List of universities in Syria

This is a list of universities in Syria .

There are state universities and, since 2003, a number of private universities in Syria . With the civil war in Syria since 2011, there have been interruptions and relocations of teaching.

State universities

	College name	Sponsorship	Seat	founding	Website
1	Damascus University	state	Damascus	1923	damascusuniversity.edu.sy
2	Aleppo University	state	Aleppo	1958	alepuniv.edu.sy
3	Baath University	state	Homs	1979	albaath-univ.edu.sy
4th	Tischrin University	state	Latakia	1971	tishreen.edu.sy
5	Al Furat University	state	Deir ez-Zor	2007	alfuratuniv.edu.sy ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6th	Syrian Virtual University	state	Damascus	2002	svuonline.org

Private universities

	College name	abbreviation	Seat	founding	Website
	Syrian Private University	SPU	Damascus	2007	spu.edu.sy
	Arab International University	AIU	Darʿā	2007	aiu.edu.sy ( Memento from September 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
	International University for Science and Technology	IUST	Damascus	2007	iust.edu.sy
	University of Kalamoon	UOK	Rif Dimashq	2003	uok.edu.sy
	Hama University	HU	Hama (Syria)	2014	hama-univ.edu.sy
	Al Rasheed International Private University for Science & Technology	RU	Damascus	2007	ru.edu.sy
	Yarmouk Private University	YPU	Darʿā	2008	ypu.edu.sy
	Wadi International University	WIU	Homs	2006	wiu.edu.sy
	Al-Wataniya Private University	WPU	Hama (Syria)	2007	wpu.edu.sy
	Hawash Private University	HPU	Homs	2009	hpu.sy
	Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport	AAST	Latakia	2007	syria.aast.edu
	Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences	AU	Tartus	2008	au.edu.sy
	Al-Shahba University ( Gulf University until 2012)	SU	Aleppo	2009	su-aleppo.com
	Ebla Private University	EPU	Idlib	2009	arb.ebla-uni.edu.sy ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
	Mamoun University for Science and Technology	MUST	Aleppo	2003	must.edu.sy ( Memento from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
	Ittihad Private University	IPU	Ar-Raqqa	2004	uu-sy.com
	Aljazeera University	JU	Deir ez-Zor	2007	jude.edu.sy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rami Ayoubi, Anas Al-Ahmar, Susan Ahmar-Dakna: THE NATIONAL PROJECT OR THE NATIONAL PROGRAM: AN EVALUATION OF TEMPUS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR IN SYRIA. In: ICERI 2009- International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 16th-18th November 2009 Madrid-Spain. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017 ; accessed on January 19, 2018 .  
2. ↑ Ministry of Higher Education (Public universities) ( Memento from August 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ^ Ministry of Higher Education (Private universities) ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Syrian Arab Republic - Private Universities. In: www.mohe.gov.sy. Retrieved January 19, 2018 . 
5. ^ Displaced Syrian Private Universities Struggle to Educate Their Students - Al-Fanar Media . In: Al-Fanar Media . February 5, 2016 ( al-fanarmedia.org [accessed January 19, 2018]).