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, Alexandria University,

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in Bangladesh,

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, and others. UP's main campus was destroyed by the Israeli military on January 17, 2024.

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