Homs University (Arabic: جامعة حمص, ALA-LC: Jāmiʻat Ḥimṣ) is a public university located in the city of Homs, Syria, 180 km north of Damascus. It is Syria's fourth largest university.[1]
History
The university was established in 1979 as Al-Baath University during Ba'athist rule[2] by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued by Hafez al-Assad.[citation needed]
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 transitional government on 25 December 2024.[6]
Gallery
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The main walkway at the university -
The Faculty of Medicine
See also
References
- ^ 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, ISBN 0-300-10991-1
- ^ Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987) Syria: A Country Study Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. page 123
- ^ "Colleges and Institutes". Homs University. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ "الرئيسية". جامعة حمص (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ World Guide to Libraries (25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011
- ^ "تغيير اسم جامعتي البعث وتشرين بعد سقوط الأسد" (in Arabic). Alhurra. 25 December 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Syrian Physical Therapy community (syriaPT.com) (Arabic)
- Open education in Homs university (Arabic)
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