Al-Baath University
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| Al-Baath University | |
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| جامعة البعث | |
| Established | September 14, 1979 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Amer Fakhouri |
| Admin. staff | 600 |
| Students | 36,000 (additional 15,000 in open education) |
| Location | Homs, Homs Governorate, Syria |
| Website | http://www.albaath-univ.edu.sy/ |
Al-Baath University (Arabic: جامعة البعث), founded in 1979,[1] is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.[2]
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Overview
Al-Baath University has 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students,[2] 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).[3]
Research is a strategic activity of the university. It is administrated in accordance with plans decided by various departments and approved by the sequential academic councils of the university. The aim of research is to contribute to national development in Syria. Research is conducted in basic science and applied science. It is mainly financed by funds from the university itself.
History
Al-Baath University was established in 1979. It started with preexisting colleges and institutes such as the faculty of veterinarian medicine in the city of Hama and the higher institute for chemical and petroleum engineering and the faculty of science in the city of Homs.
Centers
- Woman center for studies & Development
- Biotechnology Center
- Gear Office (A German body for German university graduates in the fields of Agriculture & Veterinary and Economy)
- AGEF Office (A German body for experts in the fields of cooperation of Development & Immigration)
- Syrian-Russian Friendship Society
- Syrian-Japanese Friendship Society
- An outlet for the Francophone
- Homs-Saxonia Center for Environmental Studies
Faculties and institutes in Hama
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Second Faculty of Education
- Faculty of physical education
- Faculty of Economics
- Second Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Faculty of Nursing. Established but it opened on 2008
- Faculty of Informatics Engineering
- Intermediate Institute of Veterinary Medicine
- Intermediate Dental Institute (prosthesis)
- Intermediate Institute of Computer Engineering
Faculties and institutes in Homs
- Faculty of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Faculty of Tourism
- Faculty of Health Sciences (Physical Therapy (Physiotherapy), Nutrition)
- Faculty of Music
- Faculty of Law
- Intermediate Institute of Engineering
- Intermediate Institute of Computer Sciences
- Open Learning
- Institute for Foreign Languages
Notes
- ^ Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
- ^ a b Lesch, David W. (2005) The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut, page 267, ISBN 0-300-10991-1
- ^ World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011
External links
- Official website (Arabic)
- Syrian Physical Therapy community (syriaPT.com) (Arabic)
- Open education in Al-Baath university (Arabic)
Coordinates: 34°42′46″N 36°42′31″E / 34.71278°N 36.70861°E
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