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Al-Baath University

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Al-Baath University
جامعة البعث
Al-Baath UniversityEmblem
Motto"طريقك الى مستقبل مشرف"
Motto in English
Your way to a bright future
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 14, 1979
Academic affiliation
PresidentAhmad Mofid Hasan Sobeh[1]
Administrative staff
600
Students12,000
Location,
Websitealbaath-univ.edu.sy

Al-Baath University(Arabic:جَامِعَة الْبَعْث,ALA-LC:Jāmiʻat al-Baʻth), founded in 1979,[2]is apublic universitylocated in the city ofHoms,Syria,180 km north ofDamascus.It is Syria's fourth largest university.[3]

History[edit]

The university was established in 1979; it was established by Presidential Decree No. 44 issued byHafez al-Assad.[citation needed]

Al-Baath University has 22 faculties, 5 intermediate institutes, 40,000 regular students,[3]20,000 students in open learning, 1310 high studies students and 622 faculty members. The library contains some 63,000 volumes (as of 2011).[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^"كلمة رئيس الجامعة".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-09-17.
  2. ^Collelo, Thomas (editor) (1987)Syria: A Country StudyFederal Research Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.page 123
  3. ^abLesch, David W. (2005)The new lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and modern SyriaYale University Press, New Haven Connecticut,page 267,ISBN0-300-10991-1
  4. ^World Guide to Libraries(25th ed.), De Gruyter Saur, 2011

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