Damascus University

Damascus University
جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ
Emblem of Damascus University
Former names
Syrian University (1923–1958)
Mottoوَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا
Motto in English
And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge (Quran, 20:114)
TypePublic
Established1923 (Medical School in 1903)
Academic affiliation
PresidentMohammad Osama Aljabban[1]
Administrative staff
2,697[2]
Students182,503[3]
Undergraduates169,067
Postgraduates13,436
1,211
Other students
9,289 international students
Location,
CampusUrban
Websitedamascusuniversity.edu.sy

The University of Damascus (Arabic: جَامِعَةُ دِمَشْقَ, Jāmiʻatu Dimashq) is the largest and oldest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus, with campuses in other Syrian cities. It was founded in 1923 as the Syrian University (Arabic: الْجَامِعَة السُّورِيَّة, al-Jāmiʻa s-Sūriyya) through the merger of the Medical School (established 1903) and the Institute of Law (established 1913). It adopted its current name after the founding of the University of Aleppo in 1958.

Damascus University was one of the most reputable universities in the Arab World before the war in Syria started in 2011.[4]

The University of Damascus consists of several faculties, higher Institutes, intermediate institutes and a school of nursing. One of the institutions specializes in teaching the Arabic language to foreigners, which is the largest institution of its kind in the Arab world.[5]

  1. ^ "President of Damascus University". 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Damascus University". 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Damascus University". 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Top Arab World (Ranking as of 2010)". Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ Spender, Tom (10 May 2005). "A new 'Mecca of Arabic studies'?". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 31 March 2007.

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