This is a list of universities and colleges in the State of Palestine, which comprises both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The West Bank and Gaza together had 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges.
All universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. See "Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza" for more.
West Bank
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- Al-Quds University[1]
- Al-Quds Open University[2]
- An-Najah National University[3]
- Arab American University[4]
- Bethlehem Bible College[5]
- Bethlehem University[6]
- Birzeit University[7]
- Dar Al-Kalima University[8]
- Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
- Hebron University[9]
- Ibrahimieh College[10]
- Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie
- Palestine Ahliya University[11]
- Palestine Polytechnic University[12]
- International Academy of Art, Palestine[13]
- Ariel University[14] in the illegal settlement of Ariel. The upgrade of its status from a college to a university was highly controversial within Israel itself (see Ariel University for details).
Gaza Strip
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- Al-Aqsa University[15]
- Al-Azhar University – Gaza[16]
- Al-Quds Open University[17]
- Gaza University (Gaza)[18]
- Islamic University of Gaza[19]
- Israa University[20]
- Palestine Technical College[21]
- University College of Applied Sciences[22]
- University of Palestine[23]
- Gaza Community/Training Center[24]
- Hassan University
Other education and research institutions
- Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem[25]
- Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute
- Palestinian Academic Network[26]
- Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
- Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education[27]
Education and research organizations outside Palestine
- Durham Palestine Educational Trust
- Institute for Middle East Understanding
- Institute for Palestine Studies[28]
- Scientists 4 Palestine[29]
- PEACE Programme - under the auspices of UNESCO[30]
References
- Medea’s information files: Palestinian Universities (Internet Archive version of July 2007)
- Silva, Chantal Da; Salam, Yasmine; Mulligan, Matthew; Britton, Bianca (4 April 2024). "Class destroyed: The rise and ruin of Gaza's revered universities". NBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
Notes
- ^ "Al-Quds University - Al-Quds University جامعة القدس". Al-Quds University.
- ^ "جامعة القدس المفتوحة". qou.edu.
- ^ "An-Najah National University : Home". www.najah.edu.
- ^ "ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY | THE FIRST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN PALESTINE". ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
- ^ Bethlehem Bible College
كلية بيت لحم للكتاب المقدس Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Bethlehem University – Enter to learn, leave to serve".
- ^ "جامعة بيرزيت". www.birzeit.edu.
- ^ "Dar Al-Kalima University جامعة دار الكلمة". Archived from the original on 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ جامعـــة الخــليل
- ^ Technologies, Entities. "الكلية الإبراهيمية بالقدس". الكلية الإبراهيمية بالقدس.
- ^ Palestine Ahliya University جامعة فلسطين الأهلية
- ^ "جامعة بوليتكنك فلسطين | نحو جامعة علوم وتكنولوجيا وابداع ريادية". www.ppu.edu.
- ^ "Academia – Recenzii si Ghiduri Academice". www.artacademy.ps.
- ^ "Ariel University in Samaria". Ariel University.
- ^ Al-Aqsa University
- ^ جامعة الأزهر - غزة
- ^ "جامعة القدس المفتوحة". www.qou.edu.
- ^ "جامعة غزة". gu.edu.ps.
- ^ "الجامعة الإسلامية بغزة".
- ^ "جامعة الاسراء غزة". جامعة الاسراء غزة.
- ^ "كلية فلسطين التقنية - دير البلح".
- ^ "الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية". الكلية الجامعية للعلوم التطبيقية.
- ^ "الرئيسية - جامعة فلسطين". www.up.edu.ps.
- ^ Gaza Community/Training Center
- ^ "HOME". Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ).
- ^ PLANET :: Al-Quds University Archived 2006-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ وزارة التربية و التعليم والعالي - فلسطين Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ipsjps.org". www.ipsjps.org.
- ^ "Home". scientists4palestine.com.
- ^ "P.E.A.C.E. Programme – Cooperation in Education".
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