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An-Najah National University
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| Established | 1977 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Prof. Rami Hamdallah |
| Dean: | Mr. Bilal Salameh |
| Faculty: | 19 faculties |
| Staff: | 465 |
| Students: | 16,500 |
| Location | Nablus, West Bank,, Palestinian National Authority |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.najah.edu |
An-Najah National University is a Palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of Trustees. It is located in the mountainous region of northern Palestine in and around the city of Nablus. The university has over 16,500 students and 300 professors in 19 faculties. It is the largest university in Occupied West Bank and one of the largest Palestinian universities.
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An-Najah traces its roots to 1918, when it was founded as the An-Najah Nabulsi School. It became An-Najah College in 1941 and a two-year community college in 1963. It was upgraded to An-Najah National University in 1977, starting with two colleges: the College of Arts and the College of Science.
In 1988, during the First Intifada, the campus was declared a "closed military area" by Israel and did not reopen until 1991.
It has grown rapidly in recent years with many former students becoming professors after completing their PhD’s.
Of the 13 members of the university student council (including one in Israeli army custody), eight belong to the Islamic Block. Like all the other Palestinian universities, An-Najah National University was accused by the Israeli authorities that it has relation with terrorism. The university used to deny that and to condemn all kinds of violence especially what it calls the state terror practiced by Israel against the university and its students.[1]
Most of the students are Palestinian, but there are also students and professors from all over the world. A variety of languages are spoken on campus, including English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
The University president is Professor Dr. Rami Hamdallah. The Vice-President for Academic Affairs is Professor Dr. Maher Natsheh and the Vice-President for Administration Affairs is Dr. Mohammad Hannon.
The University has nineteen Scientific Faculties and Humanities Faculties.
- The Scientific Faculties inclued:
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Faculty of Human Medicine
- Faculty of Optometry
- Faculty of Nursing
- The Humanities Faculties inclued:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Islamic Law (Shari'a)
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Graduate Studies.
The university of An-Najah has several partner universities. These account with their exchange students for a significant part of the foreign students at An-Najah. Another number of foreign students are drawn to An-Najah for the courses in Arabic for foreigners offered by the university.
There is a twinning between An-Najah National University and the University of Manchester since 2006 in spite of substantial opposition. A very wide campaign also was held to cancel that twinning in 2007 but the campaign failed because a majority of students voted against it[2].
Partner universities are:
- Fachhochschule Darmstadt (University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany