Damascus University
| جامعة دمشق University of Damascus |
|
|---|---|
| founding | 1923 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Damascus |
| country |
 Syria
|
| Rector | Wael Mualla |
| Students | 85,000 |
| Networks | FUIW |
| Website | damascusuniversity.edu.sy (engl.) |
The University of Damascus ( Arabic جامعة دمشق, DMG Ǧāmiʿat Dimašq ) is a state university in Damascus and with over 85,000 students and 2,000 academic staff the largest university in Syria .
history
Damascus University is the oldest university in the country. It was created in 1923 through the merger of a medical school (founded in 1903) and a law school (founded in 1913). Until the University of Aleppo was founded in 1958, it was known as the Syrian University and, according to its website, is now divided into 19 faculties. The individual departments are housed in buildings on both sides of Filasteen-Straße in the center of Neustadt.
- Faculty of Literature and Humanities
- Faculty of Media
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
- Faculty of Tourism
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Faculty of Computer Science
- Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Sharia (Islamic Law)
- Faculty of Economics
The courses are taught almost exclusively in Arabic. The affiliated institute for Arabic language offers language courses for non-Arabic speaking foreigners.
Web links
- Official website in Arabic
- Own presentation in English
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b List of Members. (pdf) In: www.fumi-fuiw.org. Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, 2017, p. 8 , accessed on September 7, 2019 .
