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]
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).