Al-Baath University Explained

Al-Baath University
Native Name:جامعة البعث
Motto:"طريقك الى مستقبل مشرف"
Mottoeng:Your way to a bright future
Established:September 14, 1979
Type:Public
Administrative Staff:600
President:Ahmad Mofid Hasan Sobeh [1]
Students:12,000
City:Homs
Country:Syria
Website:albaath-univ.edu.sy

Al-Baath University (Arabic: جَامِعَة الْبَعْث,), founded in 1979,[2] is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.[3]

History

The university was established in 1979; it was established by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by Hafez al-Assad.

Al-Baath University has 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students, 20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: كلمة رئيس الجامعة. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917060813/http://albaath-univ.edu.sy/modules.php?name=baath_chancellor . 2010-09-17 .
  2. Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
  3. Lesch, David W. (2005) The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern Syria Yale University Press, New Haven Connecticut, page 267,