Damascus University

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The University of Damascus (Arabic: جامعة دمشق dschāmicatu -d - dimashq ) is a state university in Damascus and with over 85,000 students and 2,000 academic staff, the largest of the four universities in Syria.

The Damascus University is the oldest university of the country. It was created in 1923 by the merger of Medicine ( founded in 1903 ) and a law school ( founded in 1913 ). Until the founding of the University of Aleppo in 1958 it was called Syrian University and is divided today into 16 faculties:

  • Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
  • Faculty of Architecture
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Faculty of Design
  • Faculty of computer science
  • Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Dentistry
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Public Administration
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic law)
  • Faculty of Economics

The courses are taught almost exclusively in Arabic. The affiliated Institute for Arabic Language offers language courses for non- Arabic-speaking foreigners.

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