University of Damascus
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The Damascus University (Arabic: جامعة دمشق jāmi‘atu-d-dimashq) is the largest university in Syria, located in the capital Damascus. It was founded in 1923 through the merger of the School of Medicine (established 1903) and the Institute of Law (established 1913), also making it the oldest university in the country. Until 1958, it was named the Syrian University, but the name changed[link] after the founding of the University of Aleppo. Today there are also universities in the Syrian cities of Homs and Lattakia.
The University of Damascus teaches consists of several faculties and the Higher Institute of Administrative Development. Also affiliated with the university are seven intermediate institutes and a School of Nursing. There is an institution specialized in teaching the Arabic language to foreigners, which is among the largest such institutions in the Arab world.[link]
Syrian universities take great pride in the fact that all courses and all scientific materials are in Arabic.[link]
Organization
These are the 15+1 faculties in which the university is divided into: Faculty_of_Medicine_in_damascus- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies and Jurisprudence)
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Civil Engineering
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Informatics
- High Institute for Administration
Headline text
Karim Rida Said was the founder of the university of Damascus after being the Head of the institute of medicine. The university had had many relationships with famous and academic colleges all over the world, and that was important to develop its studies and the academic staff. Nowadays, the syrians are proud that Damascus university is the foremost in the Arabic universities, in which 90% of the studies are in Arabic
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