Homs University
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History
The university was established in 1979 as Al-Baath University (Template:Langx, Template:ALA-LC) during Ba'athist rule[2] by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by Hafez al-Assad.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
As of 2005 the University had 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students,[1] 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members.
As of 2025 Homs University has 10 faculties, 9 colleges, 1 school, 1 preparatory course, 4 intermediate institutes, 2 higher institutes,[3] around 100,000 students and 1400 faculty members.[4]
The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).[5]
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the university was renamed to "Homs University" by interim prime minister Mohammed al-Bashir of the Syrian caretaker government on 25 December 2024.[6]
Gallery
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The main walkway at the university
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The Faculty of Medicine
See also
References
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- ↑ 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, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
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External links
- Official website
- Syrian Physical Therapy community (syriaPT.com) (Arabic)
- Open education in Homs university (Arabic)
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