List Of Universities In Syria

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This is a list of universities in Syria including public, private, military and police institutions.

Public universities and colleges

As of 2018, there are 8 public universities, 1 colleges, 1 virtual university, in addition to 6 higher institutes in Syria, owned by the government.^[1]^[2]

Name	Abbreviation	Location	Established	Website
Damascus University	DU	Damascus	1923	damascusuniversity.edu.sy
University of Aleppo	AU	Aleppo	1958	alepuniv.edu.sy
Ohalo College	MO	Katzrin^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1964	[1]
Tishreen University	TU	Latakia	1971	tishreen.edu.sy
Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts	HIDA	Damascus	1977
Al-Baath University	BU	Homs	1979	albaath-univ.edu.sy
Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology	HIAST	Damascus	1983	hiast.edu.sy
High Institute of Music	HIM	Damascus	1990	him-damascus.com
Higher Institute of Business Administration	HIBA	Damascus	2001	hiba.edu.sy
Syrian Virtual University	SVU	Damascus	2002	svuonline.org
Institut National d'Administration	INA	Damascus	2002	ina.edu.sy
Higher Institute for Demographic Studies and Researches	HIDSR	Damascus	2003	hidsr.edu.sy
Al-Furat University	FU	Deir ez-Zor	2007	alfuratuniv.edu.sy
University of Tartous	UoT	Tartus	2015	tartous-univ.edu.sy
University of Hama	HU	Hama	2014	hama-univ.edu.sy
Idlib University	ID	Idlib	2015	https://idlib.university
Free Aleppo University	FAU	Aleppo	2015	https://uoaleppo.net
University of Rojava	UoR	Al-Hasakah	2016	https://www.rojavauni.com/en/home/

Branches of foreign public universities

As of 2018, Syria has 2 branches of foreign public universities.

Name	Abbreviation	Location	Established	Website
Omdurman Islamic University, Damascus Branch	OIU	Damascus		oiu.edu.sd
Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Latakia Branch	AASTMT	Latakia	2001	aast.edu

Private universities

As of 2018, there are 21 private universities in Syria.^[3]

Name	Abbreviation	Location	Established	Website
University of Kalamoon	UOK	Deir Atiyah, Rif Dimashq Governorate	2003	uok.edu.sy
Cordoba Private University	CPU	Qatma, Aleppo Governorate	2003	cpu.edu.sy
Ittihad Private University	IPU	Raqqa	2004	ipu.edu.sy
Arab International University	AIU	Ghabaghib, Daraa Governorate	2005	aiu.edu.sy
International University for Science and Technology	IUST	Ghabaghib, Daraa Governorate	2005	iust.edu.sy
Syrian Private University	SPU	Damascus	2005	spu.edu.sy
Wadi International University	WIU	Wadi al-Nasara, Homs Governorate	2005	wiu.edu.sy
Bilad Al-Sham University	BAUK	Damascus	2011	shamkuftaro.org
Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences	AU	Al-Qadmus, Tartus Governorate	2005	au.edu.sy
Al-Jazeera Private University	JPU	Deir ez-Zor	2007	jude.edu.sy
Hawash Private University	HPU	Al-Hawash, Homs Governorate	2008	hpu.sy
Ebla Private University	EPU	Saraqib, Idlib Governorate	2008	ebla-uni.edu.sy
Al-Shahba University	SU	Tell Hidya, Aleppo Governorate	2005	su-aleppo.com
Yarmouk Private University	YPU	Jabab, Daraa Governorate	2007	ypu.edu.sy
Arab University for Science and Technology	AUST	Tell Qartal, Hama Governorate	2007	aust.edu.sy
Al-Wataniya Private University	WPU	Ghawr al-Assi, Hama Governorate	2007	wpu.edu.sy
Al-Rasheed International University for Science and Technology	RU	Ghabaghib, Daraa Governorate	2007	ru.edu.sy
Qasyoun Private University	QPU	Jabab, Daraa Governorate	2014	qpu.edu.sy
Al-Sham Private University	ASPU	Damacus	2011	aspu.edu.sy
Manara University	MU	Baniyas, Tartus Governorate	2016	manara.edu.sy
Arab Academy for E-Businesses	ARAEB	Damascus	2009	araeb.org.sy
ِAntioch Syrian University	ASU	Maarat Saidnaya, Rif Dimashq Governorate	2017	asu.edu.sy
AlShamal Private University	SPU	Idlib	2015	https://spu-sy.org
Mari Private University	MPU	Idlib	2015	https://mari-university.com
Sham University	SHU	A'zaz	2015	http://shamuniversity.com/

Military

As of 2018, there are 16 high military educational institutions in Syria run by the Ministry of Defense of Syria.^[4]

Name	Location	Established
Higher Military Academy of Syria	Qatana, Rif Dimashq Governorate	1957
Al-Assad Military Academy	Aleppo	1979
Syrian Military College	Homs (since 1932) (women's college in al-Ghizlaniyah, Rif Dimashq, since 1987)	1919 (in Damascus)
Syrian Air Defense College	Homs (since 1974)	1958 (in Muadamiyat al-Sham)
Kuweires Military Aviation Institute	Kuweires Sharqi, Aleppo Governorate (since 1980)	1947 (in Mezzeh Military Airport, Damascus)
Syrian Navy College	Latakia	1975
Bassel al-Assad College of Armored Corps	Homs (since 1972)	1952 (in Damascus)
Syrian College of Signal Corps	Homs (since 1972)	1946 (in Damascus)
Aleppo Artillery College	Aleppo (since 1970)	1954 (in Qatana)
Syrian College of Combat Engineering Corps	Al-Mushrifah, Homs Governorate (since 1978)	1954 (in Qatana)
Military College of Chemical Protection	Al-Mushrifah, Homs Governorate (since 1978)	1971 (in Aleppo)
Military College of Administrative Affairs	Masyaf, Hama Governorate (since 2012)	1974 (in Aleppo)
Military College of Technical Affairs	Homs	1952
Military College of Infantry Corps	Fafin, Aleppo Governorate
Electronic Warfare College	Damascus	1972
Aleppo Armament College	Aleppo

Police

As of 2018, there is 1 high educational institutions for police sciences in Syria run by the Syrian Ministry of Interior.^[5]

Name	Location	Established
Bassel al-Assad College for Police Sciences	Damascus	1961

Notes

↑ This university is located in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights situated de jure in Quneitra Governorate. See Status of the Golan Heights for details.

References

↑ More than 671,000 students attend the Syrian universities
↑ الجامعات الحكومية
↑ أسماء الجامعات الخاصة ومواقعها الالكترونية
↑ الأكاديميات العسكرية بمختلف الاختصاصات
↑ كلية الشهيد الرائد الركن باسل الأسد للعلوم الشرطية

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[3] This university is located in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights situated de jure in Quneitra Governorate. See Status of the Golan Heights for details.

[1] More than 671,000 students attend the Syrian universities

[2] الجامعات الحكومية

[4] أسماء الجامعات الخاصة ومواقعها الالكترونية

[5] الأكاديميات العسكرية بمختلف الاختصاصات

[6] كلية الشهيد الرائد الركن باسل الأسد للعلوم الشرطية